[CMake] 4th Edition CMake book now in stock

[Ken Martin]

The 4th edition CMake books have arrived and you can order them from
http://kitware.com/products/cmakebook.html They should show up on Amazon in
the near future as well. A summary table of contents is included below.

Thanks
Ken


CHAPTER 1  WHY CMAKE?	1
1.1	The History of CMake	3
1.2	Why Not Use Autoconf?	3
1.3	Why Not Use JAM, qmake, SCons, or ANT?	4
1.4	Why Not Script It Yourself?	4
1.5	On What Platforms Does CMake Run?	5

CHAPTER 2  GETTING STARTED	7
2.1	Getting and Installing CMake on Your Computer	7
2.2	UNIX and Mac Binary Installations	7
2.3	Windows Binary Installation:	8
2.4	Building CMake Yourself	8
2.5	Basic CMake Usage and Syntax	8
2.6	Hello World for CMake	9
2.7	How to Run CMake?	11
2.8	Editing CMakeLists Files	18
2.9	Setting Initial Values for CMake	19

CHAPTER 3  KEY CONCEPTS	21
3.1	Main Structures	21
3.2	Targets	24
3.3	Source Files	25
3.4	Directories, Generators, Tests, and Properties	26
3.5	Variables and Cache Entries	27
3.6	Build Configurations	30

CHAPTER 4  WRITING CMAKELISTS FILES	33
4.1	CMake Syntax	33
4.2	Basic Commands	34
4.3	Flow Control	34
4.4	Regular Expressions	41
4.5	Checking Versions of CMake	43
4.6	Using Modules	44
4.7	Specifying Optimized or Debug Libraries with a Target	49
4.8	Shared Libraries and Loadable Modules	50
4.9	Shared Library Versioning	55
4.10	Installing Files	56
4.11	Advanced Commands	66

CHAPTER 5  PACKAGING WITH CPACK	69
5.1	CPack Basics	69
5.2	CPack Source Packages	74
5.3	CPack Installer commands	74
5.4	CPack for Windows Installer NSIS	76
5.5	CPack for Cygwin Setup	83
5.6	CPack for Apple OSX PackageMaker	86
5.7	CPack for OSX X11 applications	89
5.8	CPack for Debian packages	91
5.9	CPack for RPM	92
5.10	CPack files	93

CHAPTER 6  CONVERTING EXISTING SYSTEMS TO CMAKE	95
6.1	Source Code Directory Structures	95
6.2	Build Directories	97
6.3	Useful CMake Commands when Converting Projects	99
6.4	Converting UNIX Makefiles	100
6.5	Converting Autoconf Based Projects	101
6.6	Converting Windows Based Workspaces	103

CHAPTER 7  SYSTEM INSPECTION	105
7.1	Using Header Files and Libraries	105
7.2	System Properties	107
7.3	Built-in Find Modules	113
7.4	How to Pass Parameters to a Compilation?	115
7.5	How to Configure a Header File	116
7.6	Creating a <Package>Config.cmake File	118

CHAPTER 8  CUSTOM COMMANDS AND TARGETS	125
8.1	Portable Custom Commands	125
8.2	Using add_custom_command on a Target	127
8.3	Using add_custom_command to Generate a File	129
8.4	Adding a Custom Target	130
8.5	Specifying Dependencies and Outputs	133
8.6	When There Isn't One Rule for One Output	134

CHAPTER 9  CROSS COMPILING WITH CMAKE	137
9.1	Toolchain files	138
9.2	System inspection	142
9.3	Running executables built in the project itself	144
9.4	Cross compiling Hello world	147
9.5	Cross compiling for a microcontroller	152
9.6	Cross compiling an existing project	154
9.7	Cross compiling a complex project - VTK	157
9.8	Some tips and tricks	158

CHAPTER 10  AUTOMATION & TESTING WITH CMAKE	161
10.1	Automating and Testing with CMake and CTest	161
10.2	How does CMake Facilitate Testing?	162
10.3	Testing Using CTest	163
10.4	Additional Test Properties	166
10.5	Using CTest to Drive Complex Tests	167
10.6	Handling a Large Number of Tests	168
10.7	Producing Test Dashboards	169
10.8	Setting up Automated Dashboard Clients	178
10.9	Advanced CTest Scripting	185
10.10	Setting up a Dashboard Server	191

CHAPTER 11  PORTING CMAKE TO NEW PLATFORMS AND LANGUAGES	197
11.1	The Determine System Process	197
11.2	The Enable Language Process	198
11.3	Porting to a New Platform	200
11.4	Adding a New Language	202
11.5	Rule Variable Listing	202
11.6	Compiler and Platform Examples	204
11.7	Extending CMake	206

CHAPTER 12  TUTORIALS	211
12.1	A Basic Starting Point (Step 1)	211
12.2	Adding a Library (Step 2)	213
12.3	Installing and Testing (Step 3)	216
12.4	Adding System Introspection (Step 4)	218
12.5	Adding a Generated File and Generator (Step 5)	218
12.6	Building an Installer (Step 6)	223
12.7	Adding Support for a Dashboard (Step 7)	224

APPENDIX A - VARIABLES	225
Variables That Change Behavior	225
Variables That Describe the System	228
Variables for Languages	230
Variables that Control the Build	233
Variables that Provide Information	235
Variables In CMakeBackwardCompatibilityC.cmake	241
Variables in CMakeBackwardCompatibilityCXX.cmake	243
System Environment Variables That Affect CMake	243

APPENDIX B - CMAKE COMMAND REFERENCE	245
CMake Command-Line Options	245
CMake Generators	250
CTest Command-Line Options	251
CPack Command-Line Options	257
Listfile Commands	258
Extra CTest Listfile Commands	308
Compatibility Listfile Commands	310

APPENDIX C - CMAKE MODULES	317
Standard CMake Modules	317

APPENDIX D - PROPERTIES	367
Global Properties	367
Directory Properties	368
Target Properties	369
Test Properties	374
Sourcefile Properties	375
INDEX		381


Ken Martin PhD 
Kitware Inc.
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