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user931670
user931670

Reputation: 289

C++ IDE that autogenerates cmakelists.txt

I'm looking for an IDE that automatically generates a cmake file from the project. Ideally I would like the project to be independent of the IDE. I am mainly working under linux but Windows is a major (and great) OS so ideally it would run on Windows as well. I'm not too bothered about that though as on Windows there is VS :).

Regards

EDIT: Yeah, I sort of see my mistake. I should have asked for an IDE that generates makefiles instead of cmake files since the cmake layer/step becomes useless (if the IDE can directly generate a makefile).

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1795

Answers (1)

greyfade
greyfade

Reputation: 25657

The purpose of CMake is to generate the Makefiles and projects that other development environments rely on, so what you're asking seems a little backwards. CMake is exactly the tool that does what you're asking to do, but in a different direction.

That said, KDevelop 4 has the option to use CMakeLists.txt files instead of the usual project file, but it doesn't work very well, and I've given up on trying to use it. Instead I edit the CMakeLists.txt file by hand - and KDevelop helpfully updates the GUI appropriately to reflect my changes.

Upvotes: 2

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