[CMake] QtCreator project generator

[Campbell Barton]

On Mon, Mar 7, 2011 at 8:46 PM, Alexander Neundorf
<a.neundorf-work at gmx.net> wrote:
> On Friday 04 March 2011, Campbell Barton wrote:
>> On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 5:10 PM, Alexander Neundorf
>>
>> <a.neundorf-work at gmx.net> wrote:
>> > On Tuesday 01 March 2011, Campbell Barton wrote:
>> >> On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 2:47 PM, Marcus D. Hanwell
>> >>
>> >> <marcus.hanwell at kitware.com> wrote:
>> >> > On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 9:15 AM, John Drescher <drescherjm at gmail.com>
>> >
>> > wrote:
>> >> >> On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 6:45 AM, Campbell Barton
>> >> >> <ideasman42 at gmail.com>
>> >
>> > wrote:
>> >> >>> QT-Creator which currently supports CMake by reading code::blocks
>> >> >>> project files.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> The problem with this is code::blocks project files don't write in
>> >> >>> #defines, so the IDE shows #ifdef's incorrecyly.
>> >
>> > What are they needed for ?
>> > Does CodeBlocks and/or QtCreator do syntax highlighting based on this
>> > information ?
>> >
>> > http://wiki.codeblocks.org/index.php?title=Project_file
>> >
>> > The QtCreator developer is open to suggestions how to improve the CMake
>> > integration.
>> > So, adding stuff to the CodeBlocks project should be ok.
>> > Is there already a tag like that for C::B project files ? I can not
>> > really find one.
>> >
>> > Alex
>>
>> Yep, QtCreator will act as code is commented if the define are not
>> found, you can type of course but no auto-complete or syntax
>> highlighting.
>> I don't use code::blocks but suspect it doesn't work this way.
>>
>> From my previous mail, heres a patch to cmake's codeblocks generator.
>> http://www.graphicall.org/ftp/ideasman42/code_blocks.diff
>>
>> If this was applied qtcreator could use the defines.
>
> So QtCreator parses the -D options and uses them ?
>
> If so, please add this to the cmake bug tracker as feature request.
>
> Alex

No, QtCreator doesn't use them, but it could if they were written.

So not sure this is a bug, but from the user level its frustrating not
to have defines come into QtCreator so for this to be supported I
think my patch would need to be applied.