[CMake] Best practices when using CMake 2.6 and Eclipse CDT 6.0

[Mike Jackson]

On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 6:51 AM, Philip Lowman <philip at yhbt.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 4:03 AM, Romain CHANU <romainchanu at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am starting to use Eclipse CDT 6.0 / CMake 2.6 for C++ development and I
>> would like to have some information on how to integrate these two software
>> together.
>>
>> I have been reading these pages:
>>
>> http://www.itk.org/Wiki/CMake:Eclipse
>> http://www.itk.org/Wiki/Eclipse_CDT4_Generator
>>
>> However, they seem quite out-dated :-\
>>
>> Could anyone tell me what are the best procedures / practices to follow
>> when using the latest version of Eclipse and CMake?
>>
>
> Hi,
>
> We use option #1 on this page (the CMake CDT4 generator) with a completely
> out-of-source build directory and we think it works pretty well.
> http://www.itk.org/Wiki/CMake:Eclipse
>
> By completely out-of-source I mean something like this:
> Source dir in:  /home/user/source/Foo
> Build dir in:    /home/user/workspace/Foo.linux
>
> Some other suggestions are to always remember to set CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE to
> Debug if you want debugging to work in Eclipse.  Also this[1] bug is still
> in the wild, so avoid naming executables the same name as a PROJECT().
>
> [1] = http://public.kitware.com/Bug/view.php?id=5938
>
> Also, there are some improvements in preprocessor statement highlighting in
> CMake 2.8.0 RC so you might want to try that version out.
> http://www.cmake.org/files/v2.8/
>
> HTH
>
> --
> Philip Lowman

I'm confused by the "preprocessor statement highlighting" in Cmake
2.8? What exactly is being highlighted? Is there a new Text Editor or
is this something in CMake-Gui.exe?

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Mike Jackson                  mike.jackson at bluequartz.net
BlueQuartz Software                    www.bluequartz.net
Principal Software Engineer                  Dayton, Ohio