On 11/22/2017 06:37 AM, Máté Ferenc Nagy-Egri wrote: > Well, my impression was that it is generally for external tools to be > aware of the build process, or the commands CMake executes.
`compile_commands.json` was a hack to support clang-tidy and similar tools and was never meant to be a general way to get information. It has largely been superseded by dedicated support for specific tools plus the server mode query information in a more structured way. > compile_commands.json is how Microsofts C++ extension to Visual Studio Code > fetches compiler definitions and include directories. That should be ported to ask the server mode instead. > I would like to make the LaTeX Workshop extension also aware of an external > build system, much as how cpptools can be made aware of external magic. I don't think we should add custom commands to `compile_commands.json`, but instead find some other way to export the needed information. Maybe LaTeX should be a first-class language. Or, the same modules that create the custom commands could also themselves export the information to some tooling helper file. -Brad -- 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
