Help: Factor out cmake-generator-expressions manual page

Generator expressions are supported in many places and are a distinct
concept worthy of their own manual page.  The old builtin documentation
was previously represented by preprocessor macros to generate it into
each place that supports them.  Factor out the duplicate content into a
dedicated cmake-generator-expressions manual page and reference it from
each original location.

Help/command/add_compile_options.rst

@@ -13,77 +13,5 @@ alternative commands exist to add preprocessor definitions or include
 directories.  See documentation of the directory and target
 COMPILE_OPTIONS properties for details.  Arguments to
 add_compile_options may use "generator expressions" with the syntax
-"$<...>".  Generator expressions are evaluated during build system
-generation to produce information specific to each build
-configuration.  Valid expressions are:
-
-::
-
-  $<0:...>                  = empty string (ignores "...")
-  $<1:...>                  = content of "..."
-  $<CONFIG:cfg>             = '1' if config is "cfg", else '0'
-  $<CONFIGURATION>          = configuration name
-  $<BOOL:...>               = '1' if the '...' is true, else '0'
-  $<STREQUAL:a,b>           = '1' if a is STREQUAL b, else '0'
-  $<ANGLE-R>                = A literal '>'. Used to compare strings which contain a '>' for example.
-  $<COMMA>                  = A literal ','. Used to compare strings which contain a ',' for example.
-  $<SEMICOLON>              = A literal ';'. Used to prevent list expansion on an argument with ';'.
-  $<JOIN:list,...>          = joins the list with the content of "..."
-  $<TARGET_NAME:...>        = Marks ... as being the name of a target.  This is required if exporting targets to multiple dependent export sets.  The '...' must be a literal name of a target- it may not contain generator expressions.
-  $<INSTALL_INTERFACE:...>  = content of "..." when the property is exported using install(EXPORT), and empty otherwise.
-  $<BUILD_INTERFACE:...>    = content of "..." when the property is exported using export(), or when the target is used by another target in the same buildsystem. Expands to the empty string otherwise.
-  $<PLATFORM_ID>            = The CMake-id of the platform   $<PLATFORM_ID:comp>       = '1' if the The CMake-id of the platform matches comp, otherwise '0'.
-  $<C_COMPILER_ID>          = The CMake-id of the C compiler used.
-  $<C_COMPILER_ID:comp>     = '1' if the CMake-id of the C compiler matches comp, otherwise '0'.
-  $<CXX_COMPILER_ID>        = The CMake-id of the CXX compiler used.
-  $<CXX_COMPILER_ID:comp>   = '1' if the CMake-id of the CXX compiler matches comp, otherwise '0'.
-  $<VERSION_GREATER:v1,v2>  = '1' if v1 is a version greater than v2, else '0'.
-  $<VERSION_LESS:v1,v2>     = '1' if v1 is a version less than v2, else '0'.
-  $<VERSION_EQUAL:v1,v2>    = '1' if v1 is the same version as v2, else '0'.
-  $<C_COMPILER_VERSION>     = The version of the C compiler used.
-  $<C_COMPILER_VERSION:ver> = '1' if the version of the C compiler matches ver, otherwise '0'.
-  $<CXX_COMPILER_VERSION>   = The version of the CXX compiler used.
-  $<CXX_COMPILER_VERSION:ver> = '1' if the version of the CXX compiler matches ver, otherwise '0'.
-  $<TARGET_FILE:tgt>        = main file (.exe, .so.1.2, .a)
-  $<TARGET_LINKER_FILE:tgt> = file used to link (.a, .lib, .so)
-  $<TARGET_SONAME_FILE:tgt> = file with soname (.so.3)
-
-where "tgt" is the name of a target.  Target file expressions produce
-a full path, but _DIR and _NAME versions can produce the directory and
-file name components:
-
-::
-
-  $<TARGET_FILE_DIR:tgt>/$<TARGET_FILE_NAME:tgt>
-  $<TARGET_LINKER_FILE_DIR:tgt>/$<TARGET_LINKER_FILE_NAME:tgt>
-  $<TARGET_SONAME_FILE_DIR:tgt>/$<TARGET_SONAME_FILE_NAME:tgt>
-
-
-
-::
-
-  $<TARGET_PROPERTY:tgt,prop>   = The value of the property prop on the target tgt.
-
-Note that tgt is not added as a dependency of the target this
-expression is evaluated on.
-
-::
-
-  $<TARGET_POLICY:pol>          = '1' if the policy was NEW when the 'head' target was created, else '0'.  If the policy was not set, the warning message for the policy will be emitted.  This generator expression only works for a subset of policies.
-  $<INSTALL_PREFIX>         = Content of the install prefix when the target is exported via INSTALL(EXPORT) and empty otherwise.
-
-Boolean expressions:
-
-::
-
-  $<AND:?[,?]...>           = '1' if all '?' are '1', else '0'
-  $<OR:?[,?]...>            = '0' if all '?' are '0', else '1'
-  $<NOT:?>                  = '0' if '?' is '1', else '1'
-
-where '?' is always either '0' or '1'.
-
-Expressions with an implicit 'this' target:
-
-::
-
-  $<TARGET_PROPERTY:prop>   = The value of the property prop on the target on which the generator expression is evaluated.
+"$<...>".  See the :manual:`cmake-generator-expressions(7)` manual for
+available expressions.

Help/command/add_custom_command.rst

@@ -113,56 +113,8 @@ dependency that would cause the custom command to re-run whenever the
 executable is recompiled.
 
 Arguments to COMMAND may use "generator expressions" with the syntax
-"$<...>".  Generator expressions are evaluated during build system
-generation to produce information specific to each build
-configuration.  Valid expressions are:
-
-::
-
-  $<0:...>                  = empty string (ignores "...")
-  $<1:...>                  = content of "..."
-  $<CONFIG:cfg>             = '1' if config is "cfg", else '0'
-  $<CONFIGURATION>          = configuration name
-  $<BOOL:...>               = '1' if the '...' is true, else '0'
-  $<STREQUAL:a,b>           = '1' if a is STREQUAL b, else '0'
-  $<ANGLE-R>                = A literal '>'. Used to compare strings which contain a '>' for example.
-  $<COMMA>                  = A literal ','. Used to compare strings which contain a ',' for example.
-  $<SEMICOLON>              = A literal ';'. Used to prevent list expansion on an argument with ';'.
-  $<JOIN:list,...>          = joins the list with the content of "..."
-  $<TARGET_NAME:...>        = Marks ... as being the name of a target.  This is required if exporting targets to multiple dependent export sets.  The '...' must be a literal name of a target- it may not contain generator expressions.
-  $<INSTALL_INTERFACE:...>  = content of "..." when the property is exported using install(EXPORT), and empty otherwise.
-  $<BUILD_INTERFACE:...>    = content of "..." when the property is exported using export(), or when the target is used by another target in the same buildsystem. Expands to the empty string otherwise.
-  $<PLATFORM_ID>            = The CMake-id of the platform   $<PLATFORM_ID:comp>       = '1' if the The CMake-id of the platform matches comp, otherwise '0'.
-  $<C_COMPILER_ID>          = The CMake-id of the C compiler used.
-  $<C_COMPILER_ID:comp>     = '1' if the CMake-id of the C compiler matches comp, otherwise '0'.
-  $<CXX_COMPILER_ID>        = The CMake-id of the CXX compiler used.
-  $<CXX_COMPILER_ID:comp>   = '1' if the CMake-id of the CXX compiler matches comp, otherwise '0'.
-  $<VERSION_GREATER:v1,v2>  = '1' if v1 is a version greater than v2, else '0'.
-  $<VERSION_LESS:v1,v2>     = '1' if v1 is a version less than v2, else '0'.
-  $<VERSION_EQUAL:v1,v2>    = '1' if v1 is the same version as v2, else '0'.
-  $<C_COMPILER_VERSION>     = The version of the C compiler used.
-  $<C_COMPILER_VERSION:ver> = '1' if the version of the C compiler matches ver, otherwise '0'.
-  $<CXX_COMPILER_VERSION>   = The version of the CXX compiler used.
-  $<CXX_COMPILER_VERSION:ver> = '1' if the version of the CXX compiler matches ver, otherwise '0'.
-  $<TARGET_FILE:tgt>        = main file (.exe, .so.1.2, .a)
-  $<TARGET_LINKER_FILE:tgt> = file used to link (.a, .lib, .so)
-  $<TARGET_SONAME_FILE:tgt> = file with soname (.so.3)
-
-where "tgt" is the name of a target.  Target file expressions produce
-a full path, but _DIR and _NAME versions can produce the directory and
-file name components:
-
-::
-
-  $<TARGET_FILE_DIR:tgt>/$<TARGET_FILE_NAME:tgt>
-  $<TARGET_LINKER_FILE_DIR:tgt>/$<TARGET_LINKER_FILE_NAME:tgt>
-  $<TARGET_SONAME_FILE_DIR:tgt>/$<TARGET_SONAME_FILE_NAME:tgt>
-
-
-
-::
-
-  $<TARGET_PROPERTY:tgt,prop>   = The value of the property prop on the target tgt.
+"$<...>".  See the :manual:`cmake-generator-expressions(7)` manual for
+available expressions.
 
 Note that tgt is not added as a dependency of the target this
 expression is evaluated on.

Help/command/add_test.rst

@@ -34,57 +34,9 @@ executed only when testing under one of the named configurations.  If
 a WORKING_DIRECTORY option is given then the test will be executed in
 the given directory.
 
