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+# ------------------------- Begin Generic CMake Variable Logging ------------------
+# todo: how to check these:
+# sudo apt-get install libvtk-java
+# sudo apt-get install python-vtk
+
+
+# /*C++ comment style not allowed*/
+
+
+# if you are building in-source, this is the same as CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR, otherwise
+# this is the top level directory of your build tree
+MESSAGE( STATUS "CMAKE_BINARY_DIR: " ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR} )
+
+# if you are building in-source, this is the same as CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR, otherwise this
+# is the directory where the compiled or generated files from the current CMakeLists.txt will go to
+MESSAGE( STATUS "CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR: " ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR} )
+
+# this is the directory, from which cmake was started, i.e. the top level source directory
+MESSAGE( STATUS "CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR: " ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR} )
+
+# this is the directory where the currently processed CMakeLists.txt is located in
+MESSAGE( STATUS "CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR: " ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} )
+
+# contains the full path to the top level directory of your build tree
+MESSAGE( STATUS "PROJECT_BINARY_DIR: " ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR} )
+
+# contains the full path to the root of your project source directory,
+# i.e. to the nearest directory where CMakeLists.txt contains the PROJECT() command
+MESSAGE( STATUS "PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR: " ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR} )
+
+# set this variable to specify a common place where CMake should put all executable files
+# (instead of CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR)
+MESSAGE( STATUS "EXECUTABLE_OUTPUT_PATH: " ${EXECUTABLE_OUTPUT_PATH} )
+
+# set this variable to specify a common place where CMake should put all libraries
+# (instead of CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR)
+MESSAGE( STATUS "LIBRARY_OUTPUT_PATH: " ${LIBRARY_OUTPUT_PATH} )
+
+# tell CMake to search first in directories listed in CMAKE_MODULE_PATH
+# when you use FIND_PACKAGE() or INCLUDE()
+MESSAGE( STATUS "CMAKE_MODULE_PATH: " ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH} )
+
+# this is the complete path of the cmake which runs currently (e.g. /usr/local/bin/cmake)
+MESSAGE( STATUS "CMAKE_COMMAND: " ${CMAKE_COMMAND} )
+
+# this is the CMake installation directory
+MESSAGE( STATUS "CMAKE_ROOT: " ${CMAKE_ROOT} )
+
+# this is the filename including the complete path of the file where this variable is used.
+MESSAGE( STATUS "CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_FILE: " ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_FILE} )
+
+# this is linenumber where the variable is used
+MESSAGE( STATUS "CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_LINE: " ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_LINE} )
+
+# this is used when searching for include files e.g. using the FIND_PATH() command.
+MESSAGE( STATUS "CMAKE_INCLUDE_PATH: " ${CMAKE_INCLUDE_PATH} )
+
+# this is used when searching for libraries e.g. using the FIND_LIBRARY() command.
+MESSAGE( STATUS "CMAKE_LIBRARY_PATH: " ${CMAKE_LIBRARY_PATH} )
+
+# the complete system name, e.g. "Linux-2.4.22", "FreeBSD-5.4-RELEASE" or "Windows 5.1"
+MESSAGE( STATUS "CMAKE_SYSTEM: " ${CMAKE_SYSTEM} )
+
+# the short system name, e.g. "Linux", "FreeBSD" or "Windows"
+MESSAGE( STATUS "CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME: " ${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} )
+
+# only the version part of CMAKE_SYSTEM
+MESSAGE( STATUS "CMAKE_SYSTEM_VERSION: " ${CMAKE_SYSTEM_VERSION} )
+
+# the processor name (e.g. "Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 2.00GHz")
+MESSAGE( STATUS "CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR: " ${CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR} )
+
+# is TRUE on all UNIX-like OS's, including Apple OS X and CygWin
+MESSAGE( STATUS "UNIX: " ${UNIX} )
+
+# is TRUE on Windows, including CygWin
+MESSAGE( STATUS "WIN32: " ${WIN32} )
+
+# is TRUE on Apple OS X
+MESSAGE( STATUS "APPLE: " ${APPLE} )
+
+# is TRUE when using the MinGW compiler in Windows
+MESSAGE( STATUS "MINGW: " ${MINGW} )
+
+# is TRUE on Windows when using the CygWin version of cmake
+MESSAGE( STATUS "CYGWIN: " ${CYGWIN} )
+
+# is TRUE on Windows when using a Borland compiler
+MESSAGE( STATUS "BORLAND: " ${BORLAND} )
+
+# Microsoft compiler
+MESSAGE( STATUS "MSVC: " ${MSVC} )
+MESSAGE( STATUS "MSVC_IDE: " ${MSVC_IDE} )
+MESSAGE( STATUS "MSVC60: " ${MSVC60} )
+MESSAGE( STATUS "MSVC70: " ${MSVC70} )
+MESSAGE( STATUS "MSVC71: " ${MSVC71} )
+MESSAGE( STATUS "MSVC80: " ${MSVC80} )
+MESSAGE( STATUS "CMAKE_COMPILER_2005: " ${CMAKE_COMPILER_2005} )
+
+
+# set this to true if you don't want to rebuild the object files if the rules have changed,
+# but not the actual source files or headers (e.g. if you changed the some compiler switches)
+MESSAGE( STATUS "CMAKE_SKIP_RULE_DEPENDENCY: " ${CMAKE_SKIP_RULE_DEPENDENCY} )
+
+# since CMake 2.1 the install rule depends on all, i.e. everything will be built before installing.
+# If you don't like this, set this one to true.
