| CMAKE_EXTRA_GENERATOR |
| --------------------- |
| |
| .. deprecated:: 3.27 |
| |
| Support for :ref:`Extra Generators` is deprecated and will be removed from |
| a future version of CMake. IDEs may use the :manual:`cmake-file-api(7)` |
| to view CMake-generated project build trees. |
| |
| The extra generator used to build the project. See |
| :manual:`cmake-generators(7)`. |
| |
| When using the Eclipse, CodeBlocks, CodeLite, Kate or Sublime generators, CMake |
| generates Makefiles (:variable:`CMAKE_GENERATOR`) and additionally project |
| files for the respective IDE. This IDE project file generator is stored in |
| ``CMAKE_EXTRA_GENERATOR`` (e.g. ``Eclipse CDT4``). |
