[CMake] cmake man page getting bigger

Filipe Sousa filipe at ipb.pt
Wed Mar 8 04:46:08 EST 2006


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Alexander Neundorf wrote:
> Hi,  
>   
> recently the cmake man page has become much bigger, which makes it a bit 
> harder to use.  
>  
> Two reasons:  
> -the extensive documentation for the new advanced FIND_XXX() commands.  
> Maybe this could be a bit compacted, since they all share a common  
> concept ?  
>   
> And the bigger one:  
> -The documentation of the modules. In the future there will be even more  
> modules. How about separating the docs for the modules a bit ?  
> E.g. creating a second man page "cmakemodules" or something like this,  
> listed in the "see also" section.  
> OTOH this would make searching the man page less effective, since two man  
> pages would have to be searched.  
>   
> Bye  
> Alex  
>   
> 

Also the --help-html could be improved to show all commands at top of
the page. Each command should link to its description.

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Filipe Sousa
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