[cmake-developers] Extracting target metadata, IDE integration

[Alexander Neundorf]

On Friday, September 19, 2014 13:44:45 Brad King wrote:
...
> * Don't IDEs want to know the list of source files so they can
>   be used for editing?
> 
> I haven't looked at what the Extra generators produce in a
> while but since they are meant for IDEs they would be a good
> reference for the information needed. 

typically a list of targets, the command to build each target, source files 
for each target, used include dirs and defines (-D) for code completion.

> However, AFAIK there
> is not an extra generator for a multi-config generator.

Yes.

Alex