[Qt-creator] 4.3.1 & cmake project configuration

[Andy]

On Sun, Jul 9, 2017 at 3:51 AM, Tobias Hunger <tobias.hunger at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi Andy,
>
> On Jul 9, 2017 03:32, "Andy" <asmaloney at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I created a new entry under Build & Run for 5.9.1. I started to configure
> the project in the CMake section and it now just says "Configuration
> failed." with no settings in the list. So there doesn't appear to be a way
> for me to fix the configuration...
>
> Any suggestions?
>
>
> For now you will need to add the flags via the add button. Annoying, but
> we are working with cmake upstream to fix this:-)
>

Ok - that's not really practical for this project - too many settings. I
copied a different config's CMakeCache.txt and modified it using a text
editor. That did the trick.


>
> UX note: I find configuring a cmake project through this interface very
> tedious and error-prone. The project I'm working on has a couple of hundred
> settings when "Advanced" is on and trying to work with the (non-resizable)
> list is not fun at all. I would suggest an interface more like the actual
> CMake app where you can filter and group the settings properly. (And please
> let me resize the list so I can actually read everything.)
>
>
> Click into the cmake settings and press Ctrl-F to search. I recently
> approved a patch adding filtering, too, so that will be in At Creator 4.4.
>

Great!

Will it group them as well?


>
> The resizing is not there yet. Not sure how well that will work in project
> mode.
>

When there are long settings like paths, you can't read them unless you
click on them. Maybe eliding the strings in the middle instead of the right
side would be more useful?


>
> Patches to make things more convenient are always welcome:-)
>

Agreed :-) Unfortunately I'm already overloaded with projects (including
the one I'm trying to build with the new CMake stuff in QtC) and I don't
use CMake that much.

Thanks a lot Tobias. I know you put a lot of work into this!

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Andy Maloney  //  https://asmaloney.com
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