avoid code duplication with local cmake modules; fixes #32

the directory for downloaded modules is renamed from modules/ to downloaded/

doc/customizing-modules.rst

@@ -3,15 +3,16 @@
 Customizing CMake modules
 =========================
 
-The ``update.py`` script assembles modules listed in ``autocmake.cfg`` and
-places them inside ``modules/``.  You have at least four options to customize
-CMake modules:
+The ``update.py`` script assembles modules listed in ``autocmake.cfg`` into
+``CMakeLists.txt``. Those that are fetched from the web are placed inside
+``downloaded/``.  You have at least four options to customize downloaded CMake
+modules:
 
 
-Directly inside the generated modules directory
------------------------------------------------
+Directly inside the generated directory
+---------------------------------------
 
-The CMake modules can be customized directly inside ``modules/`` but this is
+The CMake modules can be customized directly inside ``downloaded/`` but this is
 the least elegant solution since the customizations may be overwritten by the
 ``update.py`` script (use version control).
 

doc/new-project.rst

@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ creates ``CMakeLists.txt`` and ``setup.py`` in the build path::
 
   python update.py ..
 
-The script also copies or downloads CMake modules specified in ``autocmake.cfg`` to a directory
-called ``modules/``::
+The script also downloads remote CMake modules specified in ``autocmake.cfg`` to a directory
+called ``downloaded/``::
 
   cmake/
       update.py
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ called ``modules/``::
       lib/
           config.py
           docopt.py
-          modules/   # CMakeLists.txt includes CMake modules from this directory
+          downloaded/  # contains CMake modules fetched from the web
 
 
 Building the project

doc/updating-modules.rst

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 Updating CMake modules
 ======================
 
-To update CMake modules you need to run the ``update.py`` script::
+To update CMake modules fetched from the web you need to run the ``update.py`` script::
 
   cd cmake
   python update.py ..