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CMP0020
-------
-Automatically link Qt executables to qtmain target on Windows.
+Automatically link Qt executables to ``qtmain`` target on Windows.
CMake 2.8.10 and lower required users of Qt to always specify a link
-dependency to the qtmain.lib static library manually on Windows.
+dependency to the ``qtmain.lib`` static library manually on Windows.
CMake 2.8.11 gained the ability to evaluate generator expressions
-while determining the link dependencies from IMPORTED targets. This
+while determining the link dependencies from ``IMPORTED`` targets. This
allows CMake itself to automatically link executables which link to Qt
-to the qtmain.lib library when using IMPORTED Qt targets. For
-applications already linking to qtmain.lib, this should have little
+to the ``qtmain.lib`` library when using ``IMPORTED`` Qt targets. For
+applications already linking to ``qtmain.lib``, this should have little
impact. For applications which supply their own alternative WinMain
implementation and for applications which use the QAxServer library,
this automatic linking will need to be disabled as per the
documentation.
-The OLD behavior for this policy is not to link executables to
-qtmain.lib automatically when they link to the QtCore IMPORTED target.
-The NEW behavior for this policy is to link executables to qtmain.lib
-automatically when they link to QtCore IMPORTED target.
+The ``OLD`` behavior for this policy is not to link executables to
+``qtmain.lib`` automatically when they link to the QtCore ``IMPORTED`` target.
+The ``NEW`` behavior for this policy is to link executables to ``qtmain.lib``
+automatically when they link to QtCore ``IMPORTED`` target.
This policy was introduced in CMake version 2.8.11. CMake version
-|release| warns when the policy is not set and uses OLD behavior. Use
-the cmake_policy command to set it to OLD or NEW explicitly.
+|release| warns when the policy is not set and uses ``OLD`` behavior. Use
+the :command:`cmake_policy` command to set it to ``OLD`` or ``NEW`` explicitly.
.. include:: DEPRECATED.txt