[CMake] newbie Q: SET command

[David Cole]

The syntax in this thread is incorrect...

$(SimpleViewSrcs) does not make any sense in a CMakeLists.txt file.
${SimpleViewSrcs} is what you want.

Curly braces, not parentheses...


HTH,
David


Miguel A. Figueroa-Villanueva wrote:

> On 6/17/06, kdsfinger at gmail.com <kdsfinger at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I have the following line in a CMakeList.txt
>>
>> SET(SimpleViewSrcs $(SimpleViewSrcs) SimpleView3.cxx)
>>
>> What does $(SimpleViewSrcs) stands for? I used the
>> MESSAGE($(SimpleViewSrcs)) and prints out:
>> main.cxxSimpleView3.cxx
>>
>> Can someone explain what main.cxxSimpleView3.cxx stands for? I checked
>> the cmake manual and see this:
>> -------------------------------------------------------------
>> #  SET: Set a CMAKE variable to a given value.
>
> <snip>
>
>>
>>   SET(VAR VALUE1 ... VALUEN).
>>
>> In this case VAR is set to a semicolon separated list of values.
>>
>
> This is the one your looking for... Basically, it is setting the
> VARiable "SimpleViewSrcs" to whatever it had before VALUE1
> "$(SimpleViewSrcs)" and VALUE2 "SimpleView3.cxx". In other words,
> appending SimpleView3.cxx to the source list contained in
> SimpleViewSrcs. Of course, $(SimpleViewSrcs) is expanding to the
> contents of the variable in this case main.cxx.
>
> SET(SimpleViewSrcs $(SimpleViewSrcs) SimpleView3.cxx)
>
> <snip>
>
>> ----------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> I did not see the answer to my case. Thanks for help.
>
>
> read more carefully :)
>
> --Miguel
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