On Mon, Sep 6, 2010 at 9:18 AM, David Cole <david.c...@kitware.com> wrote:
> The "Generate" button should be enabled after the first configure. > > It's not enabled because the prevailing theory of the day was that you > shouldn't allow generate unless there were *no* *new* cache entries after > the most recent configure... -- force users to pay attention to those new > red entries -- in other words, it's just history and reluctance to change > behavior that's "always been that way"... > > I've always thought that you should be allowed to generate whenever you > want to: I'd go so far as to say that "Generate" should be enabled as soon > as you open cmake-gui, and that, if there have not been *any* configure > steps, it would do the same thing as command line cmake: configure once and > generate, all in one click. > > Please reply with more feedback: > > How many of you would: > - keep the current behavior exactly as is, it's good > - enable "Generate" unconditionally > - something in between > > > Thanks, > David > David C., I fear all of the votes for "enable generate unconditionally" will never be cast because the users that really want/need it are not on the CMake mailing list. I'd like to cast 32 votes by proxy in favor of the unconditional generate button! Thanks, David D.
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