[cmake-developers] [CMake] Forwarding parameters to cmake through cmake-gui

[Alexander Neundorf]

On Tuesday 05 November 2013, Jean-Christophe Fillion-Robin wrote:
> Would it makes sense to have cmake-gui behaving like ccmake ? After all
> there are both "UI".
> 
> It would accept the same set of options:
> 
>   -C <initial-cache>          = Pre-load a script to populate the cache.
>   -D <var>:<type>=<value>     = Create a cmake cache entry.
>   -U <globbing_expr>          = Remove matching entries from CMake cache.

I agree.

>   -G <generator-name>         = Specify a makefile generator.
>   -T <toolset-name>           = Specify toolset name if supported by
> generator.

Not sure about these two. I have to select them anyway when starting 
configure, I don't see much value in overriding this from the command line.

Alex