On Thu, 08 Dec 2011 16:19:27 +0100
"Kagamin" <[email protected]> wrote:
> > No problem. I disagree and think that a cross platform build
> > generator
> > that leverages native build tools is a better approach and
> > provides
> > more flexibility in the long run. Particularly for Windows VS
> > users or
> > people tied to an IDE - configuration that generates to various
> > IDE
> > build scripts keeps those devs happier IMO
>
> Well, native projects do make developers happier, but if the tool
> can't build on its own, there's no reason to use it, if make just
> works. premake will be a burden of an extra level to go through.
That's the whole point, though. A build configuration allows you to
target a number of native build tools - not just make.
Premake4 supports:
codeblocks Generate Code::Blocks project files
codelite Generate CodeLite project files
gmake Generate GNU makefiles for POSIX, MinGW, and Cygwin
vs2002 Generate Microsoft Visual Studio 2002 project files
vs2003 Generate Microsoft Visual Studio 2003 project files
vs2005 Generate Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 project files
vs2008 Generate Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 project files
vs2010 Generate Visual Studio 2010 project files
xcode3 Generate Apple Xcode 3 project files (experimental)
xcode4 Generate Apple Xcode 4 project files (experimental)
CMake supports:
Borland Makefiles
MSYS Makefiles
MinGW Makefiles
NMake Makefiles
NMake Makefiles JOM
Unix Makefiles
Visual Studio 10
Visual Studio 10 IA64
Visual Studio 10 Win64
Visual Studio 11
Visual Studio 11 Win64
Visual Studio 6
Visual Studio 7
Visual Studio 7 .NET 2003
Visual Studio 8 2005
Visual Studio 8 2005 Win64
Visual Studio 9 2008
Visual Studio 9 2008 IA64
Visual Studio 9 2008 Win64
Watcom WMake
CodeBlocks - MinGW Makefiles
CodeBlocks - NMake Makefiles
CodeBlocks - Unix Makefiles
Eclipse CDT4 - MinGW Makefiles
Eclipse CDT4 - NMake Makefiles
Eclipse CDT4 - Unix Makefiles
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