[Qt-creator] CMake Server Integration Feedback

[Mike Jackson]

The issue with the top level project is based on alphabetically listed 
projects and it looks like QtCreator takes the first one.

The other issue with the <Other Directory> is because those source 
folders are actually outside of the folder that has the top level 
CMakeLists.txt file. Not sure there is really any way of fixing that issue.
-- 
Mike Jackson  [mike.jackson at bluequartz.net]


Mike Jackson wrote:
> Just pulled the latest QtCreator 4.3 beta build and installed CMake
> 3.7.1 on my macOS 10.10.5 machine. First impressions are this is really
> cool. I more or less like the new layout that QtCreator presents. I do
> have some questions/feedback that could probably be fixed by our project
> updating some of our cmake code.
>
> See attached image.
>
> A lot of our "sub projects" do not list a <Source Directory> but all of
> the source codes listed under <Other Locations>. What cmake variable is
> QtCreator keying off of? I would be happy to make sure the proper
> variable is setup. At some point in the past we moved away from using
> the CMake "Project" command in all the sub-directories to help fix
> something else (Maybe Xcode or Creator or Visual Studio generation).
>
> The top level project listed is not really the top level project at all.
> It is some sub-project where the CMake code probably uses the "Project"
> command. Is there a way to indicate to QtCreator that the _first_
> "Project" command that is found is used as the top level project?
>
> Is there a way to cut down on the number of embedded folders that are
> shown (/Users/mjackson/Workspace/DREAM3D_Plugins/$PLUGIN_NAME in my
> example) by setting some sort of PROJECT_ROOT_DIR cmake variable? That
> might be nice to have.
>
> Again, this is looking really awesome for CMake & QtCreator integration.
> CMake really feels like a first class citizen in QtCreator.
>