[cmake-developers] Controlling CMake GUI source/build directory from CLI

[Venedict Tchistopolskii]

Gagh I'm stupid, missed the drop down, thanks for clarifying!

Much better now :)

VT

On Fri, Jan 25, 2019 at 2:48 PM Kyle Edwards <kyle.edwards at kitware.com>
wrote:

> On Fri, 2019-01-25 at 14:06 -0800, Venedict Tchistopolskii wrote:
>
> Could you clarify on saving the build-directory section?
>
> I'm not sure how it knows which cache or build directory to load. In my
> setup here the issue I noted applies even if build directory is generated
> on both projects/etc.
>
> VT
>
>
> As a convenience, cmake-gui uses a QSettings object to store the last few
> build directories that it configured. These directories are populated in
> the build directory dropdown menu.
>
> The source directories are not stored in QSettings at all, but instead
> extracted from the build directories. If the build directory hasn't been
> configured, then CMake has no way of knowing what source directory to pick.
>
> Kyle
>
>
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