[CMake] Proposal for new generator options

[Clinton Stimpson]

It can already be done from the command line by setting the CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS* 
variables with the -D argument to cmake.

You can also do this from within the CMakeLists.txt files.

Clint

On Friday 15 January 2010 01:20:26 pm Jochen Wilhelmy wrote:
> Hi!
>
> This proposal addresses the following issue:
> currently there is no solution for creating Visual Studio project
> files for static runtime without editing the cmake files.
> As the goal of cmake is to define a project in an abstract way it should
> be possible to generate for static runtime only via the command line
> interface
> since someone who never uses Visual Studio will probably not account
> for this issue.
>
> A solution could look like this:
> split the -G option into three options, e.g.
> -G the generator
> -V the Version
> - T the Target platfrom
>
> some examples:
> old: -G "Visual Studio 8 2005 Win64"
> new:
> -G "Visual Studio" -V 8 -T Win64
> or equivalent
> -G "Visual Studio" -V 2005 -T Win64
>
> old: -G "Eclipse CDT4 - Unix Makefiles"
> new: -G "Eclipse CDT" -V4 -T "Unix Makefiles"
>
> in this new system the static runtime is a target:
> -G "Visual Studio" -V 8 -T "Win32 static"
>
> of course the old generator names can continue to exist
> for backward compatibility.
>
> What do you think?
>
> -Jochen
>
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