Help: Refine COMPILE_OPTIONS property documentation

Make wording of the directory and target properties more consitent
and complementary.  Specify that the value is a ";-list" with a link
to the cmake-language(7) manual section on lists.
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Brad King 2015-03-31 08:55:16 -04:00
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List of options to pass to the compiler. List of options to pass to the compiler.
This property specifies the list of options given so far to the This property holds a :ref:`;-list <CMake Language Lists>` of options
:command:`add_compile_options` command. given so far to the :command:`add_compile_options` command.
This property is used to initialize the :prop_tgt:`COMPILE_OPTIONS` target This property is used to initialize the :prop_tgt:`COMPILE_OPTIONS` target
property when a target is created, which is used by the generators to set property when a target is created, which is used by the generators to set

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List of options to pass to the compiler. List of options to pass to the compiler.
This property specifies the list of options specified so far for this This property holds a :ref:`;-list <CMake Language Lists>` of options
property. specified so far for its target. Use the :command:`target_compile_options`
command to append more options.
This property is intialized by the :prop_dir:`COMPILE_OPTIONS` directory This property is intialized by the :prop_dir:`COMPILE_OPTIONS` directory
property, which is used by the generators to set the options for the property when a target is created, and is used by the generators to set
compiler. the options for the compiler.
Contents of ``COMPILE_OPTIONS`` may use "generator expressions" with the Contents of ``COMPILE_OPTIONS`` may use "generator expressions" with the
syntax ``$<...>``. See the :manual:`cmake-generator-expressions(7)` manual syntax ``$<...>``. See the :manual:`cmake-generator-expressions(7)` manual