Cmake support in Eclipse

According to this, I have 3 options to use cmake in Eclipse CDT for C++. None of them works.

The first is because I use out-of-source builds and the limitations of the generator is so lame. Also, it uses a hardcode开发者_运维技巧d Eclipse project template, so it is fragile like hell. The second is the poor man's version of cmake support. It does not add any value to Eclipse, really. The third one simply does not work. I can't make an existing cmake project. I can create a new one, but not opening an existing one. Also, the cmake properties in the project properties windows throw an exception and that's it. Does not even show up.

Is there any GOOD support in Eclipse for cmake? Or any other powerful IDE? Like adding the CmakeList.txt and the corresponding project is created? I am mainly interested in having the proper include paths and the global make targets based on the cmake files. And of course it would be nice to have syntax colored editing of cmake files, etc.

We successfully use both Eclipse CDT and Qt Creator with a large CMake based project.

For Eclipse, we usually use option two exactly as described. There is also a CMake Eclipse plug-in called CMake Editor for syntax highlighting and command completion.

Personally, I am using QtCreator. It has quite good CMake support and is very fast. You should initially configure your project with the CMake GUI (using the Make or NMake Generator) and then open your top-level CMakeLists.txt file in QtCreator and point it to your already configured binary directory.

Have you taken a look at Qt Creator? It might have the features you are looking for.

I use CMake GUI for generating CDT project or Unix makefiles and then import it via Eclipse.

Also I use KDevelop 4 because it simply opens CMake projects and tightly integrates CMake support.

Congratulations, CLion http://www.jetbrains.com/clion/ new C++ IDE with CMake well integrated. See its features https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=MY_Z90Tj6is

I tried all three and have found option 2 to be the only useful one. Option 1, the cmake CDT generator, is useless. I cannot get option 3 to work either.

Yes, option 2 is the "poor man's version" insofar as you must follow a series of steps when setting up a new project, rather than pressing a single button. But I have had good success with it for many projects in the past year. Like you, I always do out of source builds.

Also, to get syntax coloring of CMake files, use the excellent CMakeEd plugin for eclipse. It's beautiful.

CDT has official CMake support plugin currently. You can find through Help->Install menu of Eclipse.