Re: [cmake-developers] Make it easier for beginners

Sorry, while I am motivated I had quite a busy month and let this thread quietly slumber, which was not my intent. I was hoping for a concrete answer to my questions but I suppose it requires some sort of merge request (for the documentation/tutorials part), as it would be more effective to get

Re: [cmake-developers] Make it easier for beginners

On Thu, Oct 26, 2017 at 12:49 AM, Wesley Smith wrote: > I still don't understand the scoped syntax in Daniel Pfeifer's talk (e.g. > boost::boost) > Easy: It doesn't mean anything special, it's almost entirely just a name (think of :: as any other character). The

Re: [cmake-developers] Make it easier for beginners

I agree that if you do a search for how to setup a project with cmake, it's hard to know what's best practice. As cmake has evolved, the best practice has changed and many old style techniques still return toward the top of search results. For me, the best resources have been:

Re: [cmake-developers] Make it easier for beginners

On 10/21/2017 10:56 AM, Lectem wrote: _Question :_ Would it possible to delete the wiki, or reset/reopen it ? _Reason:_ The wiki is full of old stuff, but we can't register to edit stuff. Still, people willing to learn will end up visiting it, thinking it gives good advice. "How could it not

[cmake-developers] Make it easier for beginners

Hi guys. You've probably seen me whining a bit here and there about why CMake is hard to get for begginers, and thanks to Ruslo pushing me to it, I finally got the motivation to be involved and contribute to CMake. I hope this mail can be the beginning of a thought on the CMake ecosystem, and