diff --git a/tools/configure/configureapp.cpp b/tools/configure/configureapp.cpp
index eb5231c8868..7b9f2a32167 100644
--- a/tools/configure/configureapp.cpp
+++ b/tools/configure/configureapp.cpp
@@ -1563,29 +1563,29 @@ bool Configure::displayHelp()
desc("These are optional, but you may specify install directories.\n\n", 0, 1);
- desc( "-prefix
", "This will install everything relative to (default $QT_INSTALL_PREFIX)\n\n");
+ desc( "-prefix ", "This will install everything relative to (default $QT_INSTALL_PREFIX)\n");
desc( "-hostprefix [dir]", "Tools and libraries needed when developing applications are installed in [dir]. "
"If [dir] is not given, the current build directory will be used. (default PREFIX)\n");
desc("You may use these to separate different parts of the install:\n\n");
- desc( "-bindir ", "Executables will be installed to (default PREFIX/bin)");
- desc( "-libdir ", "Libraries will be installed to (default PREFIX/lib)");
- desc( "-docdir ", "Documentation will be installed to (default PREFIX/doc)");
- desc( "-headerdir ", "Headers will be installed to (default PREFIX/include)");
- desc( "-plugindir ", "Plugins will be installed to (default PREFIX/plugins)");
- desc( "-importdir ", "Imports for QML will be installed to (default PREFIX/imports)");
- desc( "-datadir ", "Data used by Qt programs will be installed to (default PREFIX)");
- desc( "-translationdir ", "Translations of Qt programs will be installed to (default PREFIX/translations)");
- desc( "-examplesdir ", "Examples will be installed to (default PREFIX/examples)");
- desc( "-testsdir ", "Tests will be installed to (default PREFIX/tests)");
+ desc( "-bindir ", "Executables will be installed to \n(default PREFIX/bin)");
+ desc( "-libdir ", "Libraries will be installed to \n(default PREFIX/lib)");
+ desc( "-docdir ", "Documentation will be installed to \n(default PREFIX/doc)");
+ desc( "-headerdir ", "Headers will be installed to \n(default PREFIX/include)");
+ desc( "-plugindir ", "Plugins will be installed to \n(default PREFIX/plugins)");
+ desc( "-importdir ", "Imports for QML will be installed to \n(default PREFIX/imports)");
+ desc( "-datadir ", "Data used by Qt programs will be installed to \n(default PREFIX)");
+ desc( "-translationdir ", "Translations of Qt programs will be installed to \n(default PREFIX/translations)");
+ desc( "-examplesdir ", "Examples will be installed to \n(default PREFIX/examples)");
+ desc( "-testsdir ", "Tests will be installed to \n(default PREFIX/tests)\n");
- desc( "-hostbindir ", "Host executables will be installed to (default HOSTPREFIX/bin)");
- desc( "-hostdatadir ", "Data used by qmake will be installed to (default HOSTPREFIX)");
+ desc( "-hostbindir ", "Host executables will be installed to \n(default HOSTPREFIX/bin)");
+ desc( "-hostdatadir ", "Data used by qmake will be installed to \n(default HOSTPREFIX)");
#if !defined(EVAL)
- desc("Configure options:\n\n");
+ desc("\nConfigure options:\n\n");
desc(" The defaults (*) are usually acceptable. A plus (+) denotes a default value"
" that needs to be evaluated. If the evaluation succeeds, the feature is"
@@ -1614,14 +1614,14 @@ bool Configure::displayHelp()
desc("FAST", "no", "-no-fast", "Configure Qt normally by generating Makefiles for all project files.");
desc("FAST", "yes", "-fast", "Configure Qt quickly by generating Makefiles only for library and "
"subdirectory targets. All other Makefiles are created as wrappers "
- "which will in turn run qmake\n");
+ "which will in turn run qmake.\n");
- desc( "-make ", "Add part to the list of parts to be built at make time.");
+ desc( "-make ", "Add part to the list of parts to be built at make time");
