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diff --git a/docs/manual/ecm-modules.7.rst b/docs/manual/ecm-modules.7.rst index 16fd8612..ee0e4638 100644 --- a/docs/manual/ecm-modules.7.rst +++ b/docs/manual/ecm-modules.7.rst @@ -11,12 +11,12 @@ Introduction ============ Extra CMake Modules (ECM) provides various modules that provide useful functions -for CMake scripts. ECM actually provides three types of modules: those that -extend the functionality of the ``find_package`` command are documented in -:manual:`ecm-find-modules(7)`; those that provide standard settings for software -produced by the KDE community are documented in :manual:`ecm-kde-modules(7)`. -The rest provide macros and functions for general use by CMake scripts and are -documented here. +for CMake scripts. ECM actually provides three types of modules that can be +used from CMake scripts: those that extend the functionality of the +``find_package`` command are documented in :manual:`ecm-find-modules(7)`; those +that provide standard settings for software produced by the KDE community are +documented in :manual:`ecm-kde-modules(7)`. The rest provide macros and +functions for general use by CMake scripts and are documented here. To use these modules, you need to tell CMake to find the ECM package, and then add either ``${ECM_MODULE_PATH}`` or ``${ECM_MODULE_DIR}`` to the @@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ then add either ``${ECM_MODULE_PATH}`` or ``${ECM_MODULE_DIR}`` to the Using ``${ECM_MODULE_PATH}`` will also make the find modules and KDE modules available. +Note that there are also toolchain modules, documented in +:manual:`ecm-toolchains(7)`, but these are used by users building the software +rather than developers writing CMake scripts. + All Modules =========== |