Re: [RFH] CMake: detect if being run via Visual Studio, independent of build generator?

From: Philip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.email>
Date: May 30, 2021, 10:52 UTC
Message-ID: <953d685c-3c89-7377-ed49-b79fb4e0acb5@iee.email>
In-Reply-To: <CAOjrSZtRH-sqh8RJm3W00dUWTbT-xcpzDWCQFt=3CNaVnOyVWQ@mail.gmail.com>

quick thoughts.. On 30/05/2021 01:14, Matt Rogers wrote:

> (resending because client reconfigured to not use plaintext)

;-)

>
> Reading through the documentation, Visual Studio seems to support
> CmakePresets.json [1]

Is that stored with the project, or with the VS installation (still to read [1] beyond a v quick scan..)

>  for handling configuration of cmake options.  It
> might be worth it to keep the defaults as is.

Given that it's just changed, do you mean ' keep it as new - Ninja' or 'keep it as old - VS generator'..

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>  But provide a variable
> for forcing vcpkg and a CMakePresets.json for Visual Studio
> (and other such tools) to use.
>
> This is nice since Visual Studio users wouldn't need to rely on the
> slower Visual Studio * generators to run their builds,

[implies, keep as Ninja, I think ?]

> while leaving
> non Visual Studio users still able to easily run builds.  So maybe there's
> a way for everyone to be happy?

I'm hoping to ensure the project builds 'straight out of the tin' [mixed metaphor 2,3], for those who are cross disciplinary (such as myself;-)

I'll have a good look at [1], thanks.

Philip

>
> 1: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/cppblog/cmake-presets-integration-in-visual-studio-and-visual-studio-code/
>

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Out_of_the_box_(feature) [3] https://www.ronseal.com/the-ronseal-phrase/ (UK)