for (int i=0; i", "Exclude part from the list of parts to be built.\n");
- desc("WIDGETS", "no", "-no-widgets", "Disable QtWidgets module\n");
+ desc("WIDGETS", "no", "-no-widgets", "Disable QtWidgets module.\n");
desc("ACCESSIBILITY", "no", "-no-accessibility", "Do not compile Windows Active Accessibility support.");
desc("ACCESSIBILITY", "yes", "-accessibility", "Compile Windows Active Accessibility support.\n");
@@ -1643,48 +1643,48 @@ bool Configure::displayHelp()
desc( "-system-sqlite", "Use sqlite from the operating system.\n");
- desc("OPENGL", "no","-no-opengl", "Disables OpenGL functionality\n");
+ desc("OPENGL", "no","-no-opengl", "Do not support OpenGL.");
desc("OPENGL", "no","-opengl ", "Enable OpenGL support with specified API version.\n"
"Available values for :");
desc("", "", "", " desktop - Enable support for Desktop OpenGL", ' ');
desc("OPENGL_ES_CM", "no", "", " es1 - Enable support for OpenGL ES Common Profile", ' ');
- desc("OPENGL_ES_2", "no", "", " es2 - Enable support for OpenGL ES 2.0", ' ');
+ desc("OPENGL_ES_2", "no", "", " es2 - Enable support for OpenGL ES 2.0\n", ' ');
- desc("OPENVG", "no","-no-openvg", "Disables OpenVG functionality\n");
- desc("OPENVG", "yes","-openvg", "Enables OpenVG functionality");
+ desc("OPENVG", "no","-no-openvg", "Disables OpenVG functionality.");
+ desc("OPENVG", "yes","-openvg", "Enables OpenVG functionality.\n");
desc( "-force-asserts", "Activate asserts in release mode.\n");
#endif
desc( "-platform ", "The operating system and compiler you are building on.\n(default %QMAKESPEC%)\n");
desc( "-xplatform ", "The operating system and compiler you are cross compiling to.\n");
desc( "", "See the README file for a list of supported operating systems and compilers.\n", false, ' ');
desc( "-sysroot ", "Sets as the target compiler's and qmake's sysroot and also sets pkg-config paths.");
- desc( "-no-gcc-sysroot", "When using -sysroot, it disables the passing of --sysroot to the compiler ");
+ desc( "-no-gcc-sysroot", "When using -sysroot, it disables the passing of --sysroot to the compiler.\n");
- desc("NIS", "no", "-no-nis", "Do not build NIS support.");
- desc("NIS", "yes", "-nis", "Build NIS support.");
+ desc("NIS", "no", "-no-nis", "Do not compile NIS support.");
+ desc("NIS", "yes", "-nis", "Compile NIS support.\n");
desc("NEON", "yes", "-neon", "Enable the use of NEON instructions.");
- desc("NEON", "no", "-no-neon", "Do not enable the use of NEON instructions.");
+ desc("NEON", "no", "-no-neon", "Do not enable the use of NEON instructions.\n");
desc("QT_ICONV", "disable", "-no-iconv", "Do not enable support for iconv(3).");
desc("QT_ICONV", "yes", "-iconv", "Enable support for iconv(3).");
desc("QT_ICONV", "yes", "-sun-iconv", "Enable support for iconv(3) using sun-iconv.");
- desc("QT_ICONV", "yes", "-gnu-iconv", "Enable support for iconv(3) using gnu-libiconv");
+ desc("QT_ICONV", "yes", "-gnu-iconv", "Enable support for iconv(3) using gnu-libiconv.\n");
- desc("LARGE_FILE", "yes", "-largefile", "Enables Qt to access files larger than 4 GB.");
+ desc("LARGE_FILE", "yes", "-largefile", "Enables Qt to access files larger than 4 GB.\n");
desc("FONT_CONFIG", "yes", "-fontconfig", "Build with FontConfig support.");
- desc("FONT_CONFIG", "no", "-no-fontconfig", "Do not build with FontConfig support.");
+ desc("FONT_CONFIG", "no", "-no-fontconfig", "Do not build with FontConfig support.\n");
- desc("POSIX_IPC", "yes", "-posix-ipc", "Enable POSIX IPC.");
+ desc("POSIX_IPC", "yes", "-posix-ipc", "Enable POSIX IPC.\n");
- desc("QT_GLIB", "yes", "-glib", "Enable Glib support.");
+ desc("QT_GLIB", "yes", "-glib", "Compile Glib support.\n");
