Re: [CMake] Best way to show/include CMake files in IDE

[Bill Hoffman]

On 3/8/2016 2:25 PM, David Doria wrote:

add_custom_target(MyProject_HDRS SOURCES MyHeader.h MyImplementation.hpp)

It sounds like David says you can do the same for your .cmake files.
This is pretty awkward though - it seems like there should be more of an
explicit function for this, something like:

add_files_to_IDE(MyHeader.h MyImplementation.hpp)

This would make it much more clear what this line is for and would
prevent forcing this "abuse" of the concept of a target for a very
common use case.
You just add them to the target and it should work.  Platforms that 
don't need those files will ignore them and IDEs that want them will use 
them.




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Re: [CMake] Best way to show/include CMake files in IDE

[David Doria]

On Mon, Mar 7, 2016 at 9:19 PM, Eric Wing  wrote:

> On 3/7/16, Eric Wing  wrote:
> > On 3/7/16, David Cole  wrote:
> >> If you include those files in the source list for a library, executable,
> >> or
> >> custom target, they should show up in IDE projects, and they should be
> >> ignored by Makefile type projects. Have you tried that?
> >>
> >>
> >> David
> >>
> >
> > I haven't tried it yet since I was wondering what the best approach was
> :)
> > Since some of my files are somewhat project oriented instead of target
> > oriented, I wasn't sure if putting them the library/executable targets
> > was best. But if it is, I'll try that.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Eric
> >
>
> Well, I gave it a try. So far, it looks good.
>
> Thanks,
> Eric
>

I usually do this to make my IDE aware of files:

add_custom_target(MyProject_HDRS SOURCES MyHeader.h MyImplementation.hpp)

It sounds like David says you can do the same for your .cmake files. This
is pretty awkward though - it seems like there should be more of an
explicit function for this, something like:

add_files_to_IDE(MyHeader.h MyImplementation.hpp)

This would make it much more clear what this line is for and would prevent
forcing this "abuse" of the concept of a target for a very common use case.

David
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Re: [CMake] Best way to show/include CMake files in IDE

[Eric Wing]

On 3/7/16, Eric Wing  wrote:
> On 3/7/16, David Cole  wrote:
>> If you include those files in the source list for a library, executable,
>> or
>> custom target, they should show up in IDE projects, and they should be
>> ignored by Makefile type projects. Have you tried that?
>>
>>
>> David
>>
>
> I haven't tried it yet since I was wondering what the best approach was :)
> Since some of my files are somewhat project oriented instead of target
> oriented, I wasn't sure if putting them the library/executable targets
> was best. But if it is, I'll try that.
>
> Thanks,
> Eric
>

Well, I gave it a try. So far, it looks good.

Thanks,
Eric
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Re: [CMake] Best way to show/include CMake files in IDE

[Eric Wing]

On 3/7/16, David Cole  wrote:
> If you include those files in the source list for a library, executable, or
> custom target, they should show up in IDE projects, and they should be
> ignored by Makefile type projects. Have you tried that?
>
>
> David
>

I haven't tried it yet since I was wondering what the best approach was :)
Since some of my files are somewhat project oriented instead of target
oriented, I wasn't sure if putting them the library/executable targets
was best. But if it is, I'll try that.

Thanks,
Eric
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Re: [CMake] Best way to show/include CMake files in IDE

[David Cole via CMake]

If you include those files in the source list for a library, executable, or 
custom target, they should show up in IDE projects, and they should be ignored 
by Makefile type projects. Have you tried that?


David

> On Mar 7, 2016, at 6:34 PM, Eric Wing  wrote:
> 
> I have a bunch of .cmake support files in my project that I have split
> off from CMakeLists.txt (using INCLUDE to combine them) to separate
> concerns. (Source files, application assets, script files, platform
> settings, codesigning, etc.)
> 
> This works, but they don't show up in IDEs (Visual Studio, Xcode,
> etc). I realized it would be nice to see these files in the IDE and be
> able to edit them there. (I assume the CMake bootstrap will still just
> work.)
> 
> What is the best way to include/show these files in the IDE (and won't
> break the Makefile or other non-IDE generators)?
> 
> Thanks,
> Eric
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[CMake] Best way to show/include CMake files in IDE

[Eric Wing]

I have a bunch of .cmake support files in my project that I have split
off from CMakeLists.txt (using INCLUDE to combine them) to separate
concerns. (Source files, application assets, script files, platform
settings, codesigning, etc.)

This works, but they don't show up in IDEs (Visual Studio, Xcode,
etc). I realized it would be nice to see these files in the IDE and be
able to edit them there. (I assume the CMake bootstrap will still just
work.)

What is the best way to include/show these files in the IDE (and won't
break the Makefile or other non-IDE generators)?

Thanks,
Eric
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