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authorFrank Dana <ferdnyc@gmail.com>2019-07-08 00:49:42 (GMT)
committerCraig Scott <craig.scott@crascit.com>2019-07-09 23:40:11 (GMT)
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message() help: Clarify how logs are displayed in various tools
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@@ -53,12 +53,12 @@ The optional ``<mode>`` keyword determines the type of message:
The CMake command-line tool displays ``STATUS`` to ``TRACE`` messages on stdout
with the message preceded by two hyphens and a space. All other message types
-are sent to stderr and are not prefixed with hyphens. The CMake GUI displays
-all messages in its log area. The interactive dialogs (:manual:`ccmake(1)`
-and :manual:`cmake-gui(1)`) show ``STATUS`` to ``TRACE`` messages one at a
-time on a status line and other messages in interactive pop-up boxes.
-The ``--loglevel`` command-line option to each of these tools can be used to
-control which messages will be shown.
+are sent to stderr and are not prefixed with hyphens. The
+:manual:`CMake GUI <cmake-gui(1)>` displays all messages in its log area.
+The :manual:`curses interface <ccmake(1)>` shows ``STATUS`` to ``TRACE``
+messages one at a time on a status line and other messages in an
+interactive pop-up box. The ``--loglevel`` command-line option to each of
+these tools can be used to control which messages will be shown.
CMake Warning and Error message text displays using a simple markup
language. Non-indented text is formatted in line-wrapped paragraphs