[CMake] hear hear

Alexander Neundorf a.neundorf-work at gmx.net
Tue Dec 6 12:19:33 EST 2011


On Tuesday 06 December 2011, Mateusz Łoskot wrote:
> On 6 December 2011 16:27, Daniel Dekkers <d.dekkers at cthrough.nl> wrote:
> > On Dec 4, 2011, at 11:59 AM, Michael Jackson wrote:
> >> I think if the CMake community took a vote we could probably come up
> >> with an "Exemplar" Find*.cmake file that is good for someone trying to
> >> develop a new one.
> > 
> > Yes please.
> > And I think in general that is true. Of course it is more interesting and
> > often more urgent to spend time on "exotic" problems. But there are
> > these basics that are missing in the documentation.
> 
> It's a great idea and I've been suggesting and looking for best
> practices for long time:
> 
> http://www.cmake.org/pipermail/cmake/2010-March/035596.html
> 
> I'd add also:
> 
> Find*.cmake modules should be documented separately (separate
> chapters/pages) from the main documentation. The current documentation is
> already very long and navigating it has become difficult. 

Do you mean the book or the man/html pages ?
For man/html-pages, additionally to the all-in-one cmake.html (or man page), 
there are also splitted man/html-pages:
man cmakemodules
man cmakecommands
man cmakeprops
man cmakepolicies

Is that what you mean ?

Alex


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