[Qt-creator] ?==?utf-8?q? Setup of CMake based projects

[Mitch Curtis]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Qt-creator <qt-creator-bounces at qt-project.org> On Behalf Of Andy
> Sent: Wednesday, 9 October 2019 3:42 PM
> To: Cornelis Bockemühl <cornelis at bockemuehl.ch>
> Cc: qt-creator <qt-creator at qt-project.org>
> Subject: Re: [Qt-creator] ?==?utf-8?q? Setup of CMake based projects
> 
> Cornelis:
> 
> You aren't the only one! I always have to pause and look hard at this dialog -
> and I'm never sure I chose wisely.
> 
> 
> This has come up at least once or twice on this list and there may be already
> be an issue for it in the system.

https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTCREATORBUG-22413
 
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> 
> On Wed, Oct 9, 2019 at 9:29 AM Cornelis Bockemühl
> <cornelis at bockemuehl.ch <mailto:cornelis at bockemuehl.ch> > wrote:
> 
> 
> 	Hi Tobias,
> 
> 	This is a "side track" of the initial thread about setup problems of
> CMake based projects: I was mentioning the fact that already now the
> QtCreator sometimes asks what to do with certain settings that seem to be
> "changed on disk" - probably meaning: there are differences between *.user
> file and CMakeCache - but I am not really sure. This would be such a dialog
> that I am getting from time to time:
> 
> 
> 
> 	And I must admit that so far I had NO CLUE what this dialog really
> wants to ask me! Now I have at least a guess: the expression "changed on
> disk" I interpret now in the way that it refers to the content of the
> CMakeCache file, while "the real project" (compared to which it is
> "changed") must then probably be what comes from the *.user file. Next
> you have that table, with the columns "Key", "CMake" and "Project". After
> our discussion I tend to guess that "CMake" again refers to the CMakeCache,
> while "Project" refers to the *.user file.
> 
> 	So far I had no problems if I just press the right one of two buttons,
> but I never had any idea what I am doing with this choice - much less why I
> am asked this question. And I must admit that this kind of "stirring in the fog"
> feels a bit strange...
> 
> 	Because: for a "normal human being", ie without being blinded by
> knowing too much internal details of either CMake or QtCreator, both mean
> more or less the same: If you are working with a CMake based project then
> obviously "CMake" is identical with "the project"!
> 
> 	In other words: I think this dialog would need a bit of reconsideration
> in terms of wording! Like:
> 
> 	- At the top it could be something like "The project has been changed
> outside of QtCreator"
> 
> 	- Headers of the table: change the order of columns 2 and 3, then
> replace "Project" by "QtCreator project" and "CMake" by "Changed value"
> 
> 	- Finally the buttons should then be "Discard external changes" (left)
> and "Adapt QtCreator project to changes" (right)
> 
> 	This assuming that my current understanding which I gained during
> the discussions in this thread is correct!
> 
> 	Best regards, Cornelis
> 
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