Using Sublime Text with cmake (build system)

Question

I am using Sublime Text in Ubuntu and learning OpenCV. Until today, I was using Sublime Text to write and save the code, and using Terminal for compiling.

I am compiling with the following code:

cmake .
make
./a.out

But for fast processing, I am trying to make my build system and I want to make this all automatically by pressing Ctrl + B

I've tried the following code in a custom build system but it fails:

{
    "cmd": ["cmake ."],
    "cmd": ["make"],
    "cmd": ["./a.o"],
    "selector": "source.c++",
    "shell": true,

    "windows":
    {
        "cmd": ["cl", "/Fo${file_path}", "/O2", "$file"],
        "selector": "source.c++",
        "shell": true
    }
}

Any ideas? Thanks.

Answer 1

You should only have one "cmd" key in your build system. Please read the docs for more information. Instead, you can concatenate your commands using the && operator:

{
    "cmd": ["cmake .", "&&", "make", "&&", "./a.out"],
    "selector": "source.c++",
    "shell": true,
}

Since you're on Linux, you don't need the Windows stuff at all.

Answer 2

You can use cmake to create a sublime project. Just execute

cmake -G "Sublime Text 2 - Unix Makefiles" .

I don't know if it works for subime text 3 since I don't have it installed

Answer 3

Thanks to MattDMo , I have built a build system that works properly, here it is:

{
    "cmd": ["cp /home/as/Documents/c++/opencv/CMakeLists.txt ${file_path} &&  cmake . && make && ./project"], "working_dir": "${file_path}",
    "selector": "source.c++",
    "shell": true
}

It copies the CMakeLists.txt (Which is a default CMakeList.txt I have prepared to be suitable with every project) to the current project directory and runs the project.

Additionally, CMakeLists.txt includes the following text:

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8)
project( project )
find_package( OpenCV REQUIRED )
add_executable( project main.cpp )
target_link_libraries( project ${OpenCV_LIBS} )

I hope that will run all of OpenCV projects!