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test/example/check: Make sections appear in stderr output
[subdirmk.git]
/
README
diff --git
a/README
b/README
index 67ce6cc17c8fd3755ecddf39a675a073850f11ff..360afbd351686e5f2d0ebfde1a486d5ac4967b40 100644
(file)
--- a/
README
+++ b/
README
@@
-247,7
+247,13
@@
So pathname syntax is a subset of:
'&' [ '^' | '~' ] [ lc | '/' | '.' | '=' ]
&& => && for convenience in shell runes
'&' [ '^' | '~' ] [ lc | '/' | '.' | '=' ]
&& => && for convenience in shell runes
-\& => & general escaping mechanism
+
+&\& => & general escaping mechanism
+&\$ => $
+&\NEWLINE eats the newline and vanishes
+
+&$VARIABLE => $(sub_dir_VARIABLE) or $(TOP_VARIABLE)
+ VARIABLE is ASCII starting with a letter and matching \w+
& thing thing... &
&^ thing thing... &
& thing thing... &
&^ thing thing... &
@@
-261,35
+267,37
@@
So pathname syntax is a subset of:
&:<directive> <args>....
recognised at start of line only (possibly after lwsp)
&:<directive> <args>....
recognised at start of line only (possibly after lwsp)
- args are processed for &
-&:include filename filename should usually be foo.sd.mk
+&:include filename filename should usually be
[&]
foo.sd.mk
&:-include filename tolerate nonexistent file
filenames are relative to $(top_srcdir)
&:-include filename tolerate nonexistent file
filenames are relative to $(top_srcdir)
+ RHS is &-expanded
&!<lwsp> disables & until EOL (and then disappears)
&# delete everything to end of line
(useful if the RHS contains unrecognised & constructions)
&!<lwsp> disables & until EOL (and then disappears)
&# delete everything to end of line
(useful if the RHS contains unrecognised & constructions)
-&:changequote
STUFF
- changes the escape sequence from & to literally
STUFF
-
STUFF
may be any series of of non-whitespace characters,
+&:changequote
NEWQUOTE
+ changes the escape sequence from & to literally
NEWQUOTE
+
NEWQUOTE
may be any series of of non-whitespace characters,
and is terminated by EOL or lwsp. The whole line is
discarded.
and is terminated by EOL or lwsp. The whole line is
discarded.
- After this, write
STUFF
instead of &, everywhere.
+ After this, write
NEWQUOTE
instead of &, everywhere.
The effect is global and lasts until the next setting.
It takes effect on &:include'd files too, so maybe set
it back before using &:include.
Notably
The effect is global and lasts until the next setting.
It takes effect on &:include'd files too, so maybe set
it back before using &:include.
Notably
- STUFFSTUFF => STUFFSTUFF
- \STUFF => STUFF
- STUFF:changequote & => set escape back to &
+ NEWQUOTENEWQUOTE => NEWQUOTENEWQUOTE
+ NEWQUOTE\NEWQUOTE => NEWQUOTE
+ NEWQUOTE\$ => $
+ NEWQUOTE:changequote & set escape back to &
&TARGETS_things
&TARGETS_things
- Handled specially. If mentioned, declares that this
+ Handled specially. If mentioned at the start of a line
+ (possibly following whitespace), declares that this
subdir ought to have a target `things'. The rule will be
&/things:: $(&TARGETS_things)
subdir ought to have a target `things'. The rule will be
&/things:: $(&TARGETS_things)
@@
-303,9
+311,9
@@
So pathname syntax is a subset of:
which recursively implies this directory's `things'.
Must be spelled exactly &TARGETS_things. &_TARGETS_things,
which recursively implies this directory's `things'.
Must be spelled exactly &TARGETS_things. &_TARGETS_things,
- for example, is not magic.
But mentioning &TARGETS_things in
-
a #-comment *does* work because the & filter does not car
e
-
about comments
.
+ for example, is not magic.
To make the target exist
+
without providing any prerequisites for it, write a lin
e
+
containing just `&TARGETS_things +='
.
`all' is extra special: every directory has an `all'
target, which corresponds to &TARGETS.
`all' is extra special: every directory has an `all'
target, which corresponds to &TARGETS.