- desc("QT_INSTALL_SETTINGS", "auto", "-sysconfdir", "Settings used by Qt programs will be looked for in .");
+ desc("QT_INSTALL_SETTINGS", "auto", "-sysconfdir ", "Settings used by Qt programs will be looked for in\n.\n");
#if !defined(EVAL)
- desc( "-qtnamespace ", "Wraps all Qt library code in 'namespace name {...}");
- desc( "-qtlibinfix ", "Renames all Qt* libs to Qt*\n");
+ desc( "-qtnamespace ", "Wraps all Qt library code in 'namespace name {...}'.");
+ desc( "-qtlibinfix ", "Renames all Qt* libs to Qt*.\n");
desc( "-D ", "Add an explicit define to the preprocessor.");
desc( "-I ", "Add an explicit include path.");
desc( "-L ", "Add an explicit library path.");
@@ -1706,7 +1706,7 @@ bool Configure::displayHelp()
desc("ICU", "yes", "-icu", "Use the ICU library.");
desc("ICU", "no", "-no-icu", "Do not use the ICU library.\nSee http://site.icu-project.org/\n");
- desc("GIF", "no", "-no-gif", "Do not compile GIF reading support.");
+ desc("GIF", "no", "-no-gif", "Do not compile GIF reading support.\n");
desc("LIBPNG", "no", "-no-libpng", "Do not compile PNG support.");
desc("LIBPNG", "qt", "-qt-libpng", "Use the libpng bundled with Qt.");
@@ -1721,7 +1721,7 @@ bool Configure::displayHelp()
desc("FREETYPE", "yes", "-system-freetype", "Use the libfreetype provided by the system.");
#endif
// Qt\Windows only options go below here --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- desc("Qt for Windows only:\n\n");
+ desc("\nQt for Windows only:\n\n");
desc("VCPROJFILES", "no", "-no-vcproj", "Do not generate VC++ .vcproj files.");
desc("VCPROJFILES", "yes", "-vcproj", "Generate VC++ .vcproj files, only if platform \"win32-msvc.net\".\n");
@@ -1736,38 +1736,38 @@ bool Configure::displayHelp()
desc("BUILD_QMAKE", "no", "-no-qmake", "Do not compile qmake.");
desc("BUILD_QMAKE", "yes", "-qmake", "Compile qmake.\n");
- desc("PROCESS", "partial", "-process", "Generate top-level Makefiles/Project files.\n");
- desc("PROCESS", "full", "-fully-process", "Generate Makefiles/Project files for the entire Qt tree.\n");
- desc("PROCESS", "no", "-dont-process", "Do not generate Makefiles/Project files. This will override -no-fast if specified.");
+ desc("PROCESS", "partial", "-process", "Generate top-level Makefiles/Project files.");
+ desc("PROCESS", "full", "-fully-process", "Generate Makefiles/Project files for the entire Qt\ntree.");
+ desc("PROCESS", "no", "-dont-process", "Do not generate Makefiles/Project files. This will override -no-fast if specified.\n");
desc("RTTI", "no", "-no-rtti", "Do not compile runtime type information.");
desc("RTTI", "yes", "-rtti", "Compile runtime type information.\n");
- desc("SSE2", "no", "-no-sse2", "Do not compile with use of SSE2 instructions");
- desc("SSE2", "yes", "-sse2", "Compile with use of SSE2 instructions");
- desc("SSE3", "no", "-no-sse3", "Do not compile with use of SSE3 instructions");
- desc("SSE3", "yes", "-sse3", "Compile with use of SSE3 instructions");
- desc("SSSE3", "no", "-no-ssse3", "Do not compile with use of SSSE3 instructions");
- desc("SSSE3", "yes", "-ssse3", "Compile with use of SSSE3 instructions");
- desc("SSE4_1", "no", "-no-sse4.1", "Do not compile with use of SSE4.1 instructions");
- desc("SSE4_1", "yes", "-sse4.1", "Compile with use of SSE4.1 instructions");
- desc("SSE4_2", "no", "-no-sse4.2", "Do not compile with use of SSE4.2 instructions");
- desc("SSE4_2", "yes", "-sse4.2", "Compile with use of SSE4.2 instructions");
- desc("AVX", "no", "-no-avx", "Do not compile with use of AVX instructions");
- desc("AVX", "yes", "-avx", "Compile with use of AVX instructions");
- desc("AVX2", "no", "-no-avx2", "Do not compile with use of AVX2 instructions");
