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Index

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A B C D E F G H I K L M N O P R S T U V W

A
`ACTION` 1
`ALWAYS_SEARCH_USER_PATHS` 1
`ARCHS` 1

B
build settings
	always search user paths 1
	architectures 1
	auto-vectorization 1
	Base SDK 1
	build active architecture only 1
	build and product locations 1
	build products path 1
	build properties 1
	build variants 1
	C++ standard library type 1
	call C++ default constructors/destructors in Objective-C 1
	code signing 1
	code signing entitlements 1
	code signing identity 1
	code signing resource rules path 1
	CodeWarrior-style inline assembly 1
	compatibility version 1
	compiler 1
	compress .png files 1
	copy 1
	current library version 1
	dead code stripping 1
	debug information format 1
	deployment location 1
	deployment postprocessing 1
	display mangled names 1
	don't dead-strip inits and terms 1
	dynamic library install name 1
	effective C++ violation 1
	enable C++ exceptions 1
	enable C++ runtime types 1
	enable Objective-C exceptions 1
	enable SSE3 extensions 1
	enable SSE4.1 extensions 1
	enable SSE4.2 extensions 1
	exported symbols file 1
	feedback-directed optimization 1
	fix & continue 1
	flatten compiled xib files 1
	force package info generation 1
	framework search paths 1
	garbage collection support 1
	generate debug symbols 1
	global construction or destruction required 1
	header search paths 1
	hidden local variables 1
	inhibit all warnings 1
	installation build products location 1
	installation directory 1
	instruction scheduling 1
	intermediate build files path 1
	iOS Deployment Target 1
	level of debug symbols 1
	link with standard libraries 1
	linker 1
	mismatched return type 1
	nonvirtual destructor 1
	optimization level 1
	OS X deployment target 1
	other C flags 1
	other C++ flags 1
	other code signing flags 1
	other interface builder compiler flags 1
	other linker flags 1
	other warning flags 1
	overriding plug-in and framework directory 1
	pedantic warnings 1
	per-configuration build products path 1
	per-configuration intermediate file path 1
	plug-in search paths 1
	plug-ins 1
	prebinding 1
	precompile prefix header 1
	precompiled headers cache path 1
	preprocessor macros 1
	preprocessor macros not used in precompiled headers 1
	preserve private external symbols 1
	product information 1
	product layout 1
	runpath search paths 1
	separate PCH symbols 1
	show errors 1
	show notices 1
	show warnings 1
	sign comparision 1
	statics are thread safe 1
	strip debug symbols during copy 1
	strip linked product 1
	strip style 1
	symbols hidden by default 1
	system location 1
	targeted device family 1
	unexported symbols file 1
	unroll loops 1
	unused variables 1
	use nasm to process .asm files 1
	user header search paths 1
	user location 1
	validate built product 1
	verbose undefined symbols info 1
	wrapper extension 1
`BUILD_COMPONENTS` 1
`BUILD_VARIANTS` 1
`BUILT_PRODUCTS_DIR` 1
bundle directory path 1
bundle file path 1

C

C-based language 1
`CACHE_ROOT` 1
`CC_OPTIMIZATION_LEVEL` 1
`CODE_SIGN_ENTITLEMENTS` 1
`CODE_SIGN_IDENTITY` 1
companion 1
`COMPRESS_PNG_FILES` 1
`CONFIGURATION` 1
`CONFIGURATION_BUILD_DIR` 1
`CONFIGURATION_TEMP_DIR` 1
`CONTENTS_FOLDER_PATH` 1
`COPY_PHASE_STRIP` 1
`CURRENT_ARCH` 1
`CURRENT_VARIANT` 1

D
`DEAD_CODE_STRIPPING` 1
`DEBUG_INFORMATION_FORMAT` 1
`DEPLOYMENT_LOCATION` 1
`DEPLOYMENT_POSTPROCESSING` 1
`DERIVED_FILE_DIR` 1
directory path 1
`DOCUMENTATION_FOLDER_PATH` 1
`DSTROOT` 1
`DYLIB_COMPATIBILITY_VERSION` 1
`DYLIB_CURRENT_VERSION` 1

