[cmake-developers] External objects with IDE generators

[Brad King]

On 02/27/2014 11:20 AM, Stephen Kelly wrote:
> Why do we have to distinguish them? I'm trying to not distinguish them.

I meant to distinguish the existing concepts in this discussion.

>> Hmm, that is true for VS < 10 also.  All those generators still
>> have their own loops to classify sources.  They will have to
>> be refactored to use cmGeneratorTarget.  Note that the IDE
>> generators also need to deal with source groups.
> 
> Can you do this? I'm not familiar enough with the generators or the IDEs 
> themselves.

I might be able to look at it but I can't promise it will be soon.

-Brad