From 79fb6f7086f67d119b3a27d49c79d595aecf2f1b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Radovan Bast Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2015 21:18:03 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] update about page --- doc/general/about.rst | 16 +++++++--------- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/general/about.rst b/doc/general/about.rst index 68e1425..c705461 100644 --- a/doc/general/about.rst +++ b/doc/general/about.rst @@ -6,10 +6,10 @@ About Autocmake Building libraries and executables from sources can be a complex task. Several solutions exist to this problem: GNU Makefiles is the traditional approach. Today, CMake is one of the trendier alternatives. Autocmake is a script which -composes well tested CMake building blocks into a CMake project. Autocmake -assembles CMake modules, generates ``CMakeLists.txt`` as well as ``setup.py``, -which serves as a front-end to ``CMakeLists.txt``. All this is done based on a -lightweight ``autocmake.cfg`` file:: +composes well tested CMake building blocks into a CMake project and generates +``CMakeLists.txt`` as well as ``setup.py``, which serves as a front-end to +``CMakeLists.txt``. All this is done based on a lightweight ``autocmake.cfg`` +file:: python update.py --self | | @@ -50,8 +50,7 @@ scientific projects which typically have very similar requirements: - Math libraries: BLAS, LAPACK Our other motivation for Autocmake was to make it easier for developers who do -not know CMake to generate a CMake infrastructure within minutes by providing -a higher-level entry point to CMake. +not know CMake to use CMake by providing a higher-level entry point to CMake. Autocmake is a chance to provide a well documented and tested set of CMake plug-ins. With this we wish to give also users of codes the opportunity to @@ -70,6 +69,5 @@ Convention over configuration ----------------------------- Our guideline is to follow good established conventions in order to allow users -and developers to recognize the configuration when experimenting with -an Autocmake-powered project. -another. +and developers to recognize the configuration when experimenting with an +Autocmake-powered project.