[boost] CLion plug-in for Boost.Build (was: Trying out CLion.. Free license..)

On 28 September 2015 at 21:19, Rene Rivera wrote:

On Mon, Sep 28, 2015 at 2:14 PM, Robert Ramey wrote:

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On 9/28/15 11:45 AM, Rene Rivera wrote:

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As some of you are aware JetBrains recently release a new IDE that has some rather cool features (re: https://www.jetbrains.com/clion/) for C++ programmers. I am personally interested in using CLion for Boost work. In particular I'm hoping to write a CLion plug-in that integrates Boost Build into the IDE. And hence I've have taken it upon myself to arrange for Boost developers to get licenses for library authors to use, if they so wish.

Hmm - wouldn't it be easier just to use CMake. You wouldn't have to write any plugin. The serialization library includes CMake files for that library's build and test and it works quite well.

IMO no.. But I know that opinions differ ;-)

Some time ago, I developed basic Boost.Build plugin for Qt Creator https://github.com/mloskot/qt-creator-plugin-boostbuild/ which interacts with the b2.exe command line. At that time, I also briefely discussed some API ideas with Volodya. Later, Volodya implemented the Boost.Build API and server mode http://lists.boost.org/boost-build/2015/03/27906.php May I ask, which option are you going to choose for your plugin? Is it going to be the command line approach, the new BB API or anything else? Best regards, -- Mateusz Loskot, http://mateusz.loskot.net