| Re: [cdt-dev] Antwort: [Newsletter] Re: CMake support in Eclipse CDT |
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On Monday, December 07, 2015 21:46:28 Martin Weber wrote: > Am Sonntag, 6. Dezember 2015, 20:25:18 schrieb Doug Schaefer: > ... > > > >> In the cmake4cdt plugin, I use the output of cmake > > >> -DCMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS=on to feed the include paths into the > > >> indexer. I just checked that cmake also produces the > > >> > > >>compile_commands.json > > >> > > >> file when using the ninja generator (at least on linux). > > > > > >AFAIK, compile_commands.json is written when the cmake-makefle generator > > >or > > >ninja-generators is used. Not sure whether the file is written when the > > >mingw, > > >msys or cygwin generator is used. > > > > We¹re at the point now that we should probably find out exactly where it¹s > > generated or not. > > Generated with the UnixMakefiles and Ninja generator only, according to [1]. > Cmake on windows provides a mingw, msys, UnixMakefiles (for cywin), nmake > and ninja buildscript generator [2].
The variable CMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS is used in void cmMakefileTargetGenerator::WriteObjectBuildFile(...), which should be used by all Makefile generators, on all platforms. (same for ninja)
Alex
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