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authorTodd Gamblin <tgamblin@llnl.gov>2019-09-01 19:41:00 -0700
committerTodd Gamblin <tgamblin@llnl.gov>2019-09-02 19:24:48 -0700
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docs: add docs for `spack find --format` and `spack find --json`
- add docs for `spack find --format` - add docs for `spack find --json` - update references to Spec.format() docs and add links
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@@ -36,14 +36,13 @@ to help with that. Firstly, the ``install_hash_length`` parameter can
set the length of the hash in the installation path from 1 to 32. The
default path uses the full 32 characters.
-Secondly, it is
-also possible to modify the entire installation scheme. By default
-Spack uses
+Secondly, it is also possible to modify the entire installation
+scheme. By default Spack uses
``{architecture}/{compiler.name}-{compiler.version}/{name}-{version}-{hash}``
where the tokens that are available for use in this directive are the
-same as those understood by the ``Spec.format`` method. Using this parameter it
-is possible to use a different package layout or reduce the depth of
-the installation paths. For example
+same as those understood by the :meth:`~spack.spec.Spec.format`
+method. Using this parameter it is possible to use a different package
+layout or reduce the depth of the installation paths. For example
.. code-block:: yaml