-Arguments after COMMAND may use "generator expressions" with the
-syntax "$<...>".  Generator expressions are evaluated during build
-system generation to produce information specific to each build
-configuration.  Valid expressions are:
-
-::
-
-  $<0:...>                  = empty string (ignores "...")
-  $<1:...>                  = content of "..."
-  $<CONFIG:cfg>             = '1' if config is "cfg", else '0'
-  $<CONFIGURATION>          = configuration name
-  $<BOOL:...>               = '1' if the '...' is true, else '0'
-  $<STREQUAL:a,b>           = '1' if a is STREQUAL b, else '0'
-  $<ANGLE-R>                = A literal '>'. Used to compare strings which contain a '>' for example.
-  $<COMMA>                  = A literal ','. Used to compare strings which contain a ',' for example.
-  $<SEMICOLON>              = A literal ';'. Used to prevent list expansion on an argument with ';'.
-  $<JOIN:list,...>          = joins the list with the content of "..."
-  $<TARGET_NAME:...>        = Marks ... as being the name of a target.  This is required if exporting targets to multiple dependent export sets.  The '...' must be a literal name of a target- it may not contain generator expressions.
-  $<INSTALL_INTERFACE:...>  = content of "..." when the property is exported using install(EXPORT), and empty otherwise.
-  $<BUILD_INTERFACE:...>    = content of "..." when the property is exported using export(), or when the target is used by another target in the same buildsystem. Expands to the empty string otherwise.
-  $<PLATFORM_ID>            = The CMake-id of the platform   $<PLATFORM_ID:comp>       = '1' if the The CMake-id of the platform matches comp, otherwise '0'.
-  $<C_COMPILER_ID>          = The CMake-id of the C compiler used.
-  $<C_COMPILER_ID:comp>     = '1' if the CMake-id of the C compiler matches comp, otherwise '0'.
-  $<CXX_COMPILER_ID>        = The CMake-id of the CXX compiler used.
-  $<CXX_COMPILER_ID:comp>   = '1' if the CMake-id of the CXX compiler matches comp, otherwise '0'.
-  $<VERSION_GREATER:v1,v2>  = '1' if v1 is a version greater than v2, else '0'.
-  $<VERSION_LESS:v1,v2>     = '1' if v1 is a version less than v2, else '0'.
-  $<VERSION_EQUAL:v1,v2>    = '1' if v1 is the same version as v2, else '0'.
-  $<C_COMPILER_VERSION>     = The version of the C compiler used.
-  $<C_COMPILER_VERSION:ver> = '1' if the version of the C compiler matches ver, otherwise '0'.
-  $<CXX_COMPILER_VERSION>   = The version of the CXX compiler used.
-  $<CXX_COMPILER_VERSION:ver> = '1' if the version of the CXX compiler matches ver, otherwise '0'.
-  $<TARGET_FILE:tgt>        = main file (.exe, .so.1.2, .a)
-  $<TARGET_LINKER_FILE:tgt> = file used to link (.a, .lib, .so)
-  $<TARGET_SONAME_FILE:tgt> = file with soname (.so.3)
-
-where "tgt" is the name of a target.  Target file expressions produce
-a full path, but _DIR and _NAME versions can produce the directory and
-file name components:
-
-::
-
-  $<TARGET_FILE_DIR:tgt>/$<TARGET_FILE_NAME:tgt>
-  $<TARGET_LINKER_FILE_DIR:tgt>/$<TARGET_LINKER_FILE_NAME:tgt>
-  $<TARGET_SONAME_FILE_DIR:tgt>/$<TARGET_SONAME_FILE_NAME:tgt>
-
-
-
-::
-
-  $<TARGET_PROPERTY:tgt,prop>   = The value of the property prop on the target tgt.
+Arguments after COMMAND may use "generator expressions" with the syntax
+"$<...>".  See the :manual:`cmake-generator-expressions(7)` manual for
+available expressions.
 
 Note that tgt is not added as a dependency of the target this
 expression is evaluated on.

Help/command/target_compile_definitions.rst

@@ -19,78 +19,6 @@ property of <target>.  The following arguments specify compile
 definitions.  Repeated calls for the same <target> append items in the
 order called.
 
-Arguments to target_compile_definitions may use "generator
-expressions" with the syntax "$<...>".  Generator expressions are
-evaluated during build system generation to produce information
-specific to each build configuration.  Valid expressions are:
-
-::
-
-  $<0:...>                  = empty string (ignores "...")
-  $<1:...>                  = content of "..."
-  $<CONFIG:cfg>             = '1' if config is "cfg", else '0'
-  $<CONFIGURATION>          = configuration name
-  $<BOOL:...>               = '1' if the '...' is true, else '0'
-  $<STREQUAL:a,b>           = '1' if a is STREQUAL b, else '0'
-  $<ANGLE-R>                = A literal '>'. Used to compare strings which contain a '>' for example.
-  $<COMMA>                  = A literal ','. Used to compare strings which contain a ',' for example.
-  $<SEMICOLON>              = A literal ';'. Used to prevent list expansion on an argument with ';'.
-  $<JOIN:list,...>          = joins the list with the content of "..."
-  $<TARGET_NAME:...>        = Marks ... as being the name of a target.  This is required if exporting targets to multiple dependent export sets.  The '...' must be a literal name of a target- it may not contain generator expressions.
-  $<INSTALL_INTERFACE:...>  = content of "..." when the property is exported using install(EXPORT), and empty otherwise.
-  $<BUILD_INTERFACE:...>    = content of "..." when the property is exported using export(), or when the target is used by another target in the same buildsystem. Expands to the empty string otherwise.
-  $<PLATFORM_ID>            = The CMake-id of the platform   $<PLATFORM_ID:comp>       = '1' if the The CMake-id of the platform matches comp, otherwise '0'.
-  $<C_COMPILER_ID>          = The CMake-id of the C compiler used.
-  $<C_COMPILER_ID:comp>     = '1' if the CMake-id of the C compiler matches comp, otherwise '0'.
-  $<CXX_COMPILER_ID>        = The CMake-id of the CXX compiler used.
-  $<CXX_COMPILER_ID:comp>   = '1' if the CMake-id of the CXX compiler matches comp, otherwise '0'.
-  $<VERSION_GREATER:v1,v2>  = '1' if v1 is a version greater than v2, else '0'.
-  $<VERSION_LESS:v1,v2>     = '1' if v1 is a version less than v2, else '0'.
-  $<VERSION_EQUAL:v1,v2>    = '1' if v1 is the same version as v2, else '0'.
-  $<C_COMPILER_VERSION>     = The version of the C compiler used.
-  $<C_COMPILER_VERSION:ver> = '1' if the version of the C compiler matches ver, otherwise '0'.
-  $<CXX_COMPILER_VERSION>   = The version of the CXX compiler used.
-  $<CXX_COMPILER_VERSION:ver> = '1' if the version of the CXX compiler matches ver, otherwise '0'.
-  $<TARGET_FILE:tgt>        = main file (.exe, .so.1.2, .a)
-  $<TARGET_LINKER_FILE:tgt> = file used to link (.a, .lib, .so)
-  $<TARGET_SONAME_FILE:tgt> = file with soname (.so.3)
-
-where "tgt" is the name of a target.  Target file expressions produce
-a full path, but _DIR and _NAME versions can produce the directory and
-file name components:
-
-::
-
-  $<TARGET_FILE_DIR:tgt>/$<TARGET_FILE_NAME:tgt>
-  $<TARGET_LINKER_FILE_DIR:tgt>/$<TARGET_LINKER_FILE_NAME:tgt>
-  $<TARGET_SONAME_FILE_DIR:tgt>/$<TARGET_SONAME_FILE_NAME:tgt>
-
-
-
-::
-
-  $<TARGET_PROPERTY:tgt,prop>   = The value of the property prop on the target tgt.
-
-Note that tgt is not added as a dependency of the target this
-expression is evaluated on.
-
-::
-
-  $<TARGET_POLICY:pol>          = '1' if the policy was NEW when the 'head' target was created, else '0'.  If the policy was not set, the warning message for the policy will be emitted.  This generator expression only works for a subset of policies.
-  $<INSTALL_PREFIX>         = Content of the install prefix when the target is exported via INSTALL(EXPORT) and empty otherwise.
-
-Boolean expressions:
-
-::
-
-  $<AND:?[,?]...>           = '1' if all '?' are '1', else '0'
-  $<OR:?[,?]...>            = '0' if all '?' are '0', else '1'
-  $<NOT:?>                  = '0' if '?' is '1', else '1'
-
-where '?' is always either '0' or '1'.
-
-Expressions with an implicit 'this' target:
-
-::
-
-  $<TARGET_PROPERTY:prop>   = The value of the property prop on the target on which the generator expression is evaluated.
+Arguments to target_compile_definitions may use "generator expressions" with
+the syntax "$<...>".  See the :manual:`cmake-generator-expressions(7)` manual
+for available expressions.

Help/command/target_compile_options.rst

@@ -22,77 +22,6 @@ of <target>.  The following arguments specify compile opitions.
 Repeated calls for the same <target> append items in the order called.
 
 Arguments to target_compile_options may use "generator expressions"
-with the syntax "$<...>".  Generator expressions are evaluated during
-build system generation to produce information specific to each build
-configuration.  Valid expressions are:
-
-::
-
-  $<0:...>                  = empty string (ignores "...")
-  $<1:...>                  = content of "..."
-  $<CONFIG:cfg>             = '1' if config is "cfg", else '0'
-  $<CONFIGURATION>          = configuration name
-  $<BOOL:...>               = '1' if the '...' is true, else '0'
-  $<STREQUAL:a,b>           = '1' if a is STREQUAL b, else '0'
-  $<ANGLE-R>                = A literal '>'. Used to compare strings which contain a '>' for example.
-  $<COMMA>                  = A literal ','. Used to compare strings which contain a ',' for example.
-  $<SEMICOLON>              = A literal ';'. Used to prevent list expansion on an argument with ';'.
-  $<JOIN:list,...>          = joins the list with the content of "..."
-  $<TARGET_NAME:...>        = Marks ... as being the name of a target.  This is required if exporting targets to multiple dependent export sets.  The '...' must be a literal name of a target- it may not contain generator expressions.
-  $<INSTALL_INTERFACE:...>  = content of "..." when the property is exported using install(EXPORT), and empty otherwise.
-  $<BUILD_INTERFACE:...>    = content of "..." when the property is exported using export(), or when the target is used by another target in the same buildsystem. Expands to the empty string otherwise.
-  $<PLATFORM_ID>            = The CMake-id of the platform   $<PLATFORM_ID:comp>       = '1' if the The CMake-id of the platform matches comp, otherwise '0'.
-  $<C_COMPILER_ID>          = The CMake-id of the C compiler used.
-  $<C_COMPILER_ID:comp>     = '1' if the CMake-id of the C compiler matches comp, otherwise '0'.
-  $<CXX_COMPILER_ID>        = The CMake-id of the CXX compiler used.
-  $<CXX_COMPILER_ID:comp>   = '1' if the CMake-id of the CXX compiler matches comp, otherwise '0'.
-  $<VERSION_GREATER:v1,v2>  = '1' if v1 is a version greater than v2, else '0'.
-  $<VERSION_LESS:v1,v2>     = '1' if v1 is a version less than v2, else '0'.
-  $<VERSION_EQUAL:v1,v2>    = '1' if v1 is the same version as v2, else '0'.
-  $<C_COMPILER_VERSION>     = The version of the C compiler used.
-  $<C_COMPILER_VERSION:ver> = '1' if the version of the C compiler matches ver, otherwise '0'.
-  $<CXX_COMPILER_VERSION>   = The version of the CXX compiler used.
-  $<CXX_COMPILER_VERSION:ver> = '1' if the version of the CXX compiler matches ver, otherwise '0'.
-  $<TARGET_FILE:tgt>        = main file (.exe, .so.1.2, .a)
-  $<TARGET_LINKER_FILE:tgt> = file used to link (.a, .lib, .so)
-  $<TARGET_SONAME_FILE:tgt> = file with soname (.so.3)
-
-where "tgt" is the name of a target.  Target file expressions produce
-a full path, but _DIR and _NAME versions can produce the directory and
-file name components:
-
-::
-
-  $<TARGET_FILE_DIR:tgt>/$<TARGET_FILE_NAME:tgt>
-  $<TARGET_LINKER_FILE_DIR:tgt>/$<TARGET_LINKER_FILE_NAME:tgt>
-  $<TARGET_SONAME_FILE_DIR:tgt>/$<TARGET_SONAME_FILE_NAME:tgt>
-
-
-
-::
-
-  $<TARGET_PROPERTY:tgt,prop>   = The value of the property prop on the target tgt.
-
-Note that tgt is not added as a dependency of the target this
-expression is evaluated on.
-
-::
-
-  $<TARGET_POLICY:pol>          = '1' if the policy was NEW when the 'head' target was created, else '0'.  If the policy was not set, the warning message for the policy will be emitted.  This generator expression only works for a subset of policies.
-  $<INSTALL_PREFIX>         = Content of the install prefix when the target is exported via INSTALL(EXPORT) and empty otherwise.
-
-Boolean expressions:
-
-::
-
-  $<AND:?[,?]...>           = '1' if all '?' are '1', else '0'
-  $<OR:?[,?]...>            = '0' if all '?' are '0', else '1'
-  $<NOT:?>                  = '0' if '?' is '1', else '1'
-
-where '?' is always either '0' or '1'.
-
-Expressions with an implicit 'this' target:
-
-::
-
-  $<TARGET_PROPERTY:prop>   = The value of the property prop on the target on which the generator expression is evaluated.
+with the syntax "$<...>".
+See the :manual:`cmake-generator-expressions(7)` manual for available
+expressions.

