[CMake-Promote] Mac presentation

Brandon J. Van Every bvanevery at gmail.com
Tue Mar 6 21:59:24 EST 2007


A Mac-oriented friend of mine asked me a very simple question.  "Does 
CMake support XCode and Universal Binaries?"  I had a very difficult 
time finding a ready answer to that question.  I had to go to the CMake 
mailing list archives to get the answer.

The existence of the XCode generator is not in the cmake.html docs.  In 
fact, none of the generators are.

It's not in the wiki entry for CMake Platform Dependent Issues.
http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_Platform_Dependent_Issues
There's stuff about Bundles and Frameworks but not XCode or Universal 
Binaries.

There's no mention of the Mac on the "Running CMake" webpage.  For that 
matter, only VS7 support is mentioned, not VS8.
http://www.cmake.org/HTML/RunningCMake.html

The "Features" page doesn't mention the Mac.  
http://www.cmake.org/HTML/Features.html
"Generates native build files (e.g., makefiles on Unix; 
workspaces/projects on MS Visual C++). Therefore standard tools can be 
used on any platform/compiler configuration."

The only "immediately noticeable" item that indicates fullblown Mac 
support is the Darwin Universal binary in the Download section.  Easy to 
miss if your mindset is "I want to read up about CMake" rather than 
"gimme the download."

I would suggest that the CMake web pages (the non-wiki ones that I can't 
edit) be updated with more Mac stuff.


Cheers,
Brandon Van Every




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