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authorJames Johnston <johnstonj.public@codenest.com>2015-08-18 05:34:01 (GMT)
committerBrad King <brad.king@kitware.com>2015-08-21 13:32:08 (GMT)
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Help: Improve formatting of variable documentation
Improve formatting, primarily by: * Adding links to relevant commands, properties, generators, and so on. * Converting code, symbols, paths, and so on to fixed-width fonts. * Hard wrapping lines to 80 characters or less.
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@@ -3,11 +3,13 @@ CPACK_PACKAGING_INSTALL_PREFIX
The prefix used in the built package.
-Each CPack generator has a default value (like /usr). This default
-value may be overwritten from the CMakeLists.txt or the cpack command
-line by setting an alternative value.
+Each CPack generator has a default value (like ``/usr``). This default
+value may be overwritten from the ``CMakeLists.txt`` or the :manual:`cpack(1)`
+command line by setting an alternative value. Example:
-e.g. set(CPACK_PACKAGING_INSTALL_PREFIX "/opt")
+::
-This is not the same purpose as CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX which is used
+ set(CPACK_PACKAGING_INSTALL_PREFIX "/opt")
+
+This is not the same purpose as :variable:`CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX` which is used
when installing from the build tree without building a package.