[cmake-developers] Using the internal Code::Blocks builder

[Benjamin Eikel]

Am Mittwoch, 5. September 2012 um 20:54:57 schrieb Alexander Neundorf:
> On Wednesday 05 September 2012, Benjamin Eikel wrote:
> > Hello Alex,
> > 
> > Am Mittwoch, 5. September 2012 um 19:34:56 schrieb Alexander Neundorf:
> > > On Wednesday 05 September 2012, Benjamin Eikel wrote:
> > > > Dear CMake developers,
> > > > 
> > > > I wanted to know if it is possible to let CMake generate a project
> > > > that uses the internal build system of the Code::Blocks IDE.
> > > > My motivation for this was that a friend of mine, who works together
> > > > with me on different projects that use CMake, uses Code::Blocks for
> > > > years. He tried CMake's Code::Blocks generator with Makefiles several
> > > > times and has never been satisfied (parallel builds not working,
> > > > stopping of build not working, slow make on Windows etc.). He ended
> > > > up creating a Code::Blocks project manually. I have written a number
> > > > of hacks that modify the existing Code::Blocks generator to generate
> > > > a project that does not use the generated Makefile, but the build
> > > > system of Code::Blocks instead. I do not intend to push these
> > > > patches, they were only ment as a
> > > > proof-of-concept implementation. With these patches applied I am able
> > > > to build several of our projects (shared libraries, dependencies on
> > > > external libraries, applications using them) with the generated
> > > > Code::Blocks project.
> > > > My questions to you are:
> > > > 1. Is the CMake community interested in a project generator for CMake
> > > > that generates native Code::Blocks projects? If you say that this is
> > > > something that you do not want to have, I will stop my work and give
> > > > my friend a custom CMake build containing my hacks. If you are
> > > > nothing loath to have such generator, I want to try to find a way to
> > > > do it right and prepare a topic branch.
> > > 
> > > I wrote the existing CodeBlocks generator, and I'd be happy if you
> > > write a "real" one.
> > > So, go ahead :-)
> > > Is it possible to build a CodeBlocks project from the command line ?
> > > I think this is necessary so all the tests can be executed.
> > 
> > if the new CMake generator builds an XML project file like it is done at
> > the moment, sure. Why shouldn't that be possible? At the moment you can
> > build one with e.g. cmake -G "CodeBlocks - Unix Makefiles" (I am sure you
> > know that. But especially because of that, I do not fully understand your
> > question).
> 
> Yes, this is not what I meant.
> Once cmake has generated a codeblocks project, let's say foo.cbp, is it
> possible to build (compile) this project using codeblocks from the command
> line ?
> Something like
> $ codeblocks --build foo.cbp
> 
> This is more or less necessary so cmake can run its test suite to verify
> the generator works correctly.

That might become a problem. I tried

codeblocks --build --target=MyTarget MyProject.cbp

which works and builds the specified target inside the project. But that opens 
a log window. I have not found a possibility to execute that without a 
display, yet.

> 
> Alex