Help/command/target_include_directories.rst

@@ -32,77 +32,6 @@ INTERFACE_SYSTEM_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES target property will be populated
 with the specified directories.
 
 Arguments to target_include_directories may use "generator
-expressions" with the syntax "$<...>".  Generator expressions are
-evaluated during build system generation to produce information
-specific to each build configuration.  Valid expressions are:
-
-::
-
-  $<0:...>                  = empty string (ignores "...")
-  $<1:...>                  = content of "..."
-  $<CONFIG:cfg>             = '1' if config is "cfg", else '0'
-  $<CONFIGURATION>          = configuration name
-  $<BOOL:...>               = '1' if the '...' is true, else '0'
-  $<STREQUAL:a,b>           = '1' if a is STREQUAL b, else '0'
-  $<ANGLE-R>                = A literal '>'. Used to compare strings which contain a '>' for example.
-  $<COMMA>                  = A literal ','. Used to compare strings which contain a ',' for example.
-  $<SEMICOLON>              = A literal ';'. Used to prevent list expansion on an argument with ';'.
-  $<JOIN:list,...>          = joins the list with the content of "..."
-  $<TARGET_NAME:...>        = Marks ... as being the name of a target.  This is required if exporting targets to multiple dependent export sets.  The '...' must be a literal name of a target- it may not contain generator expressions.
-  $<INSTALL_INTERFACE:...>  = content of "..." when the property is exported using install(EXPORT), and empty otherwise.
-  $<BUILD_INTERFACE:...>    = content of "..." when the property is exported using export(), or when the target is used by another target in the same buildsystem. Expands to the empty string otherwise.
-  $<PLATFORM_ID>            = The CMake-id of the platform   $<PLATFORM_ID:comp>       = '1' if the The CMake-id of the platform matches comp, otherwise '0'.
-  $<C_COMPILER_ID>          = The CMake-id of the C compiler used.
-  $<C_COMPILER_ID:comp>     = '1' if the CMake-id of the C compiler matches comp, otherwise '0'.
-  $<CXX_COMPILER_ID>        = The CMake-id of the CXX compiler used.
-  $<CXX_COMPILER_ID:comp>   = '1' if the CMake-id of the CXX compiler matches comp, otherwise '0'.
-  $<VERSION_GREATER:v1,v2>  = '1' if v1 is a version greater than v2, else '0'.
-  $<VERSION_LESS:v1,v2>     = '1' if v1 is a version less than v2, else '0'.
-  $<VERSION_EQUAL:v1,v2>    = '1' if v1 is the same version as v2, else '0'.
-  $<C_COMPILER_VERSION>     = The version of the C compiler used.
-  $<C_COMPILER_VERSION:ver> = '1' if the version of the C compiler matches ver, otherwise '0'.
-  $<CXX_COMPILER_VERSION>   = The version of the CXX compiler used.
-  $<CXX_COMPILER_VERSION:ver> = '1' if the version of the CXX compiler matches ver, otherwise '0'.
-  $<TARGET_FILE:tgt>        = main file (.exe, .so.1.2, .a)
-  $<TARGET_LINKER_FILE:tgt> = file used to link (.a, .lib, .so)
-  $<TARGET_SONAME_FILE:tgt> = file with soname (.so.3)
-
-where "tgt" is the name of a target.  Target file expressions produce
-a full path, but _DIR and _NAME versions can produce the directory and
-file name components:
-
-::
-
-  $<TARGET_FILE_DIR:tgt>/$<TARGET_FILE_NAME:tgt>
-  $<TARGET_LINKER_FILE_DIR:tgt>/$<TARGET_LINKER_FILE_NAME:tgt>
-  $<TARGET_SONAME_FILE_DIR:tgt>/$<TARGET_SONAME_FILE_NAME:tgt>
-
-
-
-::
-
-  $<TARGET_PROPERTY:tgt,prop>   = The value of the property prop on the target tgt.
-
-Note that tgt is not added as a dependency of the target this
-expression is evaluated on.
-
-::
-
-  $<TARGET_POLICY:pol>          = '1' if the policy was NEW when the 'head' target was created, else '0'.  If the policy was not set, the warning message for the policy will be emitted.  This generator expression only works for a subset of policies.
-  $<INSTALL_PREFIX>         = Content of the install prefix when the target is exported via INSTALL(EXPORT) and empty otherwise.
-
-Boolean expressions:
-
-::
-
-  $<AND:?[,?]...>           = '1' if all '?' are '1', else '0'
-  $<OR:?[,?]...>            = '0' if all '?' are '0', else '1'
-  $<NOT:?>                  = '0' if '?' is '1', else '1'
-
-where '?' is always either '0' or '1'.
-
-Expressions with an implicit 'this' target:
-
-::
-
-  $<TARGET_PROPERTY:prop>   = The value of the property prop on the target on which the generator expression is evaluated.
+expressions" with the syntax "$<...>".
+See the :manual:`cmake-generator-expressions(7)` manual for available
+expressions.

Help/command/target_link_libraries.rst

@@ -138,78 +138,5 @@ into a single archive.)
 Arguments to target_link_libraries may use "generator expressions"
 with the syntax "$<...>".  Note however, that generator expressions
 will not be used in OLD handling of CMP0003 or CMP0004.
-
-Generator expressions are evaluated during build system generation to
-produce information specific to each build configuration.  Valid
-expressions are:
-
-::
-
-  $<0:...>                  = empty string (ignores "...")
-  $<1:...>                  = content of "..."
-  $<CONFIG:cfg>             = '1' if config is "cfg", else '0'
-  $<CONFIGURATION>          = configuration name
-  $<BOOL:...>               = '1' if the '...' is true, else '0'
-  $<STREQUAL:a,b>           = '1' if a is STREQUAL b, else '0'
-  $<ANGLE-R>                = A literal '>'. Used to compare strings which contain a '>' for example.
-  $<COMMA>                  = A literal ','. Used to compare strings which contain a ',' for example.
-  $<SEMICOLON>              = A literal ';'. Used to prevent list expansion on an argument with ';'.
-  $<JOIN:list,...>          = joins the list with the content of "..."
-  $<TARGET_NAME:...>        = Marks ... as being the name of a target.  This is required if exporting targets to multiple dependent export sets.  The '...' must be a literal name of a target- it may not contain generator expressions.
-  $<INSTALL_INTERFACE:...>  = content of "..." when the property is exported using install(EXPORT), and empty otherwise.
-  $<BUILD_INTERFACE:...>    = content of "..." when the property is exported using export(), or when the target is used by another target in the same buildsystem. Expands to the empty string otherwise.
-  $<PLATFORM_ID>            = The CMake-id of the platform   $<PLATFORM_ID:comp>       = '1' if the The CMake-id of the platform matches comp, otherwise '0'.
-  $<C_COMPILER_ID>          = The CMake-id of the C compiler used.
-  $<C_COMPILER_ID:comp>     = '1' if the CMake-id of the C compiler matches comp, otherwise '0'.
-  $<CXX_COMPILER_ID>        = The CMake-id of the CXX compiler used.
-  $<CXX_COMPILER_ID:comp>   = '1' if the CMake-id of the CXX compiler matches comp, otherwise '0'.
-  $<VERSION_GREATER:v1,v2>  = '1' if v1 is a version greater than v2, else '0'.
-  $<VERSION_LESS:v1,v2>     = '1' if v1 is a version less than v2, else '0'.
-  $<VERSION_EQUAL:v1,v2>    = '1' if v1 is the same version as v2, else '0'.
-  $<C_COMPILER_VERSION>     = The version of the C compiler used.
-  $<C_COMPILER_VERSION:ver> = '1' if the version of the C compiler matches ver, otherwise '0'.
-  $<CXX_COMPILER_VERSION>   = The version of the CXX compiler used.
-  $<CXX_COMPILER_VERSION:ver> = '1' if the version of the CXX compiler matches ver, otherwise '0'.
-  $<TARGET_FILE:tgt>        = main file (.exe, .so.1.2, .a)
-  $<TARGET_LINKER_FILE:tgt> = file used to link (.a, .lib, .so)
-  $<TARGET_SONAME_FILE:tgt> = file with soname (.so.3)
-
-where "tgt" is the name of a target.  Target file expressions produce
-a full path, but _DIR and _NAME versions can produce the directory and
-file name components:
-
-::
-
-  $<TARGET_FILE_DIR:tgt>/$<TARGET_FILE_NAME:tgt>
-  $<TARGET_LINKER_FILE_DIR:tgt>/$<TARGET_LINKER_FILE_NAME:tgt>
-  $<TARGET_SONAME_FILE_DIR:tgt>/$<TARGET_SONAME_FILE_NAME:tgt>
-
-
-
-::
-
-  $<TARGET_PROPERTY:tgt,prop>   = The value of the property prop on the target tgt.
-
-Note that tgt is not added as a dependency of the target this
-expression is evaluated on.
-
-::
-
-  $<TARGET_POLICY:pol>          = '1' if the policy was NEW when the 'head' target was created, else '0'.  If the policy was not set, the warning message for the policy will be emitted.  This generator expression only works for a subset of policies.
-  $<INSTALL_PREFIX>         = Content of the install prefix when the target is exported via INSTALL(EXPORT) and empty otherwise.
-
-Boolean expressions:
-
-::
-
-  $<AND:?[,?]...>           = '1' if all '?' are '1', else '0'
-  $<OR:?[,?]...>            = '0' if all '?' are '0', else '1'
-  $<NOT:?>                  = '0' if '?' is '1', else '1'
-
-where '?' is always either '0' or '1'.
-
-Expressions with an implicit 'this' target:
-
-::
-
-  $<TARGET_PROPERTY:prop>   = The value of the property prop on the target on which the generator expression is evaluated.
+See the :manual:`cmake-generator-expressions(7)` manual for available
+expressions.

