[CMake] How to list user-definable CMake variables

Alexander Neundorf a.neundorf-work at gmx.net
Tue Sep 28 14:27:21 EDT 2010


On Tuesday 28 September 2010, Marcel Loose wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I was wondering how I could generate a list of user-definable CMake
> variables. This list, with a brief help per variable, would be *very*
> useful for the end-user. It's a bit like the well-known "configure
> --help" which gives you a overview of all variables that can be set.

Run cmake-gui, and check which variables appear after the first configure run 
in the non-advanced section. This should be the variables intended to be 
changed by the user (the one who compiles)

Alex


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