Doc: Describe formatting in CMake Build Settings

Italic text indicates that a value was inherited from
the kit configuration or initial configuration. Red text
indicates mismatches.

Change-Id: Ief30eef1d2667d0b4e570ea439ffb6af681db2b7
Reviewed-by: Cristian Adam <cristian.adam@qt.io>

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/doc/qtcreator/src/cmake/creator-projects-cmake-building.qdoc b/doc/qtcreator/src/cmake/creator-projects-cmake-building.qdoc
index 2932e1c9d81..45e55f42987 100644
--- a/doc/qtcreator/src/cmake/creator-projects-cmake-building.qdoc
+++ b/doc/qtcreator/src/cmake/creator-projects-cmake-building.qdoc
@@ -39,6 +39,17 @@
 
     \image qtcreator-cmake-build-settings-initial.png "CMake build settings"
 
+    \uicontrol {Initial Configuration} lists the variables that are used to
+    configure the CMake project for the first time. The default values that
+    are inherited from the kit's CMake configuration are displayed in italic.
+    The initial configuration list of variables is saved in the project's source
+    directory as the \e CMakeLists.txt.user file.
+
+    \uicontrol {Current Configuration} lists the CMake variables in the
+    \c cmake-file-api JSON export in the \c {.cmake/api/v1/reply} directory.
+    The variables that are inherited from the initial configuration are
+    displayed in italic. Mismatched values are displayed in red.
+
     You can view and edit the actual values of the variables that are passed
     to CMake. Variable names are listed in the \uicontrol Key column and their
     current values in the \uicontrol Value column. For more information about