I’m curious too, but I think that it would be easier to use a fixed format for
project representation, such as the suggested CPS, and have it generate a CMake
file if an update is needed.
CMake generally lacks any kind of structure, users are generally free to roam
about the script language. Qt Creator is doing a similar thing. You have a .pro
file that is maintained by the IDE, and this .pro file is translated to a QMake
script, which then translates to a native build system. Such a project could
start off impementing the translation from CPS to a strictly formatted,
auto-generated CMake script that only covers the features of the IDE. Once that
is done, the next few steps can be taken to extend it’s capabilities by adding
new switches, levers and buttons to the Properties section of the
Solution/Project entities.
While it does not strictly relate, I would suggest people take a visit here:
http://visualstudio.uservoice.com/forums/293070-visual-studio-code/suggestions/7752684-add-cmake-support
Visual Studio Code is a promising new IDE that is completely cross-platform and
already has pilot support for brand new stuff, such as Rust language support.
It is a new IDE (that currently looks more like a code editor, as far as C++ is
concerned), and user input greatly influences the course of action from the
developers POV. The last patch issued took 2 months and adds ~300 bug fixes and
feature requests, most originating from uservoice.com.
Please take a moment and up-vote CMake support. Most likely on all platform it
would rely on the newly open-sourced MSBuild system.
Nontheless, it would be a great win for CMake, if an IDE picked up GUI editing
of projects that translate to CMake automatically. Either by Visual Studio Code
picking up support, or if someone took the time and implemented CMake project
for old-school VS through CPS.
Cheers,
Máté
ps.: David, great job on the VS Add-In for CMake. We love it!
Feladó: David Golub
Elküldve: hétfő, 2015. június 8. 0:27
Címzett: 'Alexey Petruchik', [email protected]
Probably doable but still a lot of work. It took me about a year over my
nights and weekends to implement CMake Tools for Visual Studio, which provides
syntax highlighting and IntelliSense for CMake but no project system (yet).
From: CMake [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Alexey Petruchik
Sent: Sunday, June 07, 2015 1:45 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [CMake] Visual Studio Project System Extensibilty
Microsoft recently announced Project System Extensibility in Visual Studio 2015.
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/visualstudio/archive/2015/06/02/introducing-the-project-system-extensibility-sdk-preview.aspx
Just curious if this can be used to let Visual Studio directly open CMake
projects?
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