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Vito Gamberini fb58de1a56 Tutorial: Add Step 0 to prepare the working environment
Adds a "Step 0" to the tutorial which discusses minutia about where to
get CMake, how to run it, and most importantly deals at length with
various generator issues which aren't covered elsewhere.
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CMake Tutorial
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Introduction
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The CMake tutorial provides a step-by-step guide that covers common build
system issues that CMake helps address. Seeing how various topics all
work together in an example project can be very helpful.
Steps
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Each step has its own subdirectory containing code that may be used as a
starting point. The tutorial examples are progressive so that each step
provides the complete solution for the previous step.
.. toctree::
:maxdepth: 2
Before You Begin
Getting Started with CMake
CMake Language Fundamentals
Configuration and Cache Variables
In-Depth CMake Target Commands
In-Depth CMake Library Concepts
In-Depth System Introspection
Custom Commands and Generated Files
Testing and CTest
Installation Commands and Concepts
Finding Dependencies
Miscellaneous Features
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Whenever a step above is renamed or removed, leave forwarding text in
its original document file, and list it below to preserve old links
to cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/ URLs.
.. toctree::
:maxdepth: 1
:hidden:
A Basic Starting Point
Adding a Library
Adding Usage Requirements for a Library
Adding Generator Expressions
Installing and Testing
Adding Support for a Testing Dashboard
Adding System Introspection
Adding a Custom Command and Generated File
Packaging an Installer
Selecting Static or Shared Libraries
Adding Export Configuration
Packaging Debug and Release