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[Eric Berberich <>]

Martin Baeker wrote:
> Dear EriC,
>
> thanks for the hint, but as I said this script does not resolve the
> dependencies between the files.
>
> Martin.

Hi Martin,

have you tried

  cgal_create_cmake_script demo


eriC







> > Martin Baeker wrote:
> > > Dear all,
> > >
> > > I have a program library based on CGAL3.3. It consists of several
> > > C++-Classes, each with its own .hpp and .cpp-file. 
> > > I am at a loss on how to achieve the same thing with newer versions of
> > > CGAL that use cmake. The cgal_create_cmake_script is not sufficient because
> > > I need to link to the library from my classes together when building
> > > an executable. OTOH, I need correct compilation with all CGAL-stuff as
> > > well.
> > >
> > > Here is a very simple example (not meaningfulin itself) of what I want to
> > > do:
> > >
> > > File Pointclass.H
> > >
> > > #include <CGAL/Gmpq.h>
> > > #include <CGAL/Cartesian.h>
> > >
> > > typedef CGAL::Cartesian<CGAL::Gmpq>   Kernel;
> > > typedef Kernel::Point_3    Point;
> > >
> > > class Mypoint: public Point
> > > {
> > > public:
> > >   int index;
> > >   Mypoint(int in);
> > > };
> > >
> > > File Pointclass.C
> > >
> > > #include "Pointclass.H"
> > >
> > > Mypoint::Mypoint(int in)
> > > {
> > >   index = in;
> > > }
> > >
> > > File main.C
> > >
> > > #include "Pointclass.H"
> > >
> > > int main()
> > > {
> > >   Mypoint p(1);
> > >   std::cout << p.index << std::endl;
> > >   return 0;
> > >   
> > > }
> > >
> > >
> > > So how do I set up cmake so that main can be linked to Pointclass and
> > > that the dependence of the two is known?
> > >
> > > I suppose there is a simple way how to do this, but I'm not able to
> > > find it...
> > >
> > > Thanks for any help,
> >
> > if you switch to CGAL-3.4 (or better upcoming 3.6) there is
> >
> > cgal_create_cmake_script located in scripts subdir that does the job for you,
> > i.e., write a proper CMakeLists.txt file.
> >
> > eriC
> >
> > > Martin.
> > >
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>                    Technische Universität Braunschweig
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