[CMake] Can CMake prompt the user for input while it's running?

[Matt Williams]

On 27 February 2010 18:12, Naram Qashat <cyberbotx at cyberbotx.com> wrote:
> On 02/27/10 12:53, John Drescher wrote:
>>
>> On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 12:23 PM, Naram Qashat<cyberbotx at cyberbotx.com>
>>  wrote:
>>>
>>> I'm wondering if it's possible for CMake to prompt the user for input
>>> when
>>> it's running, as opposed to relying on passing in arguments for input.
>>>  Main
>>> reason I'm looking for something like this is so we can have optional
>>> files
>>> that can be enabled or disabled by the user when CMake is run.  Ideally
>>> this
>>> should be able to be done if a certain command-line flag is passed in.
>>>
>>
>> Minus the prompting isn't that what options are for in cmake? I
>> believe you can set them either via the gui or by the command line /
>> shell.
>>
>> John
>
> The problem is that the number of options wouldn't be static because the
> number of files that will be optional will change over time.  Which is why I
> was wondering if there was a way to have CMake prompt while it runs.  I'd
> rather avoid having an external script searching for the optional files when
> CMake would already be doing that.

'cmake -i' does something similar to that. I'm not sure if it's
exactly what you want though?

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