E
effector 1
`ENABLE_HEADER_DEPENDENCIES` 1
`EXECUTABLES_FOLDER_PATH` 1
`EXECUTABLE_EXTENSION` 1
`EXECUTABLE_FOLDER_PATH` 1
`EXECUTABLE_NAME` 1
`EXECUTABLE_PATH` 1
`EXECUTABLE_PREFIX` 1
`EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX` 1
`EXPORTED_SYMBOLS_FILE` 1

F
file path 1
filename 1
`FRAMEWORKS_FOLDER_PATH` 1
`FRAMEWORK_SEARCH_PATHS` 1

G
`GCC_AUTO_VECTORIZATION` 1
`GCC_CW_ASM_SYNTAX` 1
`GCC_DEBUGGING_SYMBOLS` 1
`GCC_DYNAMIC_NO_PIC` 1
`GCC_ENABLE_CPP_EXCEPTIONS` 1
`GCC_ENABLE_CPP_RTTI` 1
`GCC_ENABLE_FIX_AND_CONTINUE` 1
`GCC_ENABLE_OBJC_EXCEPTIONS` 1
`GCC_ENABLE_OBJC_GC` 1
`GCC_ENABLE_SSE3_EXTENSIONS` 1
`GCC_ENABLE_SSE41_EXTENSIONS` 1
`GCC_ENABLE_SSE42_EXTENSIONS` 1
`GCC_ENABLE_SYMBOL_SEPARATION` 1
`GCC_FEEDBACK_DIRECTED_OPTIMIZATION` 1
`GCC_GENERATE_DEBUGGING_SYMBOLS` 1
`GCC_MODEL_TUNING` 1
`GCC_OBJC_CALL_CXX_CDTORS` 1
`GCC_PRECOMPILE_PREFIX_HEADER` 1
`GCC_PREFIX_HEADER` 1
`GCC_PREPROCESSOR_DEFINITIONS` 1
`GCC_PREPROCESSOR_DEFINITIONS_NOT_USED_IN_PRECOMPS` 1
`GCC_SYMBOLS_PRIVATE_EXTERN` 1
`GCC_THREADSAFE_STATICS` 1
`GCC_UNROLL_LOOPS` 1
`GCC_USE_NASM_FOR_ASM_FILETYPE` 1
`GCC_VERSION` 1
`GCC_VERSION_IDENTIFIER` 1
`GCC_WARN_ABOUT_GLOBAL_CONSTRUCTORS` 1
`GCC_WARN_ABOUT_RETURN_TYPE` 1
`GCC_WARN_EFFECTIVE_CPLUSPLUS_VIOLATIONS` 1
`GCC_WARN_HIDDEN_VIRTUAL_FUNCTIONS` 1
`GCC_WARN_INHIBIT_ALL_WARNINGS` 1
`GCC_WARN_NON_VIRTUAL_DESTRUCTOR` 1
`GCC_WARN_PEDANTIC` 1
`GCC_WARN_SHADOW` 1
`GCC_WARN_SIGN_COMPARE` 1
`GCC_WARN_UNUSED_VARIABLE` 1
`GENERATE_PKGINFO_FILE` 1 2

H
`HEADERMAP_INCLUDES_FLAT_ENTRIES_FOR_TARGET_BEING_BUILT` 1
`HEADERMAP_INCLUDES_FRAMEWORK_ENTRIES_FOR_ALL_PRODUCT_TYPES` 1
`HEADERMAP_INCLUDES_PROJECT_HEADERS` 1
`HEADER_SEARCH_PATHS` 1
`HOME` 1

