[CMake] Names of known variables

[Brandon J. Van Every]

Philippe Poilbarbe wrote:
> Hello,
>
> How can I get the names and usage of cmake variables.
> For functions we have the various --help options but nothing for 
> variables.
> When I bought the "Mastering CMake" book there was some of them (and
> it was not up to date) but it's quite difficult to find the new ones as
> new versions of cmake are coming.
>
> There is many answers on this list of the form: 'to do this set the value
> of this variable to this and it will do the trick'.

Although it's not complete, 
http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_Useful_Variables has a number of them.  
I agree that documentation of variables is a weak point of CMake.


Cheers,
Brandon Van Every

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