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diff --git a/doc/src/qmake-manual.qdoc b/doc/src/qmake-manual.qdoc index 3363881..1463da7 100644 --- a/doc/src/qmake-manual.qdoc +++ b/doc/src/qmake-manual.qdoc @@ -262,15 +262,20 @@ 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 in the following way: + spaces. These must be quoted by using the + \l{qmake Function Reference#quote-string}{quote()} function in the following way: \snippet doc/src/snippets/qmake/quoting.pro 0 The quoted text is treated as a single item in the list of values held by - the variable. This approach is used to deal with paths that contain spaces, - particularly on the Windows platform. See the documentation for the + 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 examples. + \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: + + \snippet doc/src/snippets/qmake/spaces.pro quoting include paths with spaces \section2 Comments @@ -1377,7 +1382,8 @@ 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 in the following way: + and Unix platforms by using the \l{qmake Function Reference#quote-string}{quote()} + function in the following way: \snippet doc/src/snippets/qmake/spaces.pro quoting include paths with spaces @@ -1437,7 +1443,8 @@ 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 in the following way: + and Unix platforms by using the \l{qmake Function Reference#quote-string}{quote()} + function in the following way: \snippet doc/src/snippets/qmake/spaces.pro quoting library paths with spaces |