[CMake] CMake terminology

[Ruslan Baratov]

On 24-Jun-16 23:49, Robert Maynard wrote:
> Please run the configure and generate steps by
It's too long :)

Also it doesn't express the fact that it's a single action, consider:
   "To add variables on configure and generate steps use '-D'"
   "Before running configure and generate steps note that old variables 
from cache can be used"
   etc.


>
> On Fri, Jun 24, 2016 at 4:40 PM, Ruslan Baratov
> <ruslan_baratov at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> On 24-Jun-16 23:25, Robert Maynard wrote:
>>> cmake from the command line is still running the two stages, it just
>>> doesn't allow for feedback/input from the user between the two stages.
>> Yes, I understand that. Question is about the name of the step. I.e. when I
>> do write manual what should I choose
>>    Please run configure step by: cmake -H. -B_builds
>> or
>>    Please run generate step by: cmake -H. -B_builds
>> ?
>>
>> May be both versions are correct? Or both incorrect?
>>
>> Ruslo
>>
>>
>>> On Fri, Jun 24, 2016 at 4:06 PM, Ruslan Baratov via CMake
>>> <cmake at cmake.org> wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I have a question about CMake terminology. When we are using CMake GUI
>>>> there
>>>> are two buttons "Configure" and "Generate", hence we have two stages:
>>>>
>>>> 1. Configure step, when we do configuring project, effectively creating
>>>> file
>>>> with cache variables (which we can modify) without really generating
>>>> native
>>>> tools files like Makefile/*.sln/etc.
>>>>
>>>> 2. Generate step, when we do generating project using file with cache
>>>> variables, i.e. create those Makefile/*.sln/etc.
>>>>
>>>> The question is about command line version of CMake. Since we do creating
>>>> file with cache and generate native tools files in one step what is the
>>>> right term? Is it a configure step because we read user's '-D' and create
>>>> cache file?  Is it a generate step because native tools files generated
>>>> at
>>>> the end? May be there is a third name to describe the fact that it's
>>>> configure+generate step?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks, Ruslo
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