Re: [Boost-users] BoostCon & Bjam

From: Pau Garcia i Quiles (pgquiles_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-05-12 17:31:47

Quoting Zeljko Vrba <zvrba_at_[hidden]>:

> On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 11:50:08AM -0500, Tim St. Clair wrote:
>>
>> If there is something better, then I'm totally open to it. SCONs is the only
>> alternative which I consider to be as powerful...
>>
> Did you take a look at cmake (www.cmake.org)?  The KDE project has recently
> switched to cmake.  Cmake's documentation isn't the greatest either, but:
>
> - it has a configuration TUI/GUI (no more questions like "which switch
>   enables 64-bit compilation?)
> - the reference docs are good
> - there is a plenty of examples and tutorials floating around
> - a book is sold on amazon
>
> I've recently started to use cmake and, while not quite "comfortable" with
> it, at least i'm getting stuff done, something I couldn't say for bjam when
> I tried to use it.

Take a look at the slides I use for my CMake workshops:
http://www.elpauer.org/stuff/learning_cmake.pdf

-- 
Pau Garcia i Quiles
http://www.elpauer.org
(Due to my workload, I may need 10 days to answer)