[CMake] Adding support for new languages to CMake

[Eric (Brad) Lemings]

On Oct 16, 2008, at 8:08 PM, "Alan W. Irwin"  
<irwin at beluga.phys.uvic.ca> wrote:

> On 2008-10-16 18:08-0600 Eric (Brad) Lemings wrote:
>
>>
>> Where can I find info/tutorials on adding support for new languages  
>> to
>> CMake?
>
> The following is pretty minimal, but I think this is all there is at  
> the
> moment.
>
> Look at Modules/CMakeAddNewLanguage.txt in the CMake source tree.  
> Pick a
> language you are familiar with and uses its support files in Modules  
> and
> Modules/Platform as a template for your own work. You may also want  
> to look
> at the CMake source code to confirm how CMake interacts with those  
> various
> language support files.  Ask for help on this mailing list when you  
> run
> into some difficulty.
>
> Anyhow, the above steps were the method I used to put together my  
> minimalist
> CMake language support files for Ada at
> http://plplot.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/plplot/branches/test_cmake/test_ada/
>
> Just out of curiosity, what language are you interested in supporting?

Thanks for the pointers.

Delphi and C#.  Laughable no doubt but important to my current work.

If anyone is aware of relevant "prior art", please post links!

Eric.