How to select which executable to run

[underdoeg]

I have the following CMakeLists.txt:

FILE(GLOB_RECURSE SOURCES "src/*")
add_executable(server ${SOURCES})

## SAMPLE APP
FILE(GLOB_RECURSE SOURCES_SAMPLE "sample/*")
add_executable(sample ${SOURCES_SAMPLE})

Compile and Run opens the server executable. Is there a way to select which one is executed?

[eidheim]

It should depend on which buffer is active, but if a file is used in two executables, the first executable is selected. You can however use Set Run Arguments in the Build/Debug menu.

[underdoeg]

Thanks. Set run argument worked for me. The active buffer did always open the first project. Even when only having the main.cpp of the second executable open.

[eidheim]

Thank you, I think I got this fixed in eidheim@99cb3f6. Pushing this commit to master in a few days, but feel free to try it out.

[underdoeg]

Yes that almost works for me. It does detect the right executable now but tries to run it in a subfolder. So samples tries to open an executable at build/sample/sample instead of build/sample and server is trying to execute build/src/server.

[eidheim]

Thank you, I'll have a look at this and figure out where I messed up. build/src/server is correct I take it or?

[eidheim]

Oh never mind, both sample and server executables lies within the build folder. I'll fix this in a day or so.

edit: typo

[eidheim]

I think the issue is fixed in eidheim@786b6b8.

[underdoeg]

yes that works! thanks. Only "issue" now is that I have another directory with code that is compiled to a static lib which is shared between sample and server. When I have one of those files open, then nothing is executed. (Propably because it is a static lib?) Would be nice if the IDE remembered my last exec and then run this instead?

[eidheim]

Commits fixing the original issue above is pushed to master, but leaving this issue open a bit further for discussion on how to chose executable when for instance working on an library.

[underdoeg]

I feel like having some sort of drop down selector that lists all available executables would be the most intuitive? first option could be auto which behaves the way it does now.

[eidheim]

For the time being you can use Set Run Arguments in the Project menu to set project wide executable that will be run no matter which file you have open.

Regarding providing alternatives, I would have to add this to my TODO list. If it was only for Meson project, it would be easy, but the issue is within CMake projects since it is harder to identify executables here. The reason behind the CMake difficulties is that one would have to parse all CMakeLists.txt files in the project, not only the ones in the source folder and its parents. On the other hand, with Meson, one could merely look into the build/compile_commands.json file.

[eidheim]

The Run Arguments settings are now also stored between sessions: 8a4cab0