Help/index.rst

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ CMake Reference Documentation
    /manual/cmake-policies.7
    /manual/cmake-properties.7
    /manual/cmake-variables.7
+   /manual/cmake-generator-expressions.7
 
 .. only:: html
 

Help/manual/cmake-generator-expressions.7.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+cmake-generator-expressions(7)
+******************************
+
+.. only:: html or latex
+
+   .. contents::
+
+Generator Expressions
+=====================
+
+Generator expressions are evaluated during build
+system generation to produce information specific to each build
+configuration.  Valid expressions are:
+
+::
+
+  $<0:...>                  = empty string (ignores "...")
+  $<1:...>                  = content of "..."
+  $<CONFIG:cfg>             = '1' if config is "cfg", else '0'
+  $<CONFIGURATION>          = configuration name
+  $<BOOL:...>               = '1' if the '...' is true, else '0'
+  $<STREQUAL:a,b>           = '1' if a is STREQUAL b, else '0'
+  $<ANGLE-R>                = A literal '>'. Used to compare strings which contain a '>' for example.
+  $<COMMA>                  = A literal ','. Used to compare strings which contain a ',' for example.
+  $<SEMICOLON>              = A literal ';'. Used to prevent list expansion on an argument with ';'.
+  $<JOIN:list,...>          = joins the list with the content of "..."
+  $<TARGET_NAME:...>        = Marks ... as being the name of a target.  This is required if exporting targets to multiple dependent export sets.  The '...' must be a literal name of a target- it may not contain generator expressions.
+  $<INSTALL_INTERFACE:...>  = content of "..." when the property is exported using install(EXPORT), and empty otherwise.
+  $<BUILD_INTERFACE:...>    = content of "..." when the property is exported using export(), or when the target is used by another target in the same buildsystem. Expands to the empty string otherwise.
+  $<PLATFORM_ID>            = The CMake-id of the platform   $<PLATFORM_ID:comp>       = '1' if the The CMake-id of the platform matches comp, otherwise '0'.
+  $<C_COMPILER_ID>          = The CMake-id of the C compiler used.
+  $<C_COMPILER_ID:comp>     = '1' if the CMake-id of the C compiler matches comp, otherwise '0'.
+  $<CXX_COMPILER_ID>        = The CMake-id of the CXX compiler used.
+  $<CXX_COMPILER_ID:comp>   = '1' if the CMake-id of the CXX compiler matches comp, otherwise '0'.
+  $<VERSION_GREATER:v1,v2>  = '1' if v1 is a version greater than v2, else '0'.
+  $<VERSION_LESS:v1,v2>     = '1' if v1 is a version less than v2, else '0'.
+  $<VERSION_EQUAL:v1,v2>    = '1' if v1 is the same version as v2, else '0'.
+  $<C_COMPILER_VERSION>     = The version of the C compiler used.
+  $<C_COMPILER_VERSION:ver> = '1' if the version of the C compiler matches ver, otherwise '0'.
+  $<CXX_COMPILER_VERSION>   = The version of the CXX compiler used.
+  $<CXX_COMPILER_VERSION:ver> = '1' if the version of the CXX compiler matches ver, otherwise '0'.
+  $<TARGET_FILE:tgt>        = main file (.exe, .so.1.2, .a)
+  $<TARGET_LINKER_FILE:tgt> = file used to link (.a, .lib, .so)
+  $<TARGET_SONAME_FILE:tgt> = file with soname (.so.3)
+
+where "tgt" is the name of a target.  Target file expressions produce
+a full path, but _DIR and _NAME versions can produce the directory and
+file name components:
+
+::
+
+  $<TARGET_FILE_DIR:tgt>/$<TARGET_FILE_NAME:tgt>
+  $<TARGET_LINKER_FILE_DIR:tgt>/$<TARGET_LINKER_FILE_NAME:tgt>
+  $<TARGET_SONAME_FILE_DIR:tgt>/$<TARGET_SONAME_FILE_NAME:tgt>
+
+
+
+::
+
+  $<TARGET_PROPERTY:tgt,prop>   = The value of the property prop on the target tgt.
+
+Note that tgt is not added as a dependency of the target this
+expression is evaluated on.
+
+::
+
+  $<TARGET_POLICY:pol>          = '1' if the policy was NEW when the 'head' target was created, else '0'.  If the policy was not set, the warning message for the policy will be emitted.  This generator expression only works for a subset of policies.
+  $<INSTALL_PREFIX>         = Content of the install prefix when the target is exported via INSTALL(EXPORT) and empty otherwise.
+
+Boolean expressions:
+
+::
+
+  $<AND:?[,?]...>           = '1' if all '?' are '1', else '0'
+  $<OR:?[,?]...>            = '0' if all '?' are '0', else '1'
+  $<NOT:?>                  = '0' if '?' is '1', else '1'
+
+where '?' is always either '0' or '1'.
+
+Expressions with an implicit 'this' target:
+
+::
+
+  $<TARGET_PROPERTY:prop>   = The value of the property prop on the target on which the generator expression is evaluated.

Help/prop_dir/COMPILE_OPTIONS.rst

@@ -9,78 +9,6 @@ property.  This property exists on directories and targets.
 The target property values are used by the generators to set the
 options for the compiler.
 
-Contents of COMPILE_OPTIONS may use "generator expressions" with the
-syntax "$<...>".  Generator expressions are evaluated during build
-system generation to produce information specific to each build
-configuration.  Valid expressions are:
-
-::
-
-  $<0:...>                  = empty string (ignores "...")
-  $<1:...>                  = content of "..."
-  $<CONFIG:cfg>             = '1' if config is "cfg", else '0'
-  $<CONFIGURATION>          = configuration name
-  $<BOOL:...>               = '1' if the '...' is true, else '0'
-  $<STREQUAL:a,b>           = '1' if a is STREQUAL b, else '0'
-  $<ANGLE-R>                = A literal '>'. Used to compare strings which contain a '>' for example.
-  $<COMMA>                  = A literal ','. Used to compare strings which contain a ',' for example.
-  $<SEMICOLON>              = A literal ';'. Used to prevent list expansion on an argument with ';'.
-  $<JOIN:list,...>          = joins the list with the content of "..."
-  $<TARGET_NAME:...>        = Marks ... as being the name of a target.  This is required if exporting targets to multiple dependent export sets.  The '...' must be a literal name of a target- it may not contain generator expressions.
-  $<INSTALL_INTERFACE:...>  = content of "..." when the property is exported using install(EXPORT), and empty otherwise.
-  $<BUILD_INTERFACE:...>    = content of "..." when the property is exported using export(), or when the target is used by another target in the same buildsystem. Expands to the empty string otherwise.
-  $<PLATFORM_ID>            = The CMake-id of the platform   $<PLATFORM_ID:comp>       = '1' if the The CMake-id of the platform matches comp, otherwise '0'.
-  $<C_COMPILER_ID>          = The CMake-id of the C compiler used.
-  $<C_COMPILER_ID:comp>     = '1' if the CMake-id of the C compiler matches comp, otherwise '0'.
-  $<CXX_COMPILER_ID>        = The CMake-id of the CXX compiler used.
-  $<CXX_COMPILER_ID:comp>   = '1' if the CMake-id of the CXX compiler matches comp, otherwise '0'.
-  $<VERSION_GREATER:v1,v2>  = '1' if v1 is a version greater than v2, else '0'.
-  $<VERSION_LESS:v1,v2>     = '1' if v1 is a version less than v2, else '0'.
-  $<VERSION_EQUAL:v1,v2>    = '1' if v1 is the same version as v2, else '0'.
-  $<C_COMPILER_VERSION>     = The version of the C compiler used.
-  $<C_COMPILER_VERSION:ver> = '1' if the version of the C compiler matches ver, otherwise '0'.
-  $<CXX_COMPILER_VERSION>   = The version of the CXX compiler used.
-  $<CXX_COMPILER_VERSION:ver> = '1' if the version of the CXX compiler matches ver, otherwise '0'.
-  $<TARGET_FILE:tgt>        = main file (.exe, .so.1.2, .a)
-  $<TARGET_LINKER_FILE:tgt> = file used to link (.a, .lib, .so)
-  $<TARGET_SONAME_FILE:tgt> = file with soname (.so.3)
-
-where "tgt" is the name of a target.  Target file expressions produce
-a full path, but _DIR and _NAME versions can produce the directory and
-file name components:
-
-::
-
-  $<TARGET_FILE_DIR:tgt>/$<TARGET_FILE_NAME:tgt>
-  $<TARGET_LINKER_FILE_DIR:tgt>/$<TARGET_LINKER_FILE_NAME:tgt>
-  $<TARGET_SONAME_FILE_DIR:tgt>/$<TARGET_SONAME_FILE_NAME:tgt>
-
-
-
-::
-
-  $<TARGET_PROPERTY:tgt,prop>   = The value of the property prop on the target tgt.
-
-Note that tgt is not added as a dependency of the target this
-expression is evaluated on.
-
-::
-
-  $<TARGET_POLICY:pol>          = '1' if the policy was NEW when the 'head' target was created, else '0'.  If the policy was not set, the warning message for the policy will be emitted.  This generator expression only works for a subset of policies.
-  $<INSTALL_PREFIX>         = Content of the install prefix when the target is exported via INSTALL(EXPORT) and empty otherwise.
-
-Boolean expressions:
-
-::
-
-  $<AND:?[,?]...>           = '1' if all '?' are '1', else '0'
-  $<OR:?[,?]...>            = '0' if all '?' are '0', else '1'
-  $<NOT:?>                  = '0' if '?' is '1', else '1'
-
-where '?' is always either '0' or '1'.
-
-Expressions with an implicit 'this' target:
-
-::
-
-  $<TARGET_PROPERTY:prop>   = The value of the property prop on the target on which the generator expression is evaluated.
+Contents of COMPILE_OPTIONS may use "generator expressions" with the syntax
+"$<...>".  See the :manual:`cmake-generator-expressions(7)` manual for
+available expressions.

Help/prop_tgt/COMPILE_DEFINITIONS.rst

@@ -16,80 +16,8 @@ CMake will automatically drop some definitions that are not supported
 by the native build tool.  The VS6 IDE does not support definition
 values with spaces (but NMake does).
 
