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-rw-r--r--Help/command/LINK_OPTIONS_LINKER.txt18
-rw-r--r--Help/command/OPTIONS_SHELL.txt4
2 files changed, 11 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/Help/command/LINK_OPTIONS_LINKER.txt b/Help/command/LINK_OPTIONS_LINKER.txt
index a723375..3f66181 100644
--- a/Help/command/LINK_OPTIONS_LINKER.txt
+++ b/Help/command/LINK_OPTIONS_LINKER.txt
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-To pass options to the linker tool, each compiler driver has is own syntax.
-The ``LINKER:`` prefix can be used to specify, in a portable way, options
-to pass to the linker tool. The ``LINKER:`` prefix is replaced by the required
-driver option and the rest of the option string defines linker arguments using
-``,`` as separator. These arguments will be formatted according to the
+To pass options to the linker tool, each compiler driver has its own syntax.
+The ``LINKER:`` prefix and ``,`` separator can be used to specify, in a portable
+way, options to pass to the linker tool. ``LINKER:`` is replaced by the
+appropriate driver option and ``,`` by the appropriate driver separator.
+The driver prefix and driver separator are given by the values of the
:variable:`CMAKE_<LANG>_LINKER_WRAPPER_FLAG` and
:variable:`CMAKE_<LANG>_LINKER_WRAPPER_FLAG_SEP` variables.
@@ -12,11 +12,11 @@ For example, ``"LINKER:-z,defs"`` becomes ``-Xlinker -z -Xlinker defs`` for
The ``LINKER:`` prefix can be specified as part of a ``SHELL:`` prefix
expression.
-The ``LINKER:`` prefix supports, as alternate syntax, specification of
-arguments using ``SHELL:`` prefix and space as separator. Previous example
-becomes ``"LINKER:SHELL:-z defs"``.
+The ``LINKER:`` prefix supports, as an alternative syntax, specification of
+arguments using the ``SHELL:`` prefix and space as separator. The previous
+example then becomes ``"LINKER:SHELL:-z defs"``.
.. note::
- Specifying ``SHELL:`` prefix elsewhere than at the beginning of the
+ Specifying the ``SHELL:`` prefix anywhere other than at the beginning of the
``LINKER:`` prefix is not supported.
diff --git a/Help/command/OPTIONS_SHELL.txt b/Help/command/OPTIONS_SHELL.txt
index 530c012..0f8ec32 100644
--- a/Help/command/OPTIONS_SHELL.txt
+++ b/Help/command/OPTIONS_SHELL.txt
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
The final set of compile or link options used for a target is constructed by
accumulating options from the current target and the usage requirements of
-it dependencies. The set of options is de-duplicated to avoid repetition.
+its dependencies. The set of options is de-duplicated to avoid repetition.
While beneficial for individual options, the de-duplication step can break
up option groups. For example, ``-D A -D B`` becomes ``-D A B``. One may
specify a group of options using shell-like quoting along with a ``SHELL:``
-prefix. The ``SHELL:`` prefix is dropped and the rest of the option string
+prefix. The ``SHELL:`` prefix is dropped, and the rest of the option string
is parsed using the :command:`separate_arguments` ``UNIX_COMMAND`` mode.
For example, ``"SHELL:-D A" "SHELL:-D B"`` becomes ``-D A -D B``.