Please run the configure and generate steps by On Fri, Jun 24, 2016 at 4:40 PM, Ruslan Baratov <ruslan_bara...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > On 24-Jun-16 23:25, Robert Maynard wrote: >> >> cmake from the command line is still running the two stages, it just >> doesn't allow for feedback/input from the user between the two stages. > > Yes, I understand that. Question is about the name of the step. I.e. when I > do write manual what should I choose > Please run configure step by: cmake -H. -B_builds > or > Please run generate step by: cmake -H. -B_builds > ? > > May be both versions are correct? Or both incorrect? > > Ruslo > > >> >> On Fri, Jun 24, 2016 at 4:06 PM, Ruslan Baratov via CMake >> <cmake@cmake.org> wrote: >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I have a question about CMake terminology. When we are using CMake GUI >>> there >>> are two buttons "Configure" and "Generate", hence we have two stages: >>> >>> 1. Configure step, when we do configuring project, effectively creating >>> file >>> with cache variables (which we can modify) without really generating >>> native >>> tools files like Makefile/*.sln/etc. >>> >>> 2. Generate step, when we do generating project using file with cache >>> variables, i.e. create those Makefile/*.sln/etc. >>> >>> The question is about command line version of CMake. Since we do creating >>> file with cache and generate native tools files in one step what is the >>> right term? Is it a configure step because we read user's '-D' and create >>> cache file? Is it a generate step because native tools files generated >>> at >>> the end? May be there is a third name to describe the fact that it's >>> configure+generate step? >>> >>> Thanks, Ruslo >>> -- >>> >>> Powered by www.kitware.com >>> >>> Please keep messages on-topic and check the CMake FAQ at: >>> http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ >>> >>> Kitware offers various services to support the CMake community. For more >>> information on each offering, please visit: >>> >>> CMake Support: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/support.html >>> CMake Consulting: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/consulting.html >>> CMake Training Courses: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/training.html >>> >>> Visit other Kitware open-source projects at >>> http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html >>> >>> Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: >>> http://public.kitware.com/mailman/listinfo/cmake > > > --
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