-Contents of COMPILE_DEFINITIONS may use "generator expressions" with
-the syntax "$<...>".  Generator expressions are evaluated during build
-system generation to produce information specific to each build
-configuration.  Valid expressions are:
-
-::
-
-  $<0:...>                  = empty string (ignores "...")
-  $<1:...>                  = content of "..."
-  $<CONFIG:cfg>             = '1' if config is "cfg", else '0'
-  $<CONFIGURATION>          = configuration name
-  $<BOOL:...>               = '1' if the '...' is true, else '0'
-  $<STREQUAL:a,b>           = '1' if a is STREQUAL b, else '0'
-  $<ANGLE-R>                = A literal '>'. Used to compare strings which contain a '>' for example.
-  $<COMMA>                  = A literal ','. Used to compare strings which contain a ',' for example.
-  $<SEMICOLON>              = A literal ';'. Used to prevent list expansion on an argument with ';'.
-  $<JOIN:list,...>          = joins the list with the content of "..."
-  $<TARGET_NAME:...>        = Marks ... as being the name of a target.  This is required if exporting targets to multiple dependent export sets.  The '...' must be a literal name of a target- it may not contain generator expressions.
-  $<INSTALL_INTERFACE:...>  = content of "..." when the property is exported using install(EXPORT), and empty otherwise.
-  $<BUILD_INTERFACE:...>    = content of "..." when the property is exported using export(), or when the target is used by another target in the same buildsystem. Expands to the empty string otherwise.
-  $<PLATFORM_ID>            = The CMake-id of the platform   $<PLATFORM_ID:comp>       = '1' if the The CMake-id of the platform matches comp, otherwise '0'.
-  $<C_COMPILER_ID>          = The CMake-id of the C compiler used.
-  $<C_COMPILER_ID:comp>     = '1' if the CMake-id of the C compiler matches comp, otherwise '0'.
-  $<CXX_COMPILER_ID>        = The CMake-id of the CXX compiler used.
-  $<CXX_COMPILER_ID:comp>   = '1' if the CMake-id of the CXX compiler matches comp, otherwise '0'.
-  $<VERSION_GREATER:v1,v2>  = '1' if v1 is a version greater than v2, else '0'.
-  $<VERSION_LESS:v1,v2>     = '1' if v1 is a version less than v2, else '0'.
-  $<VERSION_EQUAL:v1,v2>    = '1' if v1 is the same version as v2, else '0'.
-  $<C_COMPILER_VERSION>     = The version of the C compiler used.
-  $<C_COMPILER_VERSION:ver> = '1' if the version of the C compiler matches ver, otherwise '0'.
-  $<CXX_COMPILER_VERSION>   = The version of the CXX compiler used.
-  $<CXX_COMPILER_VERSION:ver> = '1' if the version of the CXX compiler matches ver, otherwise '0'.
-  $<TARGET_FILE:tgt>        = main file (.exe, .so.1.2, .a)
-  $<TARGET_LINKER_FILE:tgt> = file used to link (.a, .lib, .so)
-  $<TARGET_SONAME_FILE:tgt> = file with soname (.so.3)
-
-where "tgt" is the name of a target.  Target file expressions produce
-a full path, but _DIR and _NAME versions can produce the directory and
-file name components:
-
-::
-
-  $<TARGET_FILE_DIR:tgt>/$<TARGET_FILE_NAME:tgt>
-  $<TARGET_LINKER_FILE_DIR:tgt>/$<TARGET_LINKER_FILE_NAME:tgt>
-  $<TARGET_SONAME_FILE_DIR:tgt>/$<TARGET_SONAME_FILE_NAME:tgt>
-
-
-
-::
-
-  $<TARGET_PROPERTY:tgt,prop>   = The value of the property prop on the target tgt.
-
-Note that tgt is not added as a dependency of the target this
-expression is evaluated on.
-
-::
-
-  $<TARGET_POLICY:pol>          = '1' if the policy was NEW when the 'head' target was created, else '0'.  If the policy was not set, the warning message for the policy will be emitted.  This generator expression only works for a subset of policies.
-  $<INSTALL_PREFIX>         = Content of the install prefix when the target is exported via INSTALL(EXPORT) and empty otherwise.
-
-Boolean expressions:
-
-::
-
-  $<AND:?[,?]...>           = '1' if all '?' are '1', else '0'
-  $<OR:?[,?]...>            = '0' if all '?' are '0', else '1'
-  $<NOT:?>                  = '0' if '?' is '1', else '1'
-
-where '?' is always either '0' or '1'.
-
-Expressions with an implicit 'this' target:
-
-::
-
-  $<TARGET_PROPERTY:prop>   = The value of the property prop on the target on which the generator expression is evaluated.
+Contents of COMPILE_DEFINITIONS may use "generator expressions" with the
+syntax "$<...>".  See the :manual:`cmake-generator-expressions(7)` manual
+for available expressions.
 
 .. include:: /include/COMPILE_DEFINITIONS_DISCLAIMER.txt

Help/prop_tgt/COMPILE_OPTIONS.rst

@@ -10,77 +10,5 @@ The target property values are used by the generators to set the
 options for the compiler.
 
 Contents of COMPILE_OPTIONS may use "generator expressions" with the
-syntax "$<...>".  Generator expressions are evaluated during build
-system generation to produce information specific to each build
-configuration.  Valid expressions are:
-
-::
-
-  $<0:...>                  = empty string (ignores "...")
-  $<1:...>                  = content of "..."
-  $<CONFIG:cfg>             = '1' if config is "cfg", else '0'
-  $<CONFIGURATION>          = configuration name
-  $<BOOL:...>               = '1' if the '...' is true, else '0'
-  $<STREQUAL:a,b>           = '1' if a is STREQUAL b, else '0'
-  $<ANGLE-R>                = A literal '>'. Used to compare strings which contain a '>' for example.
-  $<COMMA>                  = A literal ','. Used to compare strings which contain a ',' for example.
-  $<SEMICOLON>              = A literal ';'. Used to prevent list expansion on an argument with ';'.
-  $<JOIN:list,...>          = joins the list with the content of "..."
-  $<TARGET_NAME:...>        = Marks ... as being the name of a target.  This is required if exporting targets to multiple dependent export sets.  The '...' must be a literal name of a target- it may not contain generator expressions.
-  $<INSTALL_INTERFACE:...>  = content of "..." when the property is exported using install(EXPORT), and empty otherwise.
-  $<BUILD_INTERFACE:...>    = content of "..." when the property is exported using export(), or when the target is used by another target in the same buildsystem. Expands to the empty string otherwise.
-  $<PLATFORM_ID>            = The CMake-id of the platform   $<PLATFORM_ID:comp>       = '1' if the The CMake-id of the platform matches comp, otherwise '0'.
-  $<C_COMPILER_ID>          = The CMake-id of the C compiler used.
-  $<C_COMPILER_ID:comp>     = '1' if the CMake-id of the C compiler matches comp, otherwise '0'.
-  $<CXX_COMPILER_ID>        = The CMake-id of the CXX compiler used.
-  $<CXX_COMPILER_ID:comp>   = '1' if the CMake-id of the CXX compiler matches comp, otherwise '0'.
-  $<VERSION_GREATER:v1,v2>  = '1' if v1 is a version greater than v2, else '0'.
-  $<VERSION_LESS:v1,v2>     = '1' if v1 is a version less than v2, else '0'.
-  $<VERSION_EQUAL:v1,v2>    = '1' if v1 is the same version as v2, else '0'.
-  $<C_COMPILER_VERSION>     = The version of the C compiler used.
-  $<C_COMPILER_VERSION:ver> = '1' if the version of the C compiler matches ver, otherwise '0'.
-  $<CXX_COMPILER_VERSION>   = The version of the CXX compiler used.
-  $<CXX_COMPILER_VERSION:ver> = '1' if the version of the CXX compiler matches ver, otherwise '0'.
-  $<TARGET_FILE:tgt>        = main file (.exe, .so.1.2, .a)
-  $<TARGET_LINKER_FILE:tgt> = file used to link (.a, .lib, .so)
-  $<TARGET_SONAME_FILE:tgt> = file with soname (.so.3)
-
-where "tgt" is the name of a target.  Target file expressions produce
-a full path, but _DIR and _NAME versions can produce the directory and
-file name components:
-
-::
-
-  $<TARGET_FILE_DIR:tgt>/$<TARGET_FILE_NAME:tgt>
-  $<TARGET_LINKER_FILE_DIR:tgt>/$<TARGET_LINKER_FILE_NAME:tgt>
-  $<TARGET_SONAME_FILE_DIR:tgt>/$<TARGET_SONAME_FILE_NAME:tgt>
-
-
-
-::
-
-  $<TARGET_PROPERTY:tgt,prop>   = The value of the property prop on the target tgt.
-
-Note that tgt is not added as a dependency of the target this
-expression is evaluated on.
-
-::
-
-  $<TARGET_POLICY:pol>          = '1' if the policy was NEW when the 'head' target was created, else '0'.  If the policy was not set, the warning message for the policy will be emitted.  This generator expression only works for a subset of policies.
-  $<INSTALL_PREFIX>         = Content of the install prefix when the target is exported via INSTALL(EXPORT) and empty otherwise.
-
-Boolean expressions:
-
-::
-
-  $<AND:?[,?]...>           = '1' if all '?' are '1', else '0'
-  $<OR:?[,?]...>            = '0' if all '?' are '0', else '1'
-  $<NOT:?>                  = '0' if '?' is '1', else '1'
-
-where '?' is always either '0' or '1'.
-
-Expressions with an implicit 'this' target:
-
-::
-
-  $<TARGET_PROPERTY:prop>   = The value of the property prop on the target on which the generator expression is evaluated.
+syntax "$<...>".  See the :manual:`cmake-generator-expressions(7)` manual for
+available expressions.

Help/prop_tgt/INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES.rst

@@ -17,78 +17,6 @@ The target property values are used by the generators to set the
 include paths for the compiler.  See also the include_directories
 command.
 
