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authorJoerg Bornemann <joerg.bornemann@qt.io>2020-01-08 13:47:01 +0100
committerJoerg Bornemann <joerg.bornemann@qt.io>2020-01-09 11:27:10 +0100
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Doc: Extend the documentation about qmake scopes
Fixes: QTBUG-18025 Change-Id: I2b587266cde2002d965dc824a869be255cf3522e Reviewed-by: Paul Wicking <paul.wicking@qt.io>
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\snippet qmake/scopes.pro 4
+ If you need to mix both operators, you can use the \c if function to specify
+ operator precedence.
+
+ \snippet qmake/scopes.pro 5
+
+ The condition accepts the wildcard character to match a family of \c{CONFIG}
+ values or mkspec names.
+
+ \snippet qmake/scopes.pro 6
+
+ \note Historically, checking the mkspec name with wildcards like above was
+ qmake's way to check for the platform. Nowadays, we recommend to use values
+ that are defined by the mkspec in the \c QMAKE_PLATFORM variable.
+
You can also provide alternative declarations to those within a scope by
using an \c else scope. Each \c else scope is processed if the conditions
for the preceding scopes are false.