[CMake] Eclipse CDT4 CMake Generator - Pre-Alpha version

[Bill Hoffman]

Miguel A. Figueroa-Villanueva wrote:
>
> 1. integration with the Microsoft tools.
>
> Bill mentioned that we can compile with the VS Express (or any VS
> version) compiler and debug with cygwin gdb, right? Can somebody point
> me in the direction on how to do this? I seem to recall that it wasn't
> with the NMake generator, but setting the compiler to VS's cl and
> using "Unix Makefiles". If that is the case are there more settings
> needed to provide the correct environment for cl?
>
> If I can do this then they would have a shortcut way to provide MS
> Toolchain support in the cdt, which they allegedly are working on but
> haven't had the time and resources to complete.
>   
I don't think you can do that.  gdb can only debug gnu stuff.  You can 
build with cl and
unix makefiles, but the debugger is still the visual studio debugger.   
If you just give devenv
and exe on the command line, it will debug it.  Or if it crashes you can 
use the just in time
debug stuff.  

-Bill