Re: [cmake-developers] VS 2010/MSbuild's custom build tool issues and a proposal
On 11/18/2011 12:50 PM, James Bigler wrote: What I'm envisioning is developing a new custom build tool, call it CMake Custom Command (or CCC for short) Would the custom commands in the project files just invoke this tool on every build? -Brad -- Powered by www.kitware.com Visit other Kitware open-source projects at http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html Please keep messages on-topic and check the CMake FAQ at: http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: http://public.kitware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/cmake-developers
Re: [cmake-developers] VS 2010/MSbuild's custom build tool issues and a proposal
On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 9:39 AM, Brad King brad.k...@kitware.com wrote: On 11/18/2011 12:50 PM, James Bigler wrote: What I'm envisioning is developing a new custom build tool, call it CMake Custom Command (or CCC for short) Would the custom commands in the project files just invoke this tool on every build? -Brad Yes, any custom command in the project would invoke the same rule file. Think of it as replacing VS's interesting custom build command rule with our own. -- Powered by www.kitware.com Visit other Kitware open-source projects at http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html Please keep messages on-topic and check the CMake FAQ at: http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: http://public.kitware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/cmake-developers
Re: [cmake-developers] VS 2010/MSbuild's custom build tool issues and a proposal
On 11/21/2011 3:33 PM, James Bigler wrote: On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 9:39 AM, Brad King brad.k...@kitware.com mailto:brad.k...@kitware.com wrote: On 11/18/2011 12:50 PM, James Bigler wrote: What I'm envisioning is developing a new custom build tool, call it CMake Custom Command (or CCC for short) Would the custom commands in the project files just invoke this tool on every build? Yes, any custom command in the project would invoke the same rule file. Think of it as replacing VS's interesting custom build command rule with our own. I've thought about this idea a few times before in the context of custom commands with build-time implicit dependency scanning. It's essentially a make tool, isn't it? Since nmake always comes with VS, perhaps it can be utilized for this. -Brad -- Powered by www.kitware.com Visit other Kitware open-source projects at http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html Please keep messages on-topic and check the CMake FAQ at: http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: http://public.kitware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/cmake-developers
Re: [cmake-developers] VS 2010/MSbuild's custom build tool issues and a proposal
On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 1:47 PM, Bill Hoffman bill.hoff...@kitware.comwrote: On Nov 21, 2011 3:41 PM, Brad King brad.k...@kitware.com wrote: On 11/21/2011 3:33 PM, James Bigler wrote: On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 9:39 AM, Brad King brad.k...@kitware.commailto: brad.k...@kitware.com wrote: On 11/18/2011 12:50 PM, James Bigler wrote: What I'm envisioning is developing a new custom build tool, call it CMake Custom Command (or CCC for short) Would the custom commands in the project files just invoke this tool on every build? Yes, any custom command in the project would invoke the same rule file. Think of it as replacing VS's interesting custom build command rule with our own. I've thought about this idea a few times before in the context of custom commands with build-time implicit dependency scanning. It's essentially a make tool, isn't it? Since nmake always comes with VS, perhaps it can be utilized for this. That is kind of what we do with xcode and make. Does nmake install with express versions? This page seems to suggest so, but I'm having trouble determining this for certain, and I don't want to install it for fear of it messing up my existing VS installations. -- Powered by www.kitware.com Visit other Kitware open-source projects at http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html Please keep messages on-topic and check the CMake FAQ at: http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: http://public.kitware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/cmake-developers
Re: [cmake-developers] VS 2010/MSbuild's custom build tool issues and a proposal
On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 2:03 PM, James Bigler jamesbig...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 1:55 PM, James Bigler jamesbig...@gmail.comwrote: On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 1:47 PM, Bill Hoffman bill.hoff...@kitware.comwrote: On Nov 21, 2011 3:41 PM, Brad King brad.k...@kitware.com wrote: On 11/21/2011 3:33 PM, James Bigler wrote: On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 9:39 AM, Brad King brad.k...@kitware.commailto: brad.k...@kitware.com wrote: On 11/18/2011 12:50 PM, James Bigler wrote: What I'm envisioning is developing a new custom build tool, call it CMake Custom Command (or CCC for short) Would the custom commands in the project files just invoke this tool on every build? Yes, any custom command in the project would invoke the same rule file. Think of it as replacing VS's interesting custom build command rule with our own. I've thought about this idea a few times before in the context of custom commands with build-time implicit dependency scanning. It's essentially a make tool, isn't it? Since nmake always comes with VS, perhaps it can be utilized for this. That is kind of what we do with xcode and make. Does nmake install with express versions? This page seems to suggest so, but I'm having trouble determining this for certain, and I don't want to install it for fear of it messing up my existing VS installations. Forgot the link: http://www.tidytutorials.com/2009/08/nmake-makefile-tutorial-and-example.html Ah, here's the definitive answer: For VS 2010, yes it comes with EE. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hs24szh9.aspx For VS 2008, yes it comes with EE http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hs24szh9%28v=VS.90%29.aspx For VS 2005, yes it comes with EE http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hs24szh9%28v=VS.80%29.aspx James -- Powered by www.kitware.com Visit other Kitware open-source projects at http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html Please keep messages on-topic and check the CMake FAQ at: http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: http://public.kitware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/cmake-developers
