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diff --git a/doc/TopicCMakeGuide.dox b/doc/TopicCMakeGuide.dox new file mode 100644 index 000000000..5362413d6 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/TopicCMakeGuide.dox @@ -0,0 +1,40 @@ +namespace Eigen { + +/** + +\page TopicCMakeGuide Using %Eigen in CMake Projects + +%Eigen provides native CMake support which allows the library to be easily +used in CMake projects. + +\note %CMake 3.0 (or later) is required to enable this functionality. + +%Eigen exports a CMake target called `Eigen3::Eigen` which can be imported +using the `find_package` CMake command and used by calling +`target_link_libraries` as in the following example: +\code{.cmake} +cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.0) +project (myproject) + +find_package (Eigen3 3.3 REQUIRED) + +add_executable (example example.cpp) +target_link_libraries (example Eigen3::Eigen) +\endcode + +The above code snippet must be placed in a file called `CMakeLists.txt` alongside +`example.cpp`. After running +\code{.sh} +$ cmake path-to-example-directory +\endcode +CMake will produce project files that generate an executable called `example` +which requires at least version 3.3 of %Eigen. Here, `path-to-example-directory` +is the path to the directory that contains both `CMakeLists.txt` and +`example.cpp`. + + +*/ + +} + +// vim: set ft=cpp.doxygen |