[CMake] cmake support Eclipse

[Brandon Van Every]

On 7/30/07, Andy Dingfelder <DingfelderA at sirtrack.com> wrote:
>
> You are correct in your thoughts that the individual who writes a cmake
> plugin would need to know java.  Yes as you point out there is always a
> risk that perhaps cmake will not be up to the task of large scale cross
> platform development and perhaps the individuals who work to get it
> integrated will get annoyed and not support it, but given the size of
> the CDT userbase I think there are enough eclipse using c++ users out
> there to take the risk.  I am not familiar with all the ins and outs of
> cmake but I suspect it is up to the task, and any issues would just be
> implementation details to work out.

What's a non-trivial Java app that's using a CMake build?  Dart2 server perhaps?

> My thoughts were that ant was more java centric, whereas cmake is c++
> centric and would be a better fit for the CDT.

CMake only has to be elegant enough to address the needs of a CDT
implementor.  Which might be substantial, actually, I don't know.
Eclipse is a big project.


Cheers,
Brandon Van Every