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diff --git a/doc/src/development/qmake-manual.qdoc b/doc/src/development/qmake-manual.qdoc index 373254c..f2ca21e 100644 --- a/doc/src/development/qmake-manual.qdoc +++ b/doc/src/development/qmake-manual.qdoc @@ -247,8 +247,7 @@ Normally, variables are used to contain whitespace-separated lists of values. However, it is sometimes necessary to specify values containing - spaces. These must be quoted by using the - \l{qmake Function Reference#quote-string}{quote()} function in the following way: + spaces. These must be quoted by using double quotes: \snippet doc/src/snippets/qmake/quoting.pro 0 @@ -256,9 +255,7 @@ the variable. A similar approach is used to deal with paths that contain spaces, particularly when defining the \l{qmake Variable Reference#INCLUDEPATH}{INCLUDEPATH} and - \l{qmake Variable Reference#LIBS}{LIBS} variables for the Windows platform. - In cases like these, the \l{qmake Function Reference#quote(string)}{quote()} - function can be used in the following way: + \l{qmake Variable Reference#LIBS}{LIBS} variables for the Windows platform: \snippet doc/src/snippets/qmake/spaces.pro quoting include paths with spaces @@ -1659,9 +1656,7 @@ To specify a path containing spaces, quote the path using the technique mentioned in the \l{qmake Project Files#Whitespace}{qmake Project Files} - document. For example, paths with spaces can be specified on Windows - and Unix platforms by using the \l{qmake Function Reference#quote-string}{quote()} - function in the following way: + document. \snippet doc/src/snippets/qmake/spaces.pro quoting include paths with spaces @@ -1723,9 +1718,7 @@ To specify a path containing spaces, quote the path using the technique mentioned in the \l{qmake Project Files#Whitespace}{qmake Project Files} - document. For example, paths with spaces can be specified on Windows - and Unix platforms by using the \l{qmake Function Reference#quote-string}{quote()} - function in the following way: + document. \snippet doc/src/snippets/qmake/spaces.pro quoting library paths with spaces @@ -3614,10 +3607,7 @@ \section1 quote(string) Converts a whole \e string into a single entity and returns the result. - Newlines, carriage returns, and tabs can be specified in the string - with \\n \\r and \\t. The return value does not contain either single - or double quotation marks unless you explicitly include them yourself, - but will be placed into a single entry (for literal expansion). + This is just a fancy way of enclosing the string into double quotes. \section1 replace(string, old_string, new_string) |