CMake/Help/command/enable_language.rst
Brad King 9dd2dd5b77 Help: Restore project command docs for default languages and NONE
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was accidentally moved to the `enable_language` command documentation.

Fixes: #25016
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enable_language
---------------
Enable languages (CXX/C/OBJC/OBJCXX/Fortran/etc)
.. code-block:: cmake
enable_language(<lang>... [OPTIONAL])
Enables support for the named languages in CMake. This is the same as
the :command:`project` command but does not create any of the extra
variables that are created by the project command.
.. include:: SUPPORTED_LANGUAGES.txt
This command must be called in file scope, not in a function call.
Furthermore, it must be called in the highest directory common to all
targets using the named language directly for compiling sources or
indirectly through link dependencies. It is simplest to enable all
needed languages in the top-level directory of a project.
The ``OPTIONAL`` keyword is a placeholder for future implementation and
does not currently work. Instead you can use the :module:`CheckLanguage`
module to verify support before enabling.