Using msvc solution files

[Ralf Habacker]

Peter Kümmel schrieb:
> I've found the option 'useIDE' in info.py which configures cmake
> to generate Visual Studio solution files. What's the official way
> to set useIDE to true without touching info.py?
>   
run

emerge --fetch emerge (or in emerge root "svn update emerge\bin" )

then run

set EMERGE_OPTION=cmake.useIDE=1
>   
> It seems this is not fully suppoted, or I'm wrong?
>   
this feature is in experimental state - i use it for ide compile and 
debug support. The ide is openend in the emerge make action.
> I prefer this generators because then it is possible to build at
> least projects in parallel using msvc. (vcbuild with the option /M)
> It is also possible to use the IDE when something went from while compiling.
>
> And not to forget: debugging becames simpler with the IDE ;)
> What is the current workflow to get VC projects files?
>
> Attached my hardcoded solution handling. On problem is that the name of
> the solution, defined by cmake (for instance 'project(Automoc4)') must
> match the internal emerge name self.subinfo.options.make.slnBaseName
> or self.package, maybe someone could help me there.
> Currently it breaks because there is no automoc.sln but automoc4.sln or
> no qimageblitz.sln but only blitz.sln.
>
>   
normaly self.package (generated from the emerge script file name) 
matches the project name in the CMakeLists.txt. If not  
self.subinfo.options.make.slnBaseName could be used in the package 
emerge script.
>   
Thanks for this contribution - we only have to find a way to merge the 
recent feature (openening the ide in make action) and your approach.

Regards
 Ralf