Alternative CMake support for Qt Creator.

Main differents from original CMakeProject plugin:

• Project file list readed from file system instead of parsing .cbp (CodeBlocks) project file. It can be slow on big projects, but reloading initiating only during open project, run CMake, or user-initiated tree changes (add new files, erase files, rename file)
• You can add new files from Qt Creator. Note, you can create file outside project tree, but Qt Creator will display only files that present in project tree. Also, you should manualy describe this files in CMakeLists.txt.
• You can rename files in file system from Qt Creator now.
• You can erase files from files system from Qt Creator now.
• CMake Run wizard reworked:
  • Save CMake arguments line between runs and between configurations
  • Select build type via Select Box (Release/Debug/Etc)
  • Set-up used toolchain: via file or inline (stored in user project data)
  • Reset CMake cache before run

This plugin is oriented to latest Git version of Qt Creator, sorry I use it and I have no time to support other stable versions. But I create branches according to QtC one but I backports changes to the last official branch.

For example, all actions runs in directory /tmp/qt-creator

• Take full Qt Creator source tree from Git:

git clone git://gitorious.org/qt-creator/qt-creator.git qt-creator

• Create Qt Crator build tree:

mkdir qt-creator-build
cd qt-creator-build

• Create shadow build (I use Git-version of Qt for building, but you can use Qt from official site: simple change path to qmake):

/opt/qt-git/bin/qmake /tmp/qt-creator/qt-creator/qtcreator.pro

• TODO: check, possible unneeded. Don't start full build, but generating some files is requred (like ide_version.h):
  • For Qt5 based builds (this call fails but needed files it generate):

  make sub-src-clean

  • For Qt4 based builds:

  make src/Makefile
  make -C src plugins/Makefile
  make -C src/plugins coreplugin/Makefile

Ok, Qt Creator source and build tree is prepared. Note, I think, that GIT version of Qt Creator already installed, for example to /opt/qtcreator-git

• Change directory to /tmp/qt-creator
• Take sources of CMakeProjectManager2 from repository
• Export two variables
  • QTC_SOURCE - point to Qt Creator source tree (in out case: /tmp/qt-creator/qt-cretor)
  • QTC_BUILD - point to Qt Creator build tree (or installed files, like /opt/qtcreator-git). Use this variable only in case, when you want to put compiled files directly to the QtC tree. It fails, if QtC owned by other user but run build with sudo is a very very bad idea.
  • QTC_BUILD_INPLACE - undefined by default. In most cases must be same to the QTC_BUILD. If defined, this location will be used as output location for compiled plugin files (.so). As a result, you can omit install step. Useful only for individual users QtC installation at the home directory. If QtC installation does not owned by user who invoke compilation linking will be fails. Strongly recommends do not use this variable, but use QTC_PREFIX for qmake and INSTALL_ROOT for make install.

  export QTC_SOURCE=/tmp/qt-creator/qt-creator
  export QTC_BUILD=/opt/qtcreator-git

• Create directory for shadow build:

mkdir cmakeprojectmanager2-build
cd cmakeprojectmanager2-build

• Configure plugin:

/opt/qt-git/bin/qmake QTC_PREFIX=/opt/qtcreator-git
                      LIBS+=-L${QTC_BUILD}/lib/qtcreator \
                      LIBS+=-L${QTC_BUILD}/lib/qtcreator/plugins \
                      ../cmakeprojectmanager2-git/cmakeprojectmanager.pro

LIBS need for linker. QTC_PREFIX by default is /usr/local.

• Build:

 make -j8

• Install
  • to QTC_PREFIX:

  sudo make install

  • for packagers:

  make INSTALL_ROOT=/tmp/plugin install

Restart Qt Creator, go to Help -> About plugins and turn off default CMakeProjectManager plugin.

• Open cmakeprojectmanager.pro, go to Projects layout (see left panel)
• Look to Build Steps section and add next params for qmake:

LIBS+=-L${QTC_BUILD}/lib/qtcreator
LIBS+=-L${QTC_BUILD}/lib/qtcreator/plugins

• Look to Build Environment and define next variables:

QTC_SOURCE=/tmp/qt-creator/qt-creator
QTC_BUILD=/opt/qtcreator-git

Now you can build plugin from Qt Creator.

Now Ubuntu 14.04 / Mint 17.x PPA with master-git Qt Creator and CMakePrjectManager2 plugin:
https://launchpad.net/~adrozdoff/+archive/ubuntu/qtcreator-git

This repo depdens on next Qt repository: ppa:beineri/opt-qt55-trusty

To install next steps is required:

sudo apt-add-repository ppa:beineri/opt-qt55-trusty
sudo apt-add-repository ppa:adrozdoff/qtcreator-git
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install qtcreator-git qtcreator-git-plugin-cmake2

No roadmap. Only needed features implemets. Code syncs regularry.

Actual tasks and todo can be looks at the Issue page: https://github.com/h4tr3d/cmakeprojectmanager2/issues

1. Update Qt Creator git repository, moves to the master branch
2. Create patches for new changes

git format-patch <REVISION_SINCE> -- src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager

REVISION_SINCE can be found via 'git log' by comments or Change-Id. 3. Go to CMakeProjectManager2 source tree and change branch to the qtc-master 4. Copy patches from the step 2 to the CMakeProjectManager2 source tree root 5. Apply patches:

git am -p4 *.patch

6. Change branch to the master, merge new changes and resolve conflicts