On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 3:38 PM, Alexander Neundorf <a.neundorf-w...@gmx.net> wrote: > On Thursday 16 April 2009, Michael Jackson wrote: > ... >> Actually, the latest release candidate of QtCreator has "basic" >> makefile support so hopefully that would mature more in the near >> future. I also had the opportunity to chat with one of the QtCreator >> developers about the CMake support in QtCreator and basically >> generating a CodeBlocks file behind the scenes (which could take a >> while for large projects) so that they can then parse the xml to find >> include directories, link flags, compile flags and all that. There was >> also information that was _missing_ from the xml that was actually >> needed by QtCreator. Turns out the Visual Studio project file has >> everything that is needed but obviously only available on Windows >> systems. Basically what this boils down to is there may need to be a >> new generator for QtCreator. This would require cooperation between >> the QtCreator team and the developers creating that generator so that >> everything that is needed is put into the generator. This will end up >> being kind of a boot strapping process at first but in the end I think >> would be well worth it for both CMake and QtCreator. >> I am currently buried with work so the most I can do is just >> dream. If someone else wants to start something that would be great. >> You can usually find the QtCreators on their IRC channel. > > I'm in loose contact with Daniel, the cmake-in-QtCreator developer. > He was quite happy for now. > Maybe we can just add some tags to the CodeBlocks project file, so that > QtCreator gets everything it needs. Ideally we should coordinate this with > the CodeBlocks developers. > Do you remember what was missing ? > One thing which currently is not possible is to compile just a single file > (which would be really nice...) > > Alex >
I don't remember what was missing. If QtCreator can just have the ability for me to point to a Makefile and say "use that makefile" then I am happy, of course debugging would be nice.. Mike _______________________________________________ Powered by www.kitware.com Visit other Kitware open-source projects at http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html Please keep messages on-topic and check the CMake FAQ at: http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: http://www.cmake.org/mailman/listinfo/cmake
