CMake Cookbook

Getting ready

In this example, we will use two files, the main CMakeLists.txt and cmake/colors.cmake:

.├── cmake│   └── colors.cmake└── CMakeLists.txt

The cmake/colors.cmake file contains definitions for colored output:

# colorize CMake output# code adapted from stackoverflow: http://stackoverflow.com/a/19578320# from post authored by https://stackoverflow.com/users/2556117/frasermacro(define_colors)  if(WIN32)    # has no effect on WIN32    set(ColourReset "")    set(ColourBold "")    set(Red "")    set(Green "")    set(Yellow "")    set(Blue "")    set(Magenta "")    set(Cyan "")    set(White "")    set(BoldRed "")    set(BoldGreen "")    set(BoldYellow "")    set(BoldBlue "")    set(BoldMagenta "")    set(BoldCyan "")    set(BoldWhite "")  else()    string(ASCII 27 Esc) set(ColourReset "${Esc}[m") ...