Doc: Improve qt_add_ui documentation

* Remove links to `qt_add_ui` in the qt_add_ui documentation
* Add links for `qt_wrap_ui` and `AUTOUIC`

Task-number: QTBUG-126463
Change-Id: I73c8e406407e3f71bba40e1c41473a17a7f45222
Reviewed-by: Alexandru Croitor <alexandru.croitor@qt.io>
(cherry picked from commit 2e8d7c552df4ac0987d7756ed4de9f35bb4735cc)
Reviewed-by: Qt Cherry-pick Bot <cherrypick_bot@qt-project.org>
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Orkun Tokdemir 2024-08-01 15:59:26 +02:00 committed by Qt Cherry-pick Bot
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@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ In the following snippet, the \c{mainwindow.cpp} file includes
\snippet cmake-macros/examples.cpp qt6_add_ui_1
\c{CMakeLists.txt} is implemented as follows and it calls
\l{qt6_add_ui}{qt_add_ui} to add \c{ui_mainwindow.h} to the \c{myapp} target.
\c{qt_add_ui} to add \c{ui_mainwindow.h} to the \c{myapp} target.
\snippet cmake-macros/examples.cmake qt6_add_ui_1
@ -146,29 +146,30 @@ Both \c{ui_widget1.h} and \c{ui_widget2.h} are included with the same prefix
In this case, the \c{INCLUDE_PREFIX} argument can be specified as \c{src/files}
for both files in the above snippet.
\section1 When to prefer \l{qt6_add_ui}{qt_add_ui} over \c{AUTOUIC}?
\section1 When to prefer \c{qt_add_ui} over \c{AUTOUIC}?
\l{qt6_add_ui}{qt_add_ui} has some advantages over \c{AUTOUIC}:
\c{qt_add_ui} has some advantages over \l{CMake AUTOUIC Documentation}{AUTOUIC}:
\list
\li \l{qt6_add_ui}{qt_add_ui} ensures that the \c{.ui} files are generated
\li \c{qt_add_ui} ensures that the \c{.ui} files are generated
correctly during the first build, for the \c{Ninja} and \c{Ninja Multi-Config}
generators.
\li \l{qt6_add_ui}{qt_add_ui} guarantees that the generated \c{.h} files are
\li \c{qt_add_ui} guarantees that the generated \c{.h} files are
not leaked outside the build directory.
\li Since \l{qt6_add_ui}{qt_add_ui} does not scan source files, it provides a
faster build than \c{AUTOUIC}.
\li Since \c{qt_add_ui} does not scan source files, it provides a faster build
than \c{AUTOUIC}.
\endlist
\section1 When to prefer \l{qt6_add_ui}{qt_add_ui} over \c{qt_wrap_ui}?
\section1 When to prefer \c{qt_add_ui} over \c{qt_wrap_ui}?
\l{qt6_add_ui}{qt_add_ui} has the \c{INCLUDE_PREFIX} argument, which can be used to
\c{qt_add_ui} has the \c{INCLUDE_PREFIX} argument, which can be used to
specify the include prefix for the generated header files.
\note It is not recommended to use both \l{qt6_add_ui}{qt_add_ui} and
\c{AUTOUIC} for the same target.
\note It is not recommended to use both \c{qt_add_ui} and
\l{CMake AUTOUIC Documentation}{AUTOUIC} for the same target.
\sa {qt_wrap_ui}
*/