-Contents of INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES may use "generator expressions" with
-the syntax "$<...>".  Generator expressions are evaluated during build
-system generation to produce information specific to each build
-configuration.  Valid expressions are:
-
-::
-
-  $<0:...>                  = empty string (ignores "...")
-  $<1:...>                  = content of "..."
-  $<CONFIG:cfg>             = '1' if config is "cfg", else '0'
-  $<CONFIGURATION>          = configuration name
-  $<BOOL:...>               = '1' if the '...' is true, else '0'
-  $<STREQUAL:a,b>           = '1' if a is STREQUAL b, else '0'
-  $<ANGLE-R>                = A literal '>'. Used to compare strings which contain a '>' for example.
-  $<COMMA>                  = A literal ','. Used to compare strings which contain a ',' for example.
-  $<SEMICOLON>              = A literal ';'. Used to prevent list expansion on an argument with ';'.
-  $<JOIN:list,...>          = joins the list with the content of "..."
-  $<TARGET_NAME:...>        = Marks ... as being the name of a target.  This is required if exporting targets to multiple dependent export sets.  The '...' must be a literal name of a target- it may not contain generator expressions.
-  $<INSTALL_INTERFACE:...>  = content of "..." when the property is exported using install(EXPORT), and empty otherwise.
-  $<BUILD_INTERFACE:...>    = content of "..." when the property is exported using export(), or when the target is used by another target in the same buildsystem. Expands to the empty string otherwise.
-  $<PLATFORM_ID>            = The CMake-id of the platform   $<PLATFORM_ID:comp>       = '1' if the The CMake-id of the platform matches comp, otherwise '0'.
-  $<C_COMPILER_ID>          = The CMake-id of the C compiler used.
-  $<C_COMPILER_ID:comp>     = '1' if the CMake-id of the C compiler matches comp, otherwise '0'.
-  $<CXX_COMPILER_ID>        = The CMake-id of the CXX compiler used.
-  $<CXX_COMPILER_ID:comp>   = '1' if the CMake-id of the CXX compiler matches comp, otherwise '0'.
-  $<VERSION_GREATER:v1,v2>  = '1' if v1 is a version greater than v2, else '0'.
-  $<VERSION_LESS:v1,v2>     = '1' if v1 is a version less than v2, else '0'.
-  $<VERSION_EQUAL:v1,v2>    = '1' if v1 is the same version as v2, else '0'.
-  $<C_COMPILER_VERSION>     = The version of the C compiler used.
-  $<C_COMPILER_VERSION:ver> = '1' if the version of the C compiler matches ver, otherwise '0'.
-  $<CXX_COMPILER_VERSION>   = The version of the CXX compiler used.
-  $<CXX_COMPILER_VERSION:ver> = '1' if the version of the CXX compiler matches ver, otherwise '0'.
-  $<TARGET_FILE:tgt>        = main file (.exe, .so.1.2, .a)
-  $<TARGET_LINKER_FILE:tgt> = file used to link (.a, .lib, .so)
-  $<TARGET_SONAME_FILE:tgt> = file with soname (.so.3)
-
-where "tgt" is the name of a target.  Target file expressions produce
-a full path, but _DIR and _NAME versions can produce the directory and
-file name components:
-
-::
-
-  $<TARGET_FILE_DIR:tgt>/$<TARGET_FILE_NAME:tgt>
-  $<TARGET_LINKER_FILE_DIR:tgt>/$<TARGET_LINKER_FILE_NAME:tgt>
-  $<TARGET_SONAME_FILE_DIR:tgt>/$<TARGET_SONAME_FILE_NAME:tgt>
-
-
-
-::
-
-  $<TARGET_PROPERTY:tgt,prop>   = The value of the property prop on the target tgt.
-
-Note that tgt is not added as a dependency of the target this
-expression is evaluated on.
-
-::
-
-  $<TARGET_POLICY:pol>          = '1' if the policy was NEW when the 'head' target was created, else '0'.  If the policy was not set, the warning message for the policy will be emitted.  This generator expression only works for a subset of policies.
-  $<INSTALL_PREFIX>         = Content of the install prefix when the target is exported via INSTALL(EXPORT) and empty otherwise.
-
-Boolean expressions:
-
-::
-
-  $<AND:?[,?]...>           = '1' if all '?' are '1', else '0'
-  $<OR:?[,?]...>            = '0' if all '?' are '0', else '1'
-  $<NOT:?>                  = '0' if '?' is '1', else '1'
-
-where '?' is always either '0' or '1'.
-
-Expressions with an implicit 'this' target:
-
-::
-
-  $<TARGET_PROPERTY:prop>   = The value of the property prop on the target on which the generator expression is evaluated.
+Contents of INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES may use "generator expressions" with the
+syntax "$<...>".  See the :manual:`cmake-generator-expressions(7)` manual for
+available expressions.

Help/prop_tgt/INTERFACE_COMPILE_DEFINITIONS.rst

@@ -9,77 +9,5 @@ targets can add entries to their own COMPILE_DEFINITIONS property such
 as $<TARGET_PROPERTY:foo,INTERFACE_COMPILE_DEFINITIONS> to use the
 compile definitions specified in the interface of 'foo'.
 
-Generator expressions are evaluated during build system generation to
-produce information specific to each build configuration.  Valid
-expressions are:
-
-::
-
-  $<0:...>                  = empty string (ignores "...")
-  $<1:...>                  = content of "..."
-  $<CONFIG:cfg>             = '1' if config is "cfg", else '0'
-  $<CONFIGURATION>          = configuration name
-  $<BOOL:...>               = '1' if the '...' is true, else '0'
-  $<STREQUAL:a,b>           = '1' if a is STREQUAL b, else '0'
-  $<ANGLE-R>                = A literal '>'. Used to compare strings which contain a '>' for example.
-  $<COMMA>                  = A literal ','. Used to compare strings which contain a ',' for example.
-  $<SEMICOLON>              = A literal ';'. Used to prevent list expansion on an argument with ';'.
-  $<JOIN:list,...>          = joins the list with the content of "..."
-  $<TARGET_NAME:...>        = Marks ... as being the name of a target.  This is required if exporting targets to multiple dependent export sets.  The '...' must be a literal name of a target- it may not contain generator expressions.
-  $<INSTALL_INTERFACE:...>  = content of "..." when the property is exported using install(EXPORT), and empty otherwise.
-  $<BUILD_INTERFACE:...>    = content of "..." when the property is exported using export(), or when the target is used by another target in the same buildsystem. Expands to the empty string otherwise.
-  $<PLATFORM_ID>            = The CMake-id of the platform   $<PLATFORM_ID:comp>       = '1' if the The CMake-id of the platform matches comp, otherwise '0'.
-  $<C_COMPILER_ID>          = The CMake-id of the C compiler used.
-  $<C_COMPILER_ID:comp>     = '1' if the CMake-id of the C compiler matches comp, otherwise '0'.
-  $<CXX_COMPILER_ID>        = The CMake-id of the CXX compiler used.
-  $<CXX_COMPILER_ID:comp>   = '1' if the CMake-id of the CXX compiler matches comp, otherwise '0'.
-  $<VERSION_GREATER:v1,v2>  = '1' if v1 is a version greater than v2, else '0'.
-  $<VERSION_LESS:v1,v2>     = '1' if v1 is a version less than v2, else '0'.
-  $<VERSION_EQUAL:v1,v2>    = '1' if v1 is the same version as v2, else '0'.
-  $<C_COMPILER_VERSION>     = The version of the C compiler used.
-  $<C_COMPILER_VERSION:ver> = '1' if the version of the C compiler matches ver, otherwise '0'.
-  $<CXX_COMPILER_VERSION>   = The version of the CXX compiler used.
-  $<CXX_COMPILER_VERSION:ver> = '1' if the version of the CXX compiler matches ver, otherwise '0'.
-  $<TARGET_FILE:tgt>        = main file (.exe, .so.1.2, .a)
-  $<TARGET_LINKER_FILE:tgt> = file used to link (.a, .lib, .so)
-  $<TARGET_SONAME_FILE:tgt> = file with soname (.so.3)
-
-where "tgt" is the name of a target.  Target file expressions produce
-a full path, but _DIR and _NAME versions can produce the directory and
-file name components:
-
-::
-
-  $<TARGET_FILE_DIR:tgt>/$<TARGET_FILE_NAME:tgt>
-  $<TARGET_LINKER_FILE_DIR:tgt>/$<TARGET_LINKER_FILE_NAME:tgt>
-  $<TARGET_SONAME_FILE_DIR:tgt>/$<TARGET_SONAME_FILE_NAME:tgt>
-
-
-
-::
-
-  $<TARGET_PROPERTY:tgt,prop>   = The value of the property prop on the target tgt.
-
-Note that tgt is not added as a dependency of the target this
-expression is evaluated on.
-
-::
-
-  $<TARGET_POLICY:pol>          = '1' if the policy was NEW when the 'head' target was created, else '0'.  If the policy was not set, the warning message for the policy will be emitted.  This generator expression only works for a subset of policies.
-  $<INSTALL_PREFIX>         = Content of the install prefix when the target is exported via INSTALL(EXPORT) and empty otherwise.
-
-Boolean expressions:
-
-::
-
-  $<AND:?[,?]...>           = '1' if all '?' are '1', else '0'
-  $<OR:?[,?]...>            = '0' if all '?' are '0', else '1'
-  $<NOT:?>                  = '0' if '?' is '1', else '1'
-
-where '?' is always either '0' or '1'.
-
-Expressions with an implicit 'this' target:
-
-::
-
-  $<TARGET_PROPERTY:prop>   = The value of the property prop on the target on which the generator expression is evaluated.
+This property also supports generator expressions.  See the
+:manual:`cmake-generator-expressions(7)` manual for available expressions.

Help/prop_tgt/INTERFACE_COMPILE_OPTIONS.rst

@@ -9,77 +9,5 @@ targets can add entries to their own COMPILE_OPTIONS property such as
 $<TARGET_PROPERTY:foo,INTERFACE_COMPILE_OPTIONS> to use the compile
 options specified in the interface of 'foo'.
 
-Generator expressions are evaluated during build system generation to
-produce information specific to each build configuration.  Valid
-expressions are:
-
-::
-
-  $<0:...>                  = empty string (ignores "...")
-  $<1:...>                  = content of "..."
-  $<CONFIG:cfg>             = '1' if config is "cfg", else '0'
-  $<CONFIGURATION>          = configuration name
-  $<BOOL:...>               = '1' if the '...' is true, else '0'
-  $<STREQUAL:a,b>           = '1' if a is STREQUAL b, else '0'
-  $<ANGLE-R>                = A literal '>'. Used to compare strings which contain a '>' for example.
-  $<COMMA>                  = A literal ','. Used to compare strings which contain a ',' for example.
-  $<SEMICOLON>              = A literal ';'. Used to prevent list expansion on an argument with ';'.
-  $<JOIN:list,...>          = joins the list with the content of "..."
-  $<TARGET_NAME:...>        = Marks ... as being the name of a target.  This is required if exporting targets to multiple dependent export sets.  The '...' must be a literal name of a target- it may not contain generator expressions.
-  $<INSTALL_INTERFACE:...>  = content of "..." when the property is exported using install(EXPORT), and empty otherwise.
-  $<BUILD_INTERFACE:...>    = content of "..." when the property is exported using export(), or when the target is used by another target in the same buildsystem. Expands to the empty string otherwise.
-  $<PLATFORM_ID>            = The CMake-id of the platform   $<PLATFORM_ID:comp>       = '1' if the The CMake-id of the platform matches comp, otherwise '0'.
-  $<C_COMPILER_ID>          = The CMake-id of the C compiler used.
-  $<C_COMPILER_ID:comp>     = '1' if the CMake-id of the C compiler matches comp, otherwise '0'.
-  $<CXX_COMPILER_ID>        = The CMake-id of the CXX compiler used.
-  $<CXX_COMPILER_ID:comp>   = '1' if the CMake-id of the CXX compiler matches comp, otherwise '0'.
-  $<VERSION_GREATER:v1,v2>  = '1' if v1 is a version greater than v2, else '0'.
-  $<VERSION_LESS:v1,v2>     = '1' if v1 is a version less than v2, else '0'.
-  $<VERSION_EQUAL:v1,v2>    = '1' if v1 is the same version as v2, else '0'.
-  $<C_COMPILER_VERSION>     = The version of the C compiler used.
-  $<C_COMPILER_VERSION:ver> = '1' if the version of the C compiler matches ver, otherwise '0'.
-  $<CXX_COMPILER_VERSION>   = The version of the CXX compiler used.
-  $<CXX_COMPILER_VERSION:ver> = '1' if the version of the CXX compiler matches ver, otherwise '0'.
-  $<TARGET_FILE:tgt>        = main file (.exe, .so.1.2, .a)
-  $<TARGET_LINKER_FILE:tgt> = file used to link (.a, .lib, .so)
-  $<TARGET_SONAME_FILE:tgt> = file with soname (.so.3)
-
-where "tgt" is the name of a target.  Target file expressions produce
-a full path, but _DIR and _NAME versions can produce the directory and
-file name components:
-
-::
-
-  $<TARGET_FILE_DIR:tgt>/$<TARGET_FILE_NAME:tgt>
-  $<TARGET_LINKER_FILE_DIR:tgt>/$<TARGET_LINKER_FILE_NAME:tgt>
-  $<TARGET_SONAME_FILE_DIR:tgt>/$<TARGET_SONAME_FILE_NAME:tgt>
-
-
-
-::
-
-  $<TARGET_PROPERTY:tgt,prop>   = The value of the property prop on the target tgt.
-
-Note that tgt is not added as a dependency of the target this
-expression is evaluated on.
-
-::
-
-  $<TARGET_POLICY:pol>          = '1' if the policy was NEW when the 'head' target was created, else '0'.  If the policy was not set, the warning message for the policy will be emitted.  This generator expression only works for a subset of policies.
-  $<INSTALL_PREFIX>         = Content of the install prefix when the target is exported via INSTALL(EXPORT) and empty otherwise.
-
-Boolean expressions:
-
-::
-
-  $<AND:?[,?]...>           = '1' if all '?' are '1', else '0'
-  $<OR:?[,?]...>            = '0' if all '?' are '0', else '1'
-  $<NOT:?>                  = '0' if '?' is '1', else '1'
-
-where '?' is always either '0' or '1'.
-
-Expressions with an implicit 'this' target:
-
-::
-
-  $<TARGET_PROPERTY:prop>   = The value of the property prop on the target on which the generator expression is evaluated.
+This property also supports generator expressions.  See the
+:manual:`cmake-generator-expressions(7)` manual for available expressions.

