On Saturday 12 November 2011, Dan Kegel wrote: > In http://www.cmake.org/pipermail/cmake/2011-November/047250.html > I wrote > > "I can't reorganize the source tree on the developers, > so I'm making do by putting the enclosing CMakeLists.txt next to all > the projects: > toplevel/trunk/CMakeLists.txt > which is checked out to > toplevel/CMakeLists.txt > It does > add_subdirectory(../libfoo libfoo) > add_subdirectory(../libbar libbar) > add_subdirectory(../baz baz) > This has the possible advantage that one can have multiple > "top levels" (say, one for server code, and one for client). > I don't know how many shops suffer from this svn layout, but I'll probably > add an example covering it anyway for completeness once I'm sure > it doesn't explode in practice." > > Right, well, I found out where it explodes in practice. Here's an example: > http://code.google.com/p/winezeug/source/browse/trunk/cmake_examples/ex7/ > > The problem comes when using the cdt generator. We can't use > -DECLIPSE_CDT4_GENERATE_SOURCE_PROJECT=TRUE > since there are more than one source project, but the > source project that generates is really trivial, so I generate > one for each source directory myself with a bit of shell: > > for dir in demo libsrc > do > sed "s/PROJNAME/_$dir/" < ../skeleton.project > ../$dir/.project > done > > before or after running cmake. > > It all works great, the source projects all show up, the project builds... > BUT when you edit a source file and tell eclipse to rebuild, it just > sits there. It doesn't know that the source projects are related to > the build project. > > It looks like adding a link does the trick: > > --- .project.old 2011-11-11 22:51:56.797674441 +0000 > +++ .project 2011-11-11 22:52:25.380913484 +0000 > @@ -113,5 +113,11 @@ > <type>2</type> > > <location>/home/dank/winezeug/cmake_examples/ex7/demo</location> > </link> > + <link> > + <name>[Source directory 2]</name> > + <type>2</type> > + <location>/home/dank/winezeug/cmake_examples/ex7/libsrc</location> > + </link> > + > </linkedResources> > </projectDescription> > > After I add those lines to the .project, saved changes in libsrc do seem > to cause a rebuild the next time you click "build project". > > So, I guess to support this style of project, the cdt generator > should call cmExtraEclipseCDT4Generator::AppendLinkedResource() > once for each call in my outer CMakeLists.txt like > add_subdirectory(../libsrc libsrc).
Ok. So two things: * please give current cmake master a try, it has several improvements. * please create a ticket in the cmake bug tracker for this, improved source- project generator for Eclipse, or something like this. My goal is to have no open bugs for Eclipse when 2.8.7 wil be released. Alex -- 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