+MESSAGE( STATUS "CMAKE_SKIP_INSTALL_ALL_DEPENDENCY: " ${CMAKE_SKIP_INSTALL_ALL_DEPENDENCY} )
+
+# If set, runtime paths are not added when using shared libraries. Default it is set to OFF
+MESSAGE( STATUS "CMAKE_SKIP_RPATH: " ${CMAKE_SKIP_RPATH} )
+
+# set this to true if you are using makefiles and want to see the full compile and link
+# commands instead of only the shortened ones
+MESSAGE( STATUS "CMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE: " ${CMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE} )
+
+# this will cause CMake to not put in the rules that re-run CMake. This might be useful if
+# you want to use the generated build files on another machine.
+MESSAGE( STATUS "CMAKE_SUPPRESS_REGENERATION: " ${CMAKE_SUPPRESS_REGENERATION} )
+
+
+# A simple way to get switches to the compiler is to use ADD_DEFINITIONS().
+# But there are also two variables exactly for this purpose:
+
+# the compiler flags for compiling C sources
+MESSAGE( STATUS "CMAKE_C_FLAGS: " ${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} )
+
+# the compiler flags for compiling C++ sources
+MESSAGE( STATUS "CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS: " ${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} )
+
+
+# Choose the type of build. Example: SET(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE Debug)
+MESSAGE( STATUS "CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE: " ${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE} )
+
+# if this is set to ON, then all libraries are built as shared libraries by default.
+MESSAGE( STATUS "BUILD_SHARED_LIBS: " ${BUILD_SHARED_LIBS} )
+
+# the compiler used for C files
+MESSAGE( STATUS "CMAKE_C_COMPILER: " ${CMAKE_C_COMPILER} )
+
+# the compiler used for C++ files
+MESSAGE( STATUS "CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER: " ${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER} )
+
+# if the compiler is a variant of gcc, this should be set to 1
+MESSAGE( STATUS "CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCC: " ${CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCC} )
+
+# if the compiler is a variant of g++, this should be set to 1
+MESSAGE( STATUS "CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCXX : " ${CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCXX} )
+
+# the tools for creating libraries
+MESSAGE( STATUS "CMAKE_AR: " ${CMAKE_AR} )
+MESSAGE( STATUS "CMAKE_RANLIB: " ${CMAKE_RANLIB} )
+
+#
+#MESSAGE( STATUS ": " ${} )
+
+# ------------------------- End of Generic CMake Variable Logging ------------------
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8)
+ # set project's name
+project( JPSvis )
+
+ # with SET() command you can change variables or define new ones
+ # here we define SAMPLE_SRCS variable that contains a list of all .cpp files
+ # note that we don't need \ at the end of line
+#ADD_DEFINITIONS( -Wall )
+set( SAMPLE_SRCS
+ src/geometry/Building.cpp
+ src/geometry/Crossing.cpp
+ src/geometry/Goal.cpp
+ src/geometry/Hline.cpp
+ src/geometry/Line.cpp
+ src/geometry/NavLine.cpp
+ src/geometry/Obstacle.cpp
+ src/geometry/Point.cpp
+ src/geometry/Room.cpp
+ src/geometry/SubRoom.cpp
+ src/geometry/Transition.cpp
+ src/geometry/Wall.cpp
+ src/geometry/JPoint.cpp
+ src/tinyxml/tinystr.cpp
+ src/tinyxml/tinyxml.cpp
+ src/tinyxml/tinyxmlerror.cpp
+ src/tinyxml/tinyxmlparser.cpp
+ src/IO/OutputHandler.cpp
+ src/IO/TraVisToClient.cpp
+ forms/Settings.cpp
+ src/SaxParser.cpp
+ src/Debug.cpp
+ src/main.cpp
+ src/Frame.cpp
+ src/InteractorStyle.cpp
+ src/Pedestrian.cpp
+ src/SimpleVisualisationWindow.cpp
+ src/SyncData.cpp
+ src/SystemSettings.cpp
+ src/ThreadDataTransfert.cpp
+ src/ThreadVisualisation.cpp
+ src/TimerCallback.cpp
+ src/FrameElement.cpp
+ src/geometry/LinePlotter2D.cpp
+ src/geometry/PointPlotter2D.cpp
+ src/geometry/FacilityGeometry.cpp
+ src/geometry/LinePlotter.cpp
+ src/geometry/PointPlotter.cpp
+ src/network/TraVisToServer.cpp
+ src/MainWindow.cpp
+ src/TrailPlotter.cpp
+ )
+
+ # another list, this time it includes all header files that should be treated with moc
+ set( SAMPLE_HDR
+ src/geometry/Building.h
+ src/geometry/Crossing.h
+ src/geometry/Goal.h
+ src/geometry/Hline.h
+ src/geometry/Line.h
+ src/geometry/NavLine.h
+ src/geometry/Obstacle.h
+ src/geometry/Point.h
+ src/geometry/Room.h
+ src/geometry/SubRoom.h
+ src/geometry/Transition.h
+ src/geometry/Wall.h
+ src/geometry/JPoint.h
+ src/tinyxml/tinystr.h
+ src/tinyxml/tinyxml.h
+ src/general/Macros.h
+ src/IO/OutputHandler.h
+ src/IO/TraVisToClient.h
+ forms/Settings.h
+ src/SaxParser.h
+ src/Debug.h
+ src/Frame.h
+ src/InteractorStyle.h
+ src/Message.h
+ src/Pedestrian.h
+ src/SimpleVisualisationWindow.h
+ src/SyncData