[CMake] CMake Tools for Visual Studio 1.1 Released!

[Nagy-Egri Máté Ferenc]

I use Notepad++ to edit CMake files (though since I usually generate VS2013 solutions for developing, I sometimes get lazy and just use the VS editor to make small changes, which now will definately happen more often 😊), and in Cmake there is an extra orange color to ${VARNAME} type constructs, which strike out all occurences of variable references.


With the lack of Intellisense in Notepad++, one cannot detect mistyping of variable names, because it will highlight everything that is prefixed with a $ sign and followed by curly braces. Althought adding Intellisense for Cmake language is well beyond the scope of a simple syntax highlighting add-in, as much as a challange it would be, I think people would apreciate it. (At least I would, if colors and squigglies could remind me that I mistyped a variable name)


Anyhow, if you open any CMakeLists.txt file in Notepad++ and see how much variable colors help distinguish them from other code, you can decide for yourself whether this is only my wish that it would also color those, or other might find it useful as well. It’s just the cherry at the top. 😉 Generally the Add-In rocks and is a great idea.






Feladó: David Golub
Elküldve: ‎csütörtök‎, ‎2014‎. ‎február‎ ‎27‎. ‎4‎:‎55
Címzett: Máté Ferenc Nagy-Egri, cmake at cmake.org






I generally stuck with the same syntax highlighting color conventions used by Visual Studio itself.  Are there other language constructs that you feel would benefit from getting a color?

 

David Golub

 



From: CMake [mailto:cmake-bounces at cmake.org] On Behalf Of Nagy-Egri Máté Ferenc
Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2014 4:07 AM
To: cmake at cmake.org
Subject: Re: [CMake] CMake Tools for Visual Studio 1.1 Released!

 



Excellent job. I have littlie knowledge of how syntax highlight additions can be implemented in VS, but what was the design idea behind using so few colors? Other than this, it is very useful and will be installed on all my machines. 😊


 


Cheers,


Máté


 



Feladó: David Golub
Elküldve: ‎kedd‎, ‎2014‎. ‎február‎ ‎25‎. ‎2‎:‎20
Címzett: cmake at cmake.org


 



I just released version 1.1 of CMake Tools for Visual Studio.  This release includes support for Visual Studio 2013 and CMake 2.8.12, as well as a number of smaller new features and bug fixes.  It is available from the project web site at http://cmaketools.codeplex.com.  Enjoy!

 

David Golub
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