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Reviewer: Lauro Moura <lauro.neto@openbossa.org>
          Renato Araújo <renato.filho@openbossa.org>
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@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ CMake primer
************
This chapter is a basic introduction to CMake, the build system used by PySide
and the boost binding generator.
and the bindings generator.
The practical steps will focus on how to use cmake on a Unix-like (GNU/Linux)
The practical steps will focus on how to use CMake on a Unix-like (GNU/Linux)
environment.
@ -20,13 +20,13 @@ Project file - CMakeLists.txt
CMake parses the file CMakeLists.txt for information about the project,
like project name, dependencies, what should be compiled, what should be
shipped.
shipped, and so on.
CMake variables
---------------
CMake can have its default behavior modified by providing some
CMake can have its default behavior modified by providing some options in the command line:
* ``CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=<some path here>`` sets the install prefix to
the specified path.
@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ CMake can have its default behavior modified by providing some
where CMake will try to find its modules.
* ``CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=<file path>`` sets the path to the file that
describes the toolchain used to compile this project. It is very useful
when using CMake with icecc to speedup compilation.
when using CMake with `Icecream <http://en.opensuse.org/Icecream>`_ to speed up compilation.
You can define a variable using the ``-D<VARIABLE>`` switch like the example
below.
@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ want it to be installed into ``/opt/sandbox/``, use the following lines::
cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/opt/sandbox ..
CMake will process the project file and write the output files in the
current directory
current directory.
Building
========
@ -68,5 +68,5 @@ the project using :program:`make`.
Installing
==========
As in the building process, ``make install`` will install the files into
As in the building process, :program:`make install` will install the files into
the target directory.