On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 3:20 PM, Jochen Wilhelmy <j.wilhe...@arcor.de> wrote: > Hi! > > This proposal addresses the following issue: > currently there is no solution for creating Visual Studio project > files for static runtime without editing the cmake files. > As the goal of cmake is to define a project in an abstract way it should > be possible to generate for static runtime only via the command line > interface > since someone who never uses Visual Studio will probably not account > for this issue. > > A solution could look like this: > split the -G option into three options, e.g. > -G the generator > -V the Version > - T the Target platfrom > > some examples: > old: -G "Visual Studio 8 2005 Win64" > new: > -G "Visual Studio" -V 8 -T Win64 > or equivalent > -G "Visual Studio" -V 2005 -T Win64 > > old: -G "Eclipse CDT4 - Unix Makefiles" > new: -G "Eclipse CDT" -V4 -T "Unix Makefiles" > > in this new system the static runtime is a target: > -G "Visual Studio" -V 8 -T "Win32 static" > > of course the old generator names can continue to exist > for backward compatibility.
There are at least 3 ways to solve this problem without introducing any changes to CMake. See the CMake FAQ. http://www.itk.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ#How_can_I_build_my_MSVC_application_with_a_static_runtime.3F If there is enough demand to add a feature to do this without requiring CMakeLists.txt modifications, at least do something simpler such as adding a variable like CMAKE_MSVC_COMPILE_WITH_MT or something like that. This way all that needs to be modified is Modules/Platform/Windows-cl.cmake to set the initial cache differently and perhaps adding a checkbox to the GUI when selecting the initial generator. -- Philip Lowman _______________________________________________ Powered by www.kitware.com Visit other Kitware open-source projects at http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html Please keep messages on-topic and check the CMake FAQ at: http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: http://www.cmake.org/mailman/listinfo/cmake