[Qbs] Fwd: qbs run --dry-run not working ?

[Damien Courtois]

Hi again, sorry to resurrect this thread, but I'd like to know if there is
a chance to see a "server mode" coming to qbs command line tool ?
If so, is there a place where a feature request could be posted and tracked
?
And if not, would it be feasible / would it make sense to make --dry-run
also disable running the product, or add a new flag to do that ? This
simple modification would allow me to parse the output and get the path to
the final product thanks to the log "Starting target '...'."

2017-12-18 9:24 GMT+01:00 Damien Courtois <damien.courtois at gmail.com>:

>
> VSCode is actually one of the reasons why I brought up a qbs "server mode"
>> that would just use REST APIs for IDE integration (including solving the
>> compatibility issue for Qt Creator).
>
>
> I would love to see something like this :)
>
>
>> > On Dec 15, 2017, at 5:33 AM, Heiko Nardmann <
>> heiko.nardmann at itechnical.de> wrote:
>> >
>> > How about accessing the QBS API DLL from within Typescript?
>> >
>> > I must admit that I have no idea wrt. the capabilities of Typescript.
>> Maybe you need some wrapper DLL between Typescript and the QBS C++ DLL?
>> >
>> >
>> > Kind regards,
>> >
>> >     Heiko
>> >
>> > Am 15.12.2017 um 13:55 schrieb Damien Courtois:
>> >> Yes I have seen his reply and took the time to check the Qbs
>> repository, but that's not what I'm trying to do. What I'm trying to do is
>> basically what Qt Creator is doing with CMake.
>> >>
>> >> To elaborate further: I don't want to generate a solution/whatever and
>> then open this solution/whatever with my IDE. I just want to use the Qbs
>> command line tool to build, clean and debug a Qbs project, without
>> resorting to (e.g. generate) non-qbs-native files.
>> >> And it's pretty much doable, but like with CMake before its server
>> mode, it relies on a lot of parsing Qbs command line tool outputs, and this
>> is not very reliable nor future proof, thus the idea of a clear query
>> command in the command line tool :)
>> >>
>> >> I hope it's a bit clearer :)
>> >>
>> >> 2017-12-15 12:12 GMT+01:00 Christian Kandeler <
>> christian.kandeler at qt.io>:
>> >> On Fri, 15 Dec 2017 11:41:04 +0100
>> >> Damien Courtois <damien.courtois at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> >> > From: Damien Courtois <damien.courtois at gmail.com>
>> >> > Date: 2017-12-15 11:39 GMT+01:00
>> >> > Subject: Re: [Qbs] qbs run --dry-run not working ?
>> >> > To: Christian Kandeler <christian.kandeler at qt.io>
>> >> > Cc: "qbs at qt-project.org\" <qbs at qt-project.org>"@qt-project.org
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > The IDE is VSCode. And since extensions are typescript modules, I
>> can only
>> >> > use the Qbs command line tool.
>> >> >
>> >> > I understand that the command line tool was not designed for being
>> used
>> >> > like this, but I think that if it provided a command to query
>> informations
>> >> > about a project, it would really ease integration into a lot of
>> tools. Take
>> >> > the example of CMake: it's integrated in Qt Creator, and now even in
>> Visual
>> >> > Studio 2017. This integration was possible by parsing the output of
>> CMake,
>> >> > and since the server mode, it became even easier (well, at least now
>> it's
>> >> > standardized. I still don't understand why they had to create the
>> whole
>> >> > server mode / handshake / whatever mess instead of just outputting
>> things
>> >> > directly, but anyways :p)
>> >> >
>> >> > Is this something you would consider ? And if this is not your
>> priority
>> >> > (which I would totally understand) are you accepting contributions ?
>> >>
>> >> Have you seen Jake's reply about project generators? It may well be
>> that qbs producing native project files is the better alternative here. I'm
>> not too knowledgeable about either our generator stuff or about VSCode, so
>> I suggest you discuss your requirements with him.
>> >> If it turns out that that's not the right approach, we can come back
>> to the command line tool.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Christian
>> >
>> >
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