- desc("AVX2", "yes", "-avx2", "Compile with use of AVX2 instructions");
- desc("OPENSSL", "no", "-no-openssl", "Do not compile in OpenSSL support");
- desc("OPENSSL", "yes", "-openssl", "Compile in run-time OpenSSL support");
- desc("OPENSSL", "linked","-openssl-linked", "Compile in linked OpenSSL support");
- desc("DBUS", "no", "-no-dbus", "Do not compile in D-Bus support");
- desc("DBUS", "yes", "-dbus", "Compile in D-Bus support and load libdbus-1 dynamically");
- desc("DBUS", "linked", "-dbus-linked", "Compile in D-Bus support and link to libdbus-1");
- desc("AUDIO_BACKEND", "no","-no-audio-backend", "Do not compile in the platform audio backend into QtMultimedia");
- desc("AUDIO_BACKEND", "yes","-audio-backend", "Compile in the platform audio backend into QtMultimedia");
- desc("QML_DEBUG", "no", "-no-qml-debug", "Do not build the QML debugging support");
- desc("QML_DEBUG", "yes", "-qml-debug", "Build the QML debugging support");
- desc("DIRECTWRITE", "no", "-no-directwrite", "Do not build support for DirectWrite font rendering");
- desc("DIRECTWRITE", "yes", "-directwrite", "Build support for DirectWrite font rendering (experimental, requires DirectWrite availability on target systems, e.g. Windows Vista with Platform Update, Windows 7, etc.)");
+ desc("SSE2", "no", "-no-sse2", "Do not compile with use of SSE2 instructions.");
+ desc("SSE2", "yes", "-sse2", "Compile with use of SSE2 instructions.");
+ desc("SSE3", "no", "-no-sse3", "Do not compile with use of SSE3 instructions.");
+ desc("SSE3", "yes", "-sse3", "Compile with use of SSE3 instructions.");
+ desc("SSSE3", "no", "-no-ssse3", "Do not compile with use of SSSE3 instructions.");
+ desc("SSSE3", "yes", "-ssse3", "Compile with use of SSSE3 instructions.");
+ desc("SSE4_1", "no", "-no-sse4.1", "Do not compile with use of SSE4.1 instructions.");
+ desc("SSE4_1", "yes", "-sse4.1", "Compile with use of SSE4.1 instructions.");
+ desc("SSE4_2", "no", "-no-sse4.2", "Do not compile with use of SSE4.2 instructions.");
+ desc("SSE4_2", "yes", "-sse4.2", "Compile with use of SSE4.2 instructions.");
+ desc("AVX", "no", "-no-avx", "Do not compile with use of AVX instructions.");
+ desc("AVX", "yes", "-avx", "Compile with use of AVX instructions.");
+ desc("AVX2", "no", "-no-avx2", "Do not compile with use of AVX2 instructions.");
+ desc("AVX2", "yes", "-avx2", "Compile with use of AVX2 instructions.\n");
+ desc("OPENSSL", "no", "-no-openssl", "Do not compile support for OpenSSL.");
+ desc("OPENSSL", "yes", "-openssl", "Enable run-time OpenSSL support.");
+ desc("OPENSSL", "linked","-openssl-linked", "Enable linked OpenSSL support.\n");
+ desc("DBUS", "no", "-no-dbus", "Do not compile in D-Bus support.");
+ desc("DBUS", "yes", "-dbus", "Compile in D-Bus support and load libdbus-1\ndynamically.");
+ desc("DBUS", "linked", "-dbus-linked", "Compile in D-Bus support and link to libdbus-1.\n");
+ desc("AUDIO_BACKEND", "no","-no-audio-backend", "Do not compile in the platform audio backend into\nQtMultimedia.");
+ desc("AUDIO_BACKEND", "yes","-audio-backend", "Compile in the platform audio backend into QtMultimedia.\n");
+ desc("QML_DEBUG", "no", "-no-qml-debug", "Do not build the in-process QML debugging support.");
+ desc("QML_DEBUG", "yes", "-qml-debug", "Build the in-process QML debugging support.\n");
+ desc("DIRECTWRITE", "no", "-no-directwrite", "Do not build support for DirectWrite font rendering.");
+ desc("DIRECTWRITE", "yes", "-directwrite", "Build support for DirectWrite font rendering (experimental, requires DirectWrite availability on target systems, e.g. Windows Vista with Platform Update, Windows 7, etc.)\n");
desc( "-no-style-