From b85dd9faf9339f89865b433681efd796f74defef Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Leena Miettinen <riitta-leena.miettinen@nokia.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2010 15:18:51 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Update information about shadow building now being the
default (with restrictions).
Reviewed-by: Tobias Hunger
---
doc/qtcreator.qdoc | 13 +++++++++----
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/qtcreator.qdoc b/doc/qtcreator.qdoc
index b57d93e99d8..e1605a2f898 100644
--- a/doc/qtcreator.qdoc
+++ b/doc/qtcreator.qdoc
@@ -1093,7 +1093,7 @@
but we recommend that you do not use network resources, for example.
Qt Creator allows you to specify separate \l{Build Settings} {build settings}
- for each development platform. You can use \l{glossary-shadow-build}{shadow builds} to
+ for each development platform. By default, \l{glossary-shadow-build}{shadow builds} are used to
keep the build specific files separate from the source.
You can create separate versions of project files to keep platform-dependent
@@ -1640,9 +1640,14 @@
build your project. For more information, see
\l{Selecting the Qt version}.
\o The toolchain required to build the project.
- \o If you want to \l{glossary-shadow-build}{shadow build} your
- project, check the \gui{Shadow Build} checkbox and select the
- build directory.
+ \o By default, projects are built in a separate directory
+ from the source directory, as \l{glossary-shadow-build}{shadow builds}.
+ This keeps the files generated for each target platform separate.
+
+ \note Shadow building is not supported by the Symbian build system.
+ Also, shadow building on Windows is not supported for Maemo.
+ If you only build for one target platform, you can deselect
+ the \gui{Shadow Build} checkbox.
\endlist
\endlist
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