Initial CMake support

[raspopov]

The initial idea was to build a standard distribution for Windows. CMake was chosen for its ability to build distributions using NSIS. BAT scripts were fixed, pausing due to the need for automatic execution was removed, and administrative login was added. As a bonus, the creation of primitive Debian packages was also supported.

The sample build script (placed in the root of the sources) using the Qt installation for gcc compiler:

rem Detect a CMake
for /f "tokens=2*" %%i in ('reg query HKLM\SOFTWARE\Kitware\CMake /v InstallDir ^| findstr REG_SZ') do if exist "%%~j" set "PATH=%PATH%;%%~j\bin"
where /q cmake
if not %errorlevel% equ 0 echo CMake not found! && exit /b %errorlevel%

rem Detect GCC
set "PATH=%PATH%;C:\Qt\Tools\llvm-mingw1706_64\bin"
where /q g++
if not %errorlevel% equ 0 echo GCC not found! && exit /b %errorlevel%

rem Generate a project
cmake -B build -G "MinGW Makefiles" -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release --fresh
if not %errorlevel% equ 0 exit /b %errorlevel%

rem Build a project
cmake --build build --config Release --target package --parallel
if not %errorlevel% equ 0 exit /b %errorlevel%

[hufrea]

Спасибо, но создание уст. пакетов не планируется, в CMake нет необходимости.

[raspopov]

This is about usability. Most Windows users can't perform complex command line operations or find where in the system the proxy is configured. And let's not forget the older generation. Oh, and the existing Makefile doesn't create the resulting zip files. So, we're still creating "packages" manually.

Этот реквест про удобство использования. Типичный пользователь Windows не в состоянии выполнить замысловатые операции с командной строкой, или найти, где в системе настраивается прокси. Что уж говорить о старшем поколении... И, кстати, существующий Makefile не создаёт результирующие zip-файы, грубо говоря "пакеты" всё же создаются, но вручную.

[raspopov]

BTW, with CMake, this great project can be opened with Qt Creator or any other IDE. 😎

[KDBal]

Most Windows users can't perform complex command line operations or find where in the system the proxy is configured. And let's not forget the older generation.

This makes more sense to be done as a separate project. Maybe even a GUI solution.