[CMake] cmake PyQT/SIP

[Alan W. Irwin]

On 2010-12-02 08:58+0100 Michael Wild wrote:

> On 12/02/2010 08:25 AM, Alan W. Irwin wrote:
>> On 2010-12-02 06:32+0100 Michael Wild wrote:
>>
>>> On 12/02/2010 12:37 AM, luxInteg wrote:
>>>> On Tuesday 30 November 2010 22:43:34 luxInteg wrote:
>>>>> Greetings
>>>>>
>>>>> I an learnig cmake.
>>>>
>>>> My test project is as follows:-
>>>> linux machine with pyQt4, sip-4.10.2,qt-4.6.2 and cmake-2.8.2
>>>>
>>>> ---stepA: I have a file -fileA.sip.
>>>> ---stepB: Upon execution of fileA.sip  two files  files -fileC.cpp and
>>>> fileD.cpp    result,
>>>> ---stepC: fileC.cpp and fileD,cpp are compiled into  a shared library.
>>>>
>>>> I am ok with stepC.  I do not know how to carry out step B
>>>> execution  within
>>>> cmake.
>>>>
>>>> advice would be appreciated.
>>>>
>>>> sincerely
>>>> luxInteg
>>>
>>>
>>> Use ADD_CUSTOM_COMMAND.
>>
>> @Michael: that advice is not correct.  add_custom_command sets up a
>> command to be run at "make" time. Instead, the execute_process command
>> should be used to run a command at "CMake" time which is what the OP
>> needs to generate his *.cpp files.
>>
>> @LuxInteg:  See the CMakeLists.txt file at
>> http://plplot.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/plplot/trunk/bindings/qt_gui/pyqt4/
>>
>> for an example of generating source code with sip.
>>
>> Alan
>
> Alan, you seem to be a bit confused ;-)

Oops.  You are right.  The PLplot example does run sip at make time
rather than cmake time.

Alan
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