How to use Cmake in Codelite

[Fox Mulder]

I finally got some Output from Codelite by building with cmake. But now Im completely confused.
Where is my Target directory which I specified under Project Settings->Cmake (Build directory: $(ProjectPath)\Build)
Now I got the cmakeFiles directory and then 3.0.0rc and cmakeTemp (see attachment).
And now I cant start the debugger cause I get the error:
No executable specified use "target" exec.

[eranif]

You should separate the build files from the source files.
I suggest that you first try to build something _without_ codelite but with cmake and then try to integrate the two.

For example, create an hello world application.

Create an empty folder with 2 files:

main.cpp:

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#include <iostream>
int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
    std::cout << "hello world" << std::endl;
    return 0;
}

and second file, CMakeLists.txt

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cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8)

set( CMAKE_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/lib" )
set( CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/bin" )
set( CMAKE_ARCHIVE_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/lib" )

## Use the variable PROJECT_NAME for changing the target name
set( PROJECT_NAME "HelloWorld" )

## Set our project name
project(${PROJECT_NAME})

## Use all the *.cpp files we found under this folder for the project
FILE(GLOB SRCS "*.cpp" "*.c")

## Define the executable
add_executable(${PROJECT_NAME} ${SRCS})

To build it, open CMD.EXE and CD to the folder you have placed the files:

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mkdir build-debug
cd build-debug
cmake .. -G "MinGW Makefiles" -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug
mingw32-make

Thats it.
You should now have the file:
build-debug/bin/HelloWorld.exe

Play with it, learn about CMake and then try to integrate it into codelite

Eran

[Fox Mulder]

Yep you probably right here, im not ready for cmake and should learn it first. Anyway I wish there would be a tutorial with features which are integrated and some explanation for it, I know its time consuming but so helpful. Its not just this plugin, lots of setting options are not explained and even there is a Help button in every dialog window, it contains nothing useful. I wish you would clean this up a little bit after the 6.0 Release, a good documentation is the most attractive feature for the most people.
Anyway, thanks for your time Eran.