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2025-04-07Fix documentation typosEmil Berg
2025-03-07docs: describe the support policy for python versionsEli Schwartz
Bug: https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson/issues/14322
2024-05-31Explain how to add preprocessor defines in FAQ.mdEmil Melnikov
See https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson/issues/6269 for the discussion. Co-authored-by: Eli Schwartz <eschwartz93@gmail.com>
2023-08-27FAQ: MinGW UCRT are compatible with MSVC and also use libfoo.aXavier Claessens
Prior to Windows 10, libfoo.a were usually not usable with MSVC. This is not true any more since Autotools projects built with UCRT produce libfoo.a that are compatible with MSVC. This is another reason for using that naming convention in Meson.
2023-04-11Change "can not" to "cannot" throughout projectHiPhish
The word "cannot" expresses inability to do something whereas "can not" expresses the ability to refrain from doing something.
2022-09-14docs: note the automatic creation of gitignore in build directoriesEli Schwartz
2021-11-02FAQ: Add entry about `add_project_link_arguments` and multiple languagesDylan Baker
This seems to come up fairly often, so having an FAQ entry seems useful.
2021-10-30Added warning if run_command is called without the check kwargVolker Weißmann
2021-08-28docs: update LD docs link in FAQ.mdAndrea Pappacoda
2021-08-27FAQ: document some community work toward implementing Meson in C/C++Eli Schwartz
This is useful information for solving the OS bootstrapping problem. Give it some visibility. Also, I don't want to forget where I found any of these. :D ref. #2335
2021-03-01docs/faq: Add a section on user defined functions and macros [skip ci]Dylan Baker
Fixes #3234
2021-01-31Capitalize "Meson" consistently as it is a proper name. [skip ci]Jussi Pakkanen
2021-01-30Rewrap long text lines in docs. [skip ci]Jussi Pakkanen
2021-01-20Added "How do I use a library before declaring it?" in the FAQ.Volker Weißmann
2021-01-19Keep buildtype the same even if user changes debug and/or optimization.Jussi Pakkanen
2020-06-18docs: replaced `ninja` with appropriate `meson` commands [skip ci]TheQwertiest
2020-06-15Documentation, FAQ.md, generated_headers [skip ci]laolux
2019-11-07docs: Mention error LNK1181, linking for MSVC [skip ci]Vedran Miletić
Make FAQ entry about linking failing on Windows with MSVC more easily discoverable by including keywords LNK1181 and linking.
2019-11-06Fix typos found by codespellWolfgang Stöggl
- Typos were found by codespell v1.16.0
2019-11-02Add option for controlling RTTI.Jussi Pakkanen
2019-07-10FAQ.md: Do I need to add headers to sources? [skip ci]Nirbheek Chauhan
2019-07-10FAQ.md: Add an entry for generated headers [skip ci]Nirbheek Chauhan
Closes https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson/issues/5624
2019-06-10Rewrap some doc lines. [skip ci]Jussi Pakkanen
2019-05-13FAQ: Add an entry about the library naming scheme with MSVC [skip ci]Nirbheek Chauhan
This is very frequently asked.
2019-05-02Describe how to add support for new compilers. [skip ci]Jussi Pakkanen
2018-04-12Explain the choice of implementation language. [skip ci]Jussi Pakkanen
2018-04-06[fixup]: add since to FAQMathieu Duponchelle
2018-04-06new wrap-mode: forcefallbackMathieu Duponchelle
This can be useful to make sure that a project builds when its fallbacks are used on systems where external dependencies satisfy the version requirements, or to easily hack on the sources of a dependency for which a fallback exists.
2018-03-23docs/FAQ: fix typo [skip ci]Eric Engestrom
2018-03-04Explain change of default better. [skip ci]Jussi Pakkanen
2017-10-23docs: Markdown headers don't need trailing hash signsLuis Menina
This is a cosmetic change because github seems to interpret those correctly. Nonetheless, it adds unnecessary noise and makes people modifying the pages think it might be needed. See syntax guide at https://guides.github.com/features/mastering-markdown/
2017-10-04Update to not use deprecated mesonconfDavid Strauss
2017-08-10Update wrap-mode FAQNirbheek Chauhan
2017-05-04Update FAQ.md: meson is not elementary particleChiu Yue Chun
meson is a hadron, more specifically, hadrons that consists of a quark and a anti-quark. So, it is a composite particle rather than elementary one.
2017-05-03doc: Use https links wherever possible.Elliott Sales de Andrade
2017-05-03doc: Capitalize things more consistently.Elliott Sales de Andrade
Upper or lower case depending on the official spelling, or the more consistent usage.
2017-04-26docs: Import the website and wiki and build with hotdocThibault Saunier
This allows us to more easily have the documentation in sync with the source code as people will have to document new features etc right at the time where they implement it.