From 67b21f80917683019d11b7abac8874d87ccfad6e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Wolfgang Bangerth Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2019 21:01:15 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] Clarify something in the readme file that seems to perpetually perplex people. --- doc/readme.html | 13 ++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/readme.html b/doc/readme.html index 71a49c0653..5c54bb5a1c 100644 --- a/doc/readme.html +++ b/doc/readme.html @@ -168,7 +168,13 @@ cd build cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/path/to/install/dir ../deal.II - We recommend compiling deal.II in parallel if your machine has more than one processor core. This can be done by providing the --jobs flag to make with a numerical argument. Here we compile with four make jobs: + We recommend compiling deal.II in parallel if your machine has + more than one processor core. This can be done by providing + the --jobs=N flag to make with a + numerical argument N. (The + argument --jobs=N is often abbreviated + as -jN.) Here we compile with four make + jobs:
   make --jobs=4 install
   make test
@@ -180,9 +186,10 @@
     

- Note:

+ Notes: