On Sat, Apr 18, 2015 at 11:56 AM, Stephen Kelly <steve...@gmail.com> wrote: > Stephen Kelly wrote: > >> The aim is to generate a structured file containing metadata relating the >> buildsystem. > > > I've been quiet on this thread for a while, so I think it is time for an > update. > > I became more ambitious in mid March and started prototyping a more-complete > design for CMake IDE integration. > > Instead of teaching CMake to generate a metadata file, I want to add a > server mode to CMake, so that IDEs can run the server in the build directory > and query it for buildsystem metadata, code completion, etc. It can be > implemented efficiently and it doesn't have to re-configure the build from > the beginning each time. A lot of things become possible with such a design, > but I'm being economic with details because I don't want to make promises I > don't deliver in the end, even though I have high confidence that I actually > can :). > > The good news is that I have done some proof of concept work on all aspects > of this, but I don't yet have one branch which contains all of the > individual proof of concepts combined. Doing this properly requires > refactoring CMake quite a bit, which I've already been doing for a while to > create a cmState class. > > The bad news is that because this is more ambitious, it will take more time > and will not be part of the CMake 3.3 release early this summer. I do > believe it can be implemented for the following release 3 months later > though. > > Here's some prior art in other tools: > > http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.compilers.clang.devel/21780 > https://sourceware.org/gdb/onlinedocs/gdb/GDB_002fMI.html > http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lib.boost.build/26905 > > We can use JSON as the wire protocol, and we can talk about exactly what the > protocol will be once the refactoring of CMake is done (that will take some > more weeks). I'll post a more complete design proposal and my prototype at > that point too. > > 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
Hi Stephen, Is there any news on the subject? Aleix -- 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
