On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 7:58 AM, Arjen Markus <arjen.mar...@deltares.nl> wrote: > Hello Puneet, > > On 2010-06-30 14:43, P Kishor wrote: >> >> On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 7:35 AM, Marius Schamschula >> <mschamsch...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Puneet, >>> >>> Here are my cmake arguments under Mac OS X 10.6.4: >>> >>> -DPLD_aqt=OFF -DENABLE_java=OFF -DPLD_wxwidgets=OFF -DWITH_FREETYPE=ON >>> -DPL_FREETYPE_FONT_PATH=/usr/local/share/fonts/default/TrueType >>> -DFREETYPE_INCLUDE_DIR=/usr/local/include/freetype2 >>> -DFREETYPE_LIBRARY=/usr/local/lib/libfreetype.dylib >>> -DPKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/local/bin/pkg-config -DENABLE_octave=OFF >>> >> >> Thanks. This is great. I will try out the above right away. One >> question -- does the above invocation imply that everything that is >> *not* off above, will automatically be on? >> >>> cmake really needs an equivalent of ./configure --help to show all >>> options. Nothing beats proper documentation... >> >> Well, there is a cmake --help, but it doesn't show any of the options >> (at least, what I would call relevant options). >> >> I wonder why cmake was chosen and not configure. >> > > We used to use autotools, but that turned out to create quite a few > maintenance issues, especially on Windows. CMake may not be ideal, > but it has turned out to be a very good solution for building PLplot > on all the platforms we support. > > What options would you call relevant?
In my specific case, since I want to build png, gif and jpeg output enabled, I would call the options that enabled these devices to be relevant. > Do w need to fill in gaps > in the documentation? (I do not mean it ironically, we developers > are too close to the project to see most of the gaps and we need > people like you to point them out, so please provide us with some > more details) > I appreciate that Arjen. My suggestion would be to show all the options available right there when the user types 'cmake --help' RIght now, I get % cmake help cmake version 2.6-patch 2 Usage cmake [options] <path-to-source> cmake [options] <path-to-existing-build> Options -C <initial-cache> = Pre-load a script to populate the cache. -D <var>:<type>=<value> = Create a cmake cache entry. .. But, not the options right there. Then, I have to go to http://www.miscdebris.net/plplot_wiki/index.php?title=CMake_options_for_PLplot to see the list of the options. Even http://www.miscdebris.net/plplot_wiki/index.php?title=Building_PLplot doesn't really show an example. Please remember as a developer, for us users, nothing speaks better than an example. Any example, but even one example with a sufficient balance of complexity and ease is worth way more than copious documentation. In any case, my problem is slightly different. I am actually able to see all the options and turn them on and off via ccmake. However, those options don't seem to stick. Once I "generate" the configuration script, even with explicitly having turned PNG ON, the darn thing reverts to OFF. I am going to remove all traces of PLplot from my computer, and then try fresh once more. Maybe there is something in some cache that is causing this. Maybe there is some other conflicting option that turns off PNG. I will try again. Maybe I will hit lucky this time. Many thanks for your input. By the way, an unrelated question -- when plplot has a rather lovely plplot.org domain already registered, why is the plplot wiki under miscdebris.net? > Regards, > > Arjen > -- Puneet Kishor http://www.punkish.org Carbon Model http://carbonmodel.org Charter Member, Open Source Geospatial Foundation http://www.osgeo.org Science Commons Fellow, http://sciencecommons.org/about/whoweare/kishor Nelson Institute, UW-Madison http://www.nelson.wisc.edu ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Assertions are politics; backing up assertions with evidence is science ======================================================================= ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by Sprint What will you do first with EVO, the first 4G phone? Visit sprint.com/first -- http://p.sf.net/sfu/sprint-com-first _______________________________________________ Plplot-general mailing list Plplot-general@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/plplot-general