Help/prop_tgt/INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES.rst

@@ -9,77 +9,5 @@ targets can add entries to their own INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES property such
 as $<TARGET_PROPERTY:foo,INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES> to use the
 include directories specified in the interface of 'foo'.
 
-Generator expressions are evaluated during build system generation to
-produce information specific to each build configuration.  Valid
-expressions are:
-
-::
-
-  $<0:...>                  = empty string (ignores "...")
-  $<1:...>                  = content of "..."
-  $<CONFIG:cfg>             = '1' if config is "cfg", else '0'
-  $<CONFIGURATION>          = configuration name
-  $<BOOL:...>               = '1' if the '...' is true, else '0'
-  $<STREQUAL:a,b>           = '1' if a is STREQUAL b, else '0'
-  $<ANGLE-R>                = A literal '>'. Used to compare strings which contain a '>' for example.
-  $<COMMA>                  = A literal ','. Used to compare strings which contain a ',' for example.
-  $<SEMICOLON>              = A literal ';'. Used to prevent list expansion on an argument with ';'.
-  $<JOIN:list,...>          = joins the list with the content of "..."
-  $<TARGET_NAME:...>        = Marks ... as being the name of a target.  This is required if exporting targets to multiple dependent export sets.  The '...' must be a literal name of a target- it may not contain generator expressions.
-  $<INSTALL_INTERFACE:...>  = content of "..." when the property is exported using install(EXPORT), and empty otherwise.
-  $<BUILD_INTERFACE:...>    = content of "..." when the property is exported using export(), or when the target is used by another target in the same buildsystem. Expands to the empty string otherwise.
-  $<PLATFORM_ID>            = The CMake-id of the platform   $<PLATFORM_ID:comp>       = '1' if the The CMake-id of the platform matches comp, otherwise '0'.
-  $<C_COMPILER_ID>          = The CMake-id of the C compiler used.
-  $<C_COMPILER_ID:comp>     = '1' if the CMake-id of the C compiler matches comp, otherwise '0'.
-  $<CXX_COMPILER_ID>        = The CMake-id of the CXX compiler used.
-  $<CXX_COMPILER_ID:comp>   = '1' if the CMake-id of the CXX compiler matches comp, otherwise '0'.
-  $<VERSION_GREATER:v1,v2>  = '1' if v1 is a version greater than v2, else '0'.
-  $<VERSION_LESS:v1,v2>     = '1' if v1 is a version less than v2, else '0'.
-  $<VERSION_EQUAL:v1,v2>    = '1' if v1 is the same version as v2, else '0'.
-  $<C_COMPILER_VERSION>     = The version of the C compiler used.
-  $<C_COMPILER_VERSION:ver> = '1' if the version of the C compiler matches ver, otherwise '0'.
-  $<CXX_COMPILER_VERSION>   = The version of the CXX compiler used.
-  $<CXX_COMPILER_VERSION:ver> = '1' if the version of the CXX compiler matches ver, otherwise '0'.
-  $<TARGET_FILE:tgt>        = main file (.exe, .so.1.2, .a)
-  $<TARGET_LINKER_FILE:tgt> = file used to link (.a, .lib, .so)
-  $<TARGET_SONAME_FILE:tgt> = file with soname (.so.3)
-
-where "tgt" is the name of a target.  Target file expressions produce
-a full path, but _DIR and _NAME versions can produce the directory and
-file name components:
-
-::
-
-  $<TARGET_FILE_DIR:tgt>/$<TARGET_FILE_NAME:tgt>
-  $<TARGET_LINKER_FILE_DIR:tgt>/$<TARGET_LINKER_FILE_NAME:tgt>
-  $<TARGET_SONAME_FILE_DIR:tgt>/$<TARGET_SONAME_FILE_NAME:tgt>
-
-
-
-::
-
-  $<TARGET_PROPERTY:tgt,prop>   = The value of the property prop on the target tgt.
-
-Note that tgt is not added as a dependency of the target this
-expression is evaluated on.
-
-::
-
-  $<TARGET_POLICY:pol>          = '1' if the policy was NEW when the 'head' target was created, else '0'.  If the policy was not set, the warning message for the policy will be emitted.  This generator expression only works for a subset of policies.
-  $<INSTALL_PREFIX>         = Content of the install prefix when the target is exported via INSTALL(EXPORT) and empty otherwise.
-
-Boolean expressions:
-
-::
-
-  $<AND:?[,?]...>           = '1' if all '?' are '1', else '0'
-  $<OR:?[,?]...>            = '0' if all '?' are '0', else '1'
-  $<NOT:?>                  = '0' if '?' is '1', else '1'
-
-where '?' is always either '0' or '1'.
-
-Expressions with an implicit 'this' target:
-
-::
-
-  $<TARGET_PROPERTY:prop>   = The value of the property prop on the target on which the generator expression is evaluated.
+This property also supports generator expressions.  See the
+:manual:`cmake-generator-expressions(7)` manual for available expressions.

Help/prop_tgt/INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES.rst

@@ -10,79 +10,5 @@ other target also.  This property is overriden by the
 LINK_INTERFACE_LIBRARIES or LINK_INTERFACE_LIBRARIES_<CONFIG> property
 if policy CMP0022 is OLD or unset.
 
-
-
-Generator expressions are evaluated during build system generation to
-produce information specific to each build configuration.  Valid
-expressions are:
-
-::
-
-  $<0:...>                  = empty string (ignores "...")
-  $<1:...>                  = content of "..."
-  $<CONFIG:cfg>             = '1' if config is "cfg", else '0'
-  $<CONFIGURATION>          = configuration name
-  $<BOOL:...>               = '1' if the '...' is true, else '0'
-  $<STREQUAL:a,b>           = '1' if a is STREQUAL b, else '0'
-  $<ANGLE-R>                = A literal '>'. Used to compare strings which contain a '>' for example.
-  $<COMMA>                  = A literal ','. Used to compare strings which contain a ',' for example.
-  $<SEMICOLON>              = A literal ';'. Used to prevent list expansion on an argument with ';'.
-  $<JOIN:list,...>          = joins the list with the content of "..."
-  $<TARGET_NAME:...>        = Marks ... as being the name of a target.  This is required if exporting targets to multiple dependent export sets.  The '...' must be a literal name of a target- it may not contain generator expressions.
-  $<INSTALL_INTERFACE:...>  = content of "..." when the property is exported using install(EXPORT), and empty otherwise.
-  $<BUILD_INTERFACE:...>    = content of "..." when the property is exported using export(), or when the target is used by another target in the same buildsystem. Expands to the empty string otherwise.
-  $<PLATFORM_ID>            = The CMake-id of the platform   $<PLATFORM_ID:comp>       = '1' if the The CMake-id of the platform matches comp, otherwise '0'.
-  $<C_COMPILER_ID>          = The CMake-id of the C compiler used.
-  $<C_COMPILER_ID:comp>     = '1' if the CMake-id of the C compiler matches comp, otherwise '0'.
-  $<CXX_COMPILER_ID>        = The CMake-id of the CXX compiler used.
-  $<CXX_COMPILER_ID:comp>   = '1' if the CMake-id of the CXX compiler matches comp, otherwise '0'.
-  $<VERSION_GREATER:v1,v2>  = '1' if v1 is a version greater than v2, else '0'.
-  $<VERSION_LESS:v1,v2>     = '1' if v1 is a version less than v2, else '0'.
-  $<VERSION_EQUAL:v1,v2>    = '1' if v1 is the same version as v2, else '0'.
-  $<C_COMPILER_VERSION>     = The version of the C compiler used.
-  $<C_COMPILER_VERSION:ver> = '1' if the version of the C compiler matches ver, otherwise '0'.
-  $<CXX_COMPILER_VERSION>   = The version of the CXX compiler used.
-  $<CXX_COMPILER_VERSION:ver> = '1' if the version of the CXX compiler matches ver, otherwise '0'.
-  $<TARGET_FILE:tgt>        = main file (.exe, .so.1.2, .a)
-  $<TARGET_LINKER_FILE:tgt> = file used to link (.a, .lib, .so)
-  $<TARGET_SONAME_FILE:tgt> = file with soname (.so.3)
-
-where "tgt" is the name of a target.  Target file expressions produce
-a full path, but _DIR and _NAME versions can produce the directory and
-file name components:
-
-::
-
-  $<TARGET_FILE_DIR:tgt>/$<TARGET_FILE_NAME:tgt>
-  $<TARGET_LINKER_FILE_DIR:tgt>/$<TARGET_LINKER_FILE_NAME:tgt>
-  $<TARGET_SONAME_FILE_DIR:tgt>/$<TARGET_SONAME_FILE_NAME:tgt>
-
-
-
-::
-
-  $<TARGET_PROPERTY:tgt,prop>   = The value of the property prop on the target tgt.
-
-Note that tgt is not added as a dependency of the target this
-expression is evaluated on.
-
-::
-
-  $<TARGET_POLICY:pol>          = '1' if the policy was NEW when the 'head' target was created, else '0'.  If the policy was not set, the warning message for the policy will be emitted.  This generator expression only works for a subset of policies.
-  $<INSTALL_PREFIX>         = Content of the install prefix when the target is exported via INSTALL(EXPORT) and empty otherwise.
-
-Boolean expressions:
-
-::
-
-  $<AND:?[,?]...>           = '1' if all '?' are '1', else '0'
-  $<OR:?[,?]...>            = '0' if all '?' are '0', else '1'
-  $<NOT:?>                  = '0' if '?' is '1', else '1'
-
-where '?' is always either '0' or '1'.
-
-Expressions with an implicit 'this' target:
-
-::
-
-  $<TARGET_PROPERTY:prop>   = The value of the property prop on the target on which the generator expression is evaluated.
+This property also supports generator expressions.  See the
+:manual:`cmake-generator-expressions(7)` manual for available expressions.

