Re: [Boost-build] Use BB to generate visual studio projects?

Subject: Re: [Boost-build] Use BB to generate visual studio projects?
From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-04-17 03:42:22

Konstantin Litvinenko wrote:
> Christian Holmquist пишет:
> 
>> Has anyone done any work on such a thing, to generate a vc project file
>> that corresponds to what actually gets built from a Jamfile, would it
>> even be possible?
> 
>   As I know there is no such thing and no one working on it.
>   I think it is possible to do such generator for BB, but some time ago 
> I was not able to develop it, due to lack of understanding of overall 
> design. Even now, when I build BB-like clone in pure C++ and know how 
> design works, I doubt to be able to write MSVC project generator for BB. 
> May be when PythonBB will arrive somebody write one...
> 
>> Any ideas on where to start if I wanted to hack on such a thing? I'm not
>> too familiar with BB, but I'd be willing to study it a bit if you think
>> there's a solution within reach =)
> 
>   If you *really* need MSVC project files than CMake may be alternative.
>   Or you may to try my project Hammer - its very close to BBv2 
> syntax/design and capable to produce MSVC 2005 project files. If you 
> interested email me :).

It seems to me that a better approach would be to create Boost.Build add-in for
Visual Studio, so that you can actually interact with Boost.Build project
description, as opposed to just building things.

- Volodya