Help: Document `cmake --find-package` as a separate command mode

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done before the -P argument.
``--find-package``
Run in pkg-config like mode.
Search a package using find_package() and print the resulting flags
to stdout. This can be used to use cmake instead of pkg-config to
find installed libraries in plain Makefile-based projects or in
autoconf-based projects (via share/aclocal/cmake.m4).
See `Find-Package Tool Mode`_.
``--graphviz=[file]``
Generate graphviz of dependencies, see CMakeGraphVizOptions.cmake for more.
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``write_regv <key> <value>``
Write Windows registry value.
Find-Package Tool Mode
======================
CMake provides a helper for Makefile-based projects with the signature::
cmake --find-package <options>...
This runs in a pkg-config like mode.
Search a package using :command:`find_package()` and print the resulting flags
to stdout. This can be used to use cmake instead of pkg-config to find
installed libraries in plain Makefile-based projects or in autoconf-based
projects (via ``share/aclocal/cmake.m4``).
.. note::
This mode is not well-supported due to some technical limitations.
It is kept for compatibility but should not be used in new projects.
See Also
========