<p>
The meson program is used to configure the source directory and generates
either a ninja build file or Visual Studio® build files. The latter must
-be enabled via the --backend switch, as ninja is the default backend on all
+be enabled via the <code>--backend</code> switch, as ninja is the default backend on all
operating systems. Meson only supports out-of-tree builds, and must be passed a
directory to put built and generated sources into. We'll call that directory
"build" for examples.
<p>
With additional arguments <code>meson configure</code> is used to change
options on already configured build directory. All options passed to this
-command are in the form -D "command"="value".
+command are in the form <code>-D "command"="value"</code>.
</p>
<pre>
CFLAGS=-Wno-typedef-redefinition ninja -C build-clang
</pre>
-<p>Meson also honors DESTDIR for installs</p>
+<p>Meson also honors <code>DESTDIR</code> for installs</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>LLVM</code></dt>
<dd><p>Meson includes upstream logic to wrap llvm-config using it's standard
-dependency interface. It will search $PATH (or %PATH% on windows) for
+dependency interface. It will search <code>$PATH</code> (or <code>%PATH%</code> on windows) for
llvm-config, so using an LLVM from a non-standard path is as easy as
<code>PATH=/path/with/llvm-config:$PATH meson build</code>.
</p></dd>
<dd><p>This option will set the compiler debug/optimisation levels to aid
debugging the Mesa libraries.</p>
-<p>Note that in meson this defaults to "debugoptimized", and not setting it to
-"release" will yield non-optimal performance and binary size. Not using "debug"
-may interfere with debugging as some code and validation will be optimized
-away.
+<p>Note that in meson this defaults to <code>debugoptimized</code>, and
+not setting it to <code>release</code> will yield non-optimal
+performance and binary size. Not using <code>debug</code> may interfere
+with debugging as some code and validation will be optimized away.
</p>
-<p> For those wishing to pass their own optimization flags, use the "plain"
+<p> For those wishing to pass their own optimization flags, use the <code>plain</code>
buildtype, which causes meson to inject no additional compiler arguments, only
those in the C/CXXFLAGS and those that mesa itself defines.</p>
</dd>
<dl>
<dt><code>-Db_ndebug</code></dt>
-<dd><p>This option controls assertions in meson projects. When set to false
+<dd><p>This option controls assertions in meson projects. When set to <code>false</code>
(the default) assertions are enabled, when set to true they are disabled. This
is unrelated to the <code>buildtype</code>; setting the latter to
<code>release</code> will not turn off assertions.