CMake Proposal

[Bill Hoffman]

Bill Hoffman wrote:
> Stefan (metze) Metzmacher wrote:
> 
>>> -  command line interface to CMake and -Dvar=value is verbose
>>
>> I think the most important missing piece is './configure --help'.
>>
>> cmake -LH shows something is much less verbose and also
>> needs to run all the configure tests before displaying anything.
>>
> This is a common request, although a bit tricky to do because CMake is a 
> language and to find all the options would require parsing the whole 
> thing and evaluating all variables with all possible values.
> 
Sorry, to reply to my own message...  Anyway, here is some information 
one what has been talked about with respect to a better command line help:

Basically, some kind of "CMakeInit.cmake" that has basic stuff about the 
project. See the mailing list thread linked here:

   http://www.cmake.org/Bug/view.php?id=6672

-Bill