[CMake] CMake generators (Xcode and Unix Makefile)

[Tobias Rudolph]

On 15 Apr 2009, at 22:35, Alexander Neundorf wrote:

> 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)

QtCreator has bulit-in support for  CMakeLists.txt files.

--tobias

> .
>
> Alex
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