Anton Makeev wrote: > Agree, the IDE should not do any automatic stuff, when user doesn’t expect > it. Though, the use-case here is quite different: > Consider a project that have 'add_directory(missing_dir)’ in one of the > CMakeLists files. If IDE were aware that missing_dir/CMakeLists.txt is a > required file, it might then automatically trigger update, when the user > creates this file inside the IDE (not externally). Or it may even have a > quick-fix ‘Create missing CMakeList.txt’.
Interesting. Thanks for that description. >>> Project name, list of the configurations are most needed ones. >>> We also use CMAKE_<lang>_SOURCEFILE_EXTENSIONS to determine if a given >>> file is potentially source file or not. >> >> As CMake already knows which files are 'object sources', the metadata >> will provide that. Also, the <lang> extensions is not enough. See the >> unit test I created and in particular the compiled_as_cxx.c file. > > For the existing files we indeed have all the necessary info in the > proposed format. Though, it’s about newly-created files: when a user > creates a new file ‘foo.zxy', IDE should decide, > wether to add it (or suggest to) to a target or not. The list of source > files extensions is what may help here. I see. > It comes from CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES, if project defined such a > variable. With default of Debug/Release/RelWithDebInfo/MinSizeRel Ok. So does this mean you have a parser for the existing CMakeCache.txt format already? Thanks, Steve. -- Powered by www.kitware.com Please keep messages on-topic and check the CMake FAQ at: http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ Kitware offers various services to support the CMake community. For more information on each offering, please visit: CMake Support: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/support.html CMake Consulting: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/consulting.html CMake Training Courses: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/training.html Visit other Kitware open-source projects at http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: http://public.kitware.com/mailman/listinfo/cmake-developers
