<div dir="ltr"><div><div>Well I've tried to make the problem as clear as possible but somehow it seems it still wasn't clear enough.<br></div>In my opinion the solution which was proposed by Mathew was also pretty clear - also not absolutly complete as he stated himself.<br>
<br></div>How should we proceed? I think Mathew understood what's my problem.<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 4:18 AM, David Cole <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dlrdave@aol.com" target="_blank">dlrdave@aol.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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> On Nov 5, 2013, at 6:40 PM, Matthew Woehlke <<a href="mailto:matthew.woehlke@kitware.com">matthew.woehlke@kitware.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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>> On 2013-11-05 17:40, David Cole wrote:<br>
>> I would simply like to point out, with all due respect, that in the<br>
>> non-CLI use case, it is IMPOSSIBLE to pass command line parameters.<br>
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> 1. I can modify my shortcut / .desktop file (which I previously stated as a use case for the feature).<br>
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> 2. I can launch cmake-gui from the run / launcher dialog.<br>
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> In both cases, I'm not using a (full) CLI, but I can still pass "command line" arguments. (The latter is admittedly a little CLI-like, but its working directory is still poorly defined and probably you are not specifying a build directory in that case.)<br>
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</div>Ok, I guess I should know better than to use the word IMPOSSIBLE...<br>
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Although I would call both of those (perhaps sideways) CLI usage.<br>
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I think the feature should be well-defined and easy to explain before it's implemented.<br>
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I will defer to the wisdom of the crowd on this, (i.e. I've said my piece and now I'll be quiet) but if it can't be explained in a short paragraph of text, I still maintain that it's overly complicated.<br>
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