Help/prop_tgt/INTERFACE_SYSTEM_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES.rst

@@ -8,77 +8,5 @@ which contain system headers, and therefore should not result in
 compiler warnings.  Consuming targets will then mark the same include
 directories as system headers.
 
-Generator expressions are evaluated during build system generation to
-produce information specific to each build configuration.  Valid
-expressions are:
-
-::
-
-  $<0:...>                  = empty string (ignores "...")
-  $<1:...>                  = content of "..."
-  $<CONFIG:cfg>             = '1' if config is "cfg", else '0'
-  $<CONFIGURATION>          = configuration name
-  $<BOOL:...>               = '1' if the '...' is true, else '0'
-  $<STREQUAL:a,b>           = '1' if a is STREQUAL b, else '0'
-  $<ANGLE-R>                = A literal '>'. Used to compare strings which contain a '>' for example.
-  $<COMMA>                  = A literal ','. Used to compare strings which contain a ',' for example.
-  $<SEMICOLON>              = A literal ';'. Used to prevent list expansion on an argument with ';'.
-  $<JOIN:list,...>          = joins the list with the content of "..."
-  $<TARGET_NAME:...>        = Marks ... as being the name of a target.  This is required if exporting targets to multiple dependent export sets.  The '...' must be a literal name of a target- it may not contain generator expressions.
-  $<INSTALL_INTERFACE:...>  = content of "..." when the property is exported using install(EXPORT), and empty otherwise.
-  $<BUILD_INTERFACE:...>    = content of "..." when the property is exported using export(), or when the target is used by another target in the same buildsystem. Expands to the empty string otherwise.
-  $<PLATFORM_ID>            = The CMake-id of the platform   $<PLATFORM_ID:comp>       = '1' if the The CMake-id of the platform matches comp, otherwise '0'.
-  $<C_COMPILER_ID>          = The CMake-id of the C compiler used.
-  $<C_COMPILER_ID:comp>     = '1' if the CMake-id of the C compiler matches comp, otherwise '0'.
-  $<CXX_COMPILER_ID>        = The CMake-id of the CXX compiler used.
-  $<CXX_COMPILER_ID:comp>   = '1' if the CMake-id of the CXX compiler matches comp, otherwise '0'.
-  $<VERSION_GREATER:v1,v2>  = '1' if v1 is a version greater than v2, else '0'.
-  $<VERSION_LESS:v1,v2>     = '1' if v1 is a version less than v2, else '0'.
-  $<VERSION_EQUAL:v1,v2>    = '1' if v1 is the same version as v2, else '0'.
-  $<C_COMPILER_VERSION>     = The version of the C compiler used.
-  $<C_COMPILER_VERSION:ver> = '1' if the version of the C compiler matches ver, otherwise '0'.
-  $<CXX_COMPILER_VERSION>   = The version of the CXX compiler used.
-  $<CXX_COMPILER_VERSION:ver> = '1' if the version of the CXX compiler matches ver, otherwise '0'.
-  $<TARGET_FILE:tgt>        = main file (.exe, .so.1.2, .a)
-  $<TARGET_LINKER_FILE:tgt> = file used to link (.a, .lib, .so)
-  $<TARGET_SONAME_FILE:tgt> = file with soname (.so.3)
-
-where "tgt" is the name of a target.  Target file expressions produce
-a full path, but _DIR and _NAME versions can produce the directory and
-file name components:
-
-::
-
-  $<TARGET_FILE_DIR:tgt>/$<TARGET_FILE_NAME:tgt>
-  $<TARGET_LINKER_FILE_DIR:tgt>/$<TARGET_LINKER_FILE_NAME:tgt>
-  $<TARGET_SONAME_FILE_DIR:tgt>/$<TARGET_SONAME_FILE_NAME:tgt>
-
-
-
-::
-
-  $<TARGET_PROPERTY:tgt,prop>   = The value of the property prop on the target tgt.
-
-Note that tgt is not added as a dependency of the target this
-expression is evaluated on.
-
-::
-
-  $<TARGET_POLICY:pol>          = '1' if the policy was NEW when the 'head' target was created, else '0'.  If the policy was not set, the warning message for the policy will be emitted.  This generator expression only works for a subset of policies.
-  $<INSTALL_PREFIX>         = Content of the install prefix when the target is exported via INSTALL(EXPORT) and empty otherwise.
-
-Boolean expressions:
-
-::
-
-  $<AND:?[,?]...>           = '1' if all '?' are '1', else '0'
-  $<OR:?[,?]...>            = '0' if all '?' are '0', else '1'
-  $<NOT:?>                  = '0' if '?' is '1', else '1'
-
-where '?' is always either '0' or '1'.
-
-Expressions with an implicit 'this' target:
-
-::
-
-  $<TARGET_PROPERTY:prop>   = The value of the property prop on the target on which the generator expression is evaluated.
+This property also supports generator expressions.  See the
+:manual:`cmake-generator-expressions(7)` manual for available expressions.

Help/prop_tgt/LINK_LIBRARIES.rst

@@ -12,78 +12,6 @@ The target property values are used by the generators to set the link
 libraries for the compiler.  See also the target_link_libraries
 command.
 
-Contents of LINK_LIBRARIES may use "generator expressions" with the
-syntax "$<...>".  Generator expressions are evaluated during build
-system generation to produce information specific to each build
-configuration.  Valid expressions are:
-
-::
-
-  $<0:...>                  = empty string (ignores "...")
-  $<1:...>                  = content of "..."
-  $<CONFIG:cfg>             = '1' if config is "cfg", else '0'
-  $<CONFIGURATION>          = configuration name
-  $<BOOL:...>               = '1' if the '...' is true, else '0'
-  $<STREQUAL:a,b>           = '1' if a is STREQUAL b, else '0'
-  $<ANGLE-R>                = A literal '>'. Used to compare strings which contain a '>' for example.
-  $<COMMA>                  = A literal ','. Used to compare strings which contain a ',' for example.
-  $<SEMICOLON>              = A literal ';'. Used to prevent list expansion on an argument with ';'.
-  $<JOIN:list,...>          = joins the list with the content of "..."
-  $<TARGET_NAME:...>        = Marks ... as being the name of a target.  This is required if exporting targets to multiple dependent export sets.  The '...' must be a literal name of a target- it may not contain generator expressions.
-  $<INSTALL_INTERFACE:...>  = content of "..." when the property is exported using install(EXPORT), and empty otherwise.
-  $<BUILD_INTERFACE:...>    = content of "..." when the property is exported using export(), or when the target is used by another target in the same buildsystem. Expands to the empty string otherwise.
-  $<PLATFORM_ID>            = The CMake-id of the platform   $<PLATFORM_ID:comp>       = '1' if the The CMake-id of the platform matches comp, otherwise '0'.
-  $<C_COMPILER_ID>          = The CMake-id of the C compiler used.
-  $<C_COMPILER_ID:comp>     = '1' if the CMake-id of the C compiler matches comp, otherwise '0'.
-  $<CXX_COMPILER_ID>        = The CMake-id of the CXX compiler used.
-  $<CXX_COMPILER_ID:comp>   = '1' if the CMake-id of the CXX compiler matches comp, otherwise '0'.
-  $<VERSION_GREATER:v1,v2>  = '1' if v1 is a version greater than v2, else '0'.
-  $<VERSION_LESS:v1,v2>     = '1' if v1 is a version less than v2, else '0'.
-  $<VERSION_EQUAL:v1,v2>    = '1' if v1 is the same version as v2, else '0'.
-  $<C_COMPILER_VERSION>     = The version of the C compiler used.
-  $<C_COMPILER_VERSION:ver> = '1' if the version of the C compiler matches ver, otherwise '0'.
-  $<CXX_COMPILER_VERSION>   = The version of the CXX compiler used.
-  $<CXX_COMPILER_VERSION:ver> = '1' if the version of the CXX compiler matches ver, otherwise '0'.
-  $<TARGET_FILE:tgt>        = main file (.exe, .so.1.2, .a)
-  $<TARGET_LINKER_FILE:tgt> = file used to link (.a, .lib, .so)
-  $<TARGET_SONAME_FILE:tgt> = file with soname (.so.3)
-
-where "tgt" is the name of a target.  Target file expressions produce
-a full path, but _DIR and _NAME versions can produce the directory and
-file name components:
-
-::
-
-  $<TARGET_FILE_DIR:tgt>/$<TARGET_FILE_NAME:tgt>
-  $<TARGET_LINKER_FILE_DIR:tgt>/$<TARGET_LINKER_FILE_NAME:tgt>
-  $<TARGET_SONAME_FILE_DIR:tgt>/$<TARGET_SONAME_FILE_NAME:tgt>
-
-
-
-::
-
-  $<TARGET_PROPERTY:tgt,prop>   = The value of the property prop on the target tgt.
-
-Note that tgt is not added as a dependency of the target this
-expression is evaluated on.
-
-::
-
-  $<TARGET_POLICY:pol>          = '1' if the policy was NEW when the 'head' target was created, else '0'.  If the policy was not set, the warning message for the policy will be emitted.  This generator expression only works for a subset of policies.
-  $<INSTALL_PREFIX>         = Content of the install prefix when the target is exported via INSTALL(EXPORT) and empty otherwise.
-
-Boolean expressions:
-
-::
-
-  $<AND:?[,?]...>           = '1' if all '?' are '1', else '0'
-  $<OR:?[,?]...>            = '0' if all '?' are '0', else '1'
-  $<NOT:?>                  = '0' if '?' is '1', else '1'
-
-where '?' is always either '0' or '1'.
-
-Expressions with an implicit 'this' target:
-
-::
-
-  $<TARGET_PROPERTY:prop>   = The value of the property prop on the target on which the generator expression is evaluated.
+Contents of LINK_LIBRARIES may use "generator expressions" with the syntax
+"$<...>".  See the :manual:`cmake-generator-expressions(7)` manual for
+available expressions.

Utilities/Sphinx/conf.py.in

@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ man_pages = [
     ('manual/cmake-policies.7', 'cmake-policies', 'CMake Policies Reference', [], 7),
     ('manual/cmake-properties.7', 'cmake-properties', 'CMake Properties Reference', [], 7),
     ('manual/cmake-variables.7', 'cmake-variables', 'CMake Variables Reference', [], 7),
+    ('manual/cmake-generator-expressions.7', 'cmake-generator-expressions', 'CMake Generator Expressions', [], 7),
 ]
 man_show_urls = False