[CMake] add_subdirectory and eclipse project
Alexander Neundorf
a.neundorf-work at gmx.net
Tue Feb 8 11:58:59 EST 2011
On Tuesday 08 February 2011, Andrea Galeazzi wrote:
> Il 18/01/2011 19.17, Alexander Neundorf ha scritto:
> > On Tuesday 18 January 2011, Andrea Galeazzi wrote:
> > ...
> >
> >> I just read that wiki page but what I didn't find is how can I see the
> >> sources referenced by the add_subproject function in the layout of
> >> eclipse project.
> >
> > You mean add_subdirectory(), right ?
> >
> >> In other words, CMake generates an eclipse project with a folder named
> >> [Source directory], containing just only the sources listed in the
> >> CMakeLists.txt but it doesn't allow to see the sources included by
> >> add_subproject.
> >
> > There should be subdirectories there which you should be able to open,
> > which should show the files.
> >
> > Which exact version of cmake are you using ?
> >
> > Alex
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> Yes I meant add_subdirectory and I'm using 2.8.3 version.
> The point is that the path passed as argument to the add_subdirectory
> function isn't necessary a real filesystem subdirectory of the current
> CMakeLists.txt so, in this case, it cannot be browsed by the resource
> view of eclipse.
> To be more specific don't you think it'd better to generate a .project
> containing more links than only [Source directory]?
> i.e.:
> <linkedResources>
> <link>
> <name>[Source directory]</name>
> <type>2</type>
> <location>/Project/Prj</location>
> </link>
> </linkedResources>
>
> vs:
> <linkedResources>
> <link>
> <name>Main Project</name>
> <type>2</type>
> <location>/Project/Prj</location>
> </link>
> <link>
> <name>LibName</name>
> <type>2</type>
> <location>/Libs/Lib1</location>
> </link>
> </linkedResources>
>
> where libName is the name declared in the project() statement of
> CMakeLists.txt of /Libs/Lib1.
> This behavior should be more similar to the Visual Studio generator.
> So far I made a workaround writing a script which parse a CMakeLists.txt
> and invokes CMake to generate one eclipse project for each
> add_subdirectory entry. Then I import all projects in a workspace.
> I dislike a such solution but that's the only way to browse all sources
> that I found.
> I hope my suggestion will be taken into account for the next
> releases... and sorry for the late answer!
> Andrea
I'll have a look.
Alex
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