Hi Physhh, I like the idea. Instead, a gui panel (with tooltips, doc, ...) should be autogenerated from the option associated to the corresponding cmake executable.
Would be happy to review changes / patches. Thanks Jc On Fri, Nov 1, 2013 at 10:47 AM, physhh . <phy...@gmail.com> wrote: > I've already searched for a feature like this but was not able to find it. > Then i've looked up in the cmake-gui source code but couldn't find anything > related. > > What I'm looking for: > If cmake is used directly from the command line, it's possible to pass a > bunch of options ( > http://www.cmake.org/cmake/help/v2.8.12/cmake.html#section_Options). This > is nice because with this it's possible to use default settings - even if > the cache get deleted. I'm actually really interested in this because it > would be possible to set the CMAKE_MODULE_PATH variable via batch file - > which is neat for custom find modules in custom locations. > > My Request: > I would like to see a feature which makes it possible to pass command line > options to cmake-gui which get forwarded to cmake when it gets called. To > make this work the cmake-gui could look for parameters which look like > "forward-*" (where the * is a cmake option name) and pass it to cmake. > > Are there any counter-arguments against this? > In my opinion it would make things much cleaner. > > -- > > 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://www.cmake.org/mailman/listinfo/cmake > -- +1 919 869 8849
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