[CMake] CMake generators (Xcode and Unix Makefile)

[Alexander Neundorf]

On Wednesday 15 April 2009, Michael Jackson wrote:
> On Apr 15, 2009, at 9:57 AM, christophe laferriere wrote:
...
> > - some of my headers are generated by cmake (myproj.h.in became
> > myproj.h and is include in some tests for example) but I can't find
> > those files in the xcode project I get.
> >
> > Thanks in advance for any good advice on how I can combine xcode
> > project and unix makefile to be able to use both.
>
> Use 2 separate build directories for each type of build files, ie, use
> Build-make for makefiles and Build-xcode for Xcode project builds.
> This will ensure each build directory has the correct build files and
> generated files for its use.

With xcode projects you could also use "xcodebuild" from the command line to 
build the project.

> In your add_executable() command, in addition to the source files also
> include the headers and generated headers for those to show up in Xcode.
>
> Lastly, in the Xcode preferences, under the "Debugging" topic you may
> want to turn OFF the "Load Symbols Lazily" so debugging actually works.
>
> <opinion>If Xcode is too much of a pain and you are NOT building 64
> bit binaries then you can try Eclipse CDT instead. It will work with
> your makefiles OR you can use the Eclipse CDT generator to generate an
> actual Eclipse CDT project. I personally use Eclipse CDT with plain
> makefiles and am very happy with it. There seems to be an issue with
> Eclipse being able to recognize a 64 bit binary. You can still build
> them but the Eclipse CDT debugger does not recognize them to actually
> debug them. bummer.</opinion>
>
> <Even more lastly>Qt has "QtCreator" which is starting to get support
> for Makefiles. In early versions it looked very promising and was
> faster to edit files than either Eclipse or Xcode. Just something to
> keep on eye on.</Even more lastly>

QtCreator supports loading CodeBlocks project files, which cmake can generate 
(this was added to QtCreator especially for the purpose of better support for 
cmake).

Alex