1) What's with the 'strike-thru' in the descriptions for various
project field labels? Is this some sort of clue that the REAL value
is located somewhere else? - or what?... If so, why is the alias
capable of being edited?
This means that a project level setting is overriding a target level
setting.
2) Why is there a 'Target' (info/build) reference to 'Generate Debug
Symbols' (with strike-thru) AND... a 'Project (info/styles) entry for
same PLUS... a 'DEBUGGING_SYMBOLS' entry?
You must have imported an older project into Xcode. DEBUGGING_SYMBOLS
was what PB used and I believe is ignored by Xcode. As long as you
have the Generate Debug Symbols set correctly you can delete
DEBUGGING_SYMBOLS. The same is true for COPY_PHASE_STRIP and
OPTIMIZATION_FLAGS.
3) What happened to the PLIST editor? Is the 'raw text' the only
interface to add/modify/delete entries in that doc? Is the suggested
plan to use the Plist Editor utility - or did I miss a button
somewhere?
Select a target, Get Info, switch to Properties tab. Any changes made
there are saved in the target's Info.plist. Anything not covered in
the GUI must be edited manually.