I
`IBC_ERRORS` 1
`IBC_FLATTEN_NIBS` 1
`IBC_NOTICES` 1
`IBC_OTHER_FLAGS` 1
`IBC_OVERRIDING_PLUGINS_AND_FRAMEWORKS_DIR` 1
`IBC_PLUGINS` 1
`IBC_PLUGIN_SEARCH_PATHS` 1
`IBC_WARNINGS` 1
identifier 1
`INFOPLIST_FILE` 1
`INFOPLIST_OTHER_PREPROCESSOR_FLAGS` 1
`INFOPLIST_OUTPUT_FORMAT` 1
`INFOPLIST_PATH` 1
`INFOPLIST_PREFIX_HEADER` 1
`INFOPLIST_PREPROCESS` 1
`INFOPLIST_PREPROCESSOR_DEFINITIONS` 1
`INFOSTRINGS_PATH` 1
installed product 1
installed product directory 1
`INSTALLHDRS_COPY_PHASE` 1
`INSTALLHDRS_SCRIPT_PHASE` 1
`INSTALL_DIR` 1
`INSTALL_PATH` 1
`IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET` 1

K
`KEEP_PRIVATE_EXTERNS` 1

L
`LD_DYLIB_INSTALL_NAME` 1
`LD_RUNPATH_SEARCH_PATHS` 1
`LIBRARY_SEARCH_PATHS` 1
`LINKER_DISPLAYS_FILE_FOR_UNDEFINED_SYMBOLS` 1
`LINKER_DISPLAYS_MANGLED_NAMES` 1
`LINK_WITH_STANDARD_LIBRARIES` 1

M
`MACH_O_TYPE` 1
`MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET` 1

N
`NATIVE_ARCH` 1
numeric identifier 1

O
`OBJECT_FILE_DIR` 1
`OBJECT_FILE_DIR_<VARIANT>` 1
`OBJROOT` 1
`ONLY_ACTIVE_ARCH` 1
option specification 1
`OTHER_CFLAGS` 1
`OTHER_CFLAGS_<VARIANT>` 1
`OTHER_CODE_SIGN_FLAGS` 1 2
`OTHER_CPLUSPLUSFLAGS` 1
`OTHER_LDFLAGS` 1
`OTHER_LDFLAGS_<VARIANT>` 1

P
`PACKAGE_TYPE` 1
`PATH_PREFIXES_EXCLUDED_FROM_HEADER_DEPENDENCIES` 1
`PKGINFO_FILE_PATH` 1
`PLUGINS_FOLDER_PATH` 1
`PREBINDING` 1
`PRESERVE_DEAD_CODE_INITS_AND_TERMS` 1
`PRIVATE_HEADERS_FOLDER_PATH` 1
`PRODUCT_NAME` 1
project directory path 1
project file path 1
`PROJECT_NAME` 1
`PROJECT_TEMP_DIR` 1
`PUBLIC_HEADERS_FOLDER_PATH` 1

R
`REMOVE_CVS_FROM_RESOURCES` 1
`REMOVE_SVN_FROM_RESOURCES` 1
`RETAIN_RAW_BINARIES` 1
`REZ_COLLECTOR_DIR` 1
`REZ_OBJECTS_DIR` 1

S
`SCRIPTS_FOLDER_PATH` 1
`SDKROOT` 1
`SHARED_FRAMEWORKS_FOLDER_PATH` 1
`SHARED_PRECOMPS_DIR` 1
`SKIP_INSTALL` 1
`SRCROOT` 1
`STANDARD_C_PLUS_PLUS_LIBRARY_TYPE` 1
`STRINGS_FILE_OUTPUT_ENCODING` 1
`STRIP_INSTALLED_PRODUCT` 1
`STRIP_STYLE` 1
`SYMROOT` 1
`SYSTEM_LIBRARY_DIR` 1

T
`TARGETED_DEVICE_FAMILY` 1
`TARGET_BUILD_DIR` 1
`TARGET_NAME` 1
`TARGET_TEMP_DIR` 1

U
`UNEXPORTED_SYMBOLS_FILE` 1
uniform type identifier 1
`UNLOCALIZED_RESOURCES_FOLDER_PATH` 1
`USER_HEADER_SEARCH_PATHS` 1
`USER_LIBRARY_DIR` 1

V
`VALIDATE_PRODUCT` 1
VALID_ARCHS 1
`VERBOSE_PBXCP` 1

W
`WARNING_CFLAGS` 1
`WRAPPER_EXTENSION` 1
`WRAPPER_NAME` 1
`WRAPPER_SUFFIX` 1