<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">The following bug reports (and related ones) request this feature. To the best of my knowledge, nobody has done the work to implement it yet.</div><div><br></div><div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); "><span style="font-family: '.HelveticaNeueUI'; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px; white-space: nowrap; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; "> <a href="http://public.kitware.com/Bug/view.php?id=8260">http://public.kitware.com/Bug/view.php?id=8260</a></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); "><span style="font-family: '.HelveticaNeueUI'; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px; white-space: nowrap; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; "><br></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); "><span style="font-family: '.HelveticaNeueUI'; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px; white-space: nowrap; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; "> <a href="http://public.kitware.com/Bug/view.php?id=11220">http://public.kitware.com/Bug/view.php?id=11220</a></span></div></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); "><span style="font-family: '.HelveticaNeueUI'; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px; white-space: nowrap; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; "><br></span></div><div>It's one of those features which, if implemented, would lead to a bunch more work than it sounds like at first.</div><div><br></div><div>For example, what's the best way to indicate build progress? What should happen if the native build tool crashes? How can you interrupt a build that's taking too long?</div><div><br></div><div>All these things are already handled external to CMake by all the native tools. Initiating the build from CMake would suddenly make all those things "CMake's problem..."</div><div><br></div><div>I'm pretty sure that's why nobody's tackled it yet.</div><div><br></div><div>Initiating the build is not hard: just call "cmake --build ."</div><div><br></div><div>But handling all the problem cases properly on all the platforms would be a major undertaking.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>HTH,</div><div>David</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>On Mar 9, 2013, at 10:08 AM, ChristophK <<a href="mailto:christoph@kobenetz.de">christoph@kobenetz.de</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div><span></span></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>Hi,</span><br><span>I'm new to the list and cmake - my name is Christoph.</span><br><span></span><br><span>I want to develop an application and make it as simple as possible to</span><br><span>use it, including the build process.</span><br><span></span><br><span>I know that CMake is a program to generate Makefiles, but is it also</span><br><span>possible in an easy way to start the build itself from the cmake-gui?</span><br><span>(I'm using windows 7). Othewise I need to open a console, change the</span><br><span>directory, type in the commad "mingw32-make ../src". But CMake knows</span><br><span>about the make-command, so why not use it from the gui?</span><br><span></span><br><span>After trying "add_custom_command" I figured out it works during the</span><br><span>build-process, not the cmake-generation. Also "try_compile" does not</span><br><span>seem to be what I'm looking for as it only compiles a single file ...</span><br><span></span><br><span>Please help</span><br><span>Christoph</span><br><span>--</span><br><span></span><br><span>Powered by <a href="http://www.kitware.com">www.kitware.com</a></span><br><span></span><br><span>Visit other Kitware open-source projects at <a href="http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html">http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html</a></span><br><span></span><br><span>Please keep messages on-topic and check the CMake FAQ at: <a href="http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ">http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ</a></span><br><span></span><br><span>Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe:</span><br><span><a href="http://www.cmake.org/mailman/listinfo/cmake">http://www.cmake.org/mailman/listinfo/cmake</a></span><br></div></blockquote></body></html>