Re: [CMake] Names of known variables

[Brandon J. Van Every]

Alexander Neundorf wrote: Hi, Von: "Brandon J. Van Every" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Philippe Poilbarbe wrote: Hello, How can I get the names and usage of cmake variables. For functions we have the various --help options but nothing for variables. When I bought the "Mastering CMake" book there was some of them (and it was not up to date) but it's quite difficult to find the new ones as new versions of cmake are coming. There is many answers on this list of the form: 'to do this set the value of this variable to this and it will do the trick'. Although it's not complete, http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_Useful_Variables has a number of them. I agree that documentation of variables is a weak point of CMake. So please take the time to help with the wiki page :-) Like everyone else who isn't helping with the wiki page, I have higher priorities right now, like getting the Chicken Scheme CMake build in top shape, and adopted as the standard build.  And parallel with that, I'll be working on OpenGL demos.  I want these evangelical tools, both for Chicken and for CMake, before I want better docs.  The problem with documentation is, once you've personally learned what you need, you have no incentive to improve the documentation.  If I were trying to train a bunch of people in CMake I'd have an incentive, but that's not currently what I'm trying to do.  Documentation is a weak spot of open source development in general.  It's easier to get things documented when people are getting paid to do it. I wonder at Kitware's stake in this.  Previously, I thought they were just profit-conscious, that they wanted to force people to buy their book to get the best support.  But it seems their book doesn't have all needed information either, so it is not in fact the best support.  The best support is asking right here!  It does, at least, fit with their rapid development model.  I'm tempted to say that the Kitware guys are just much stronger coders than documentarians.  Much like their open source peers. Cheers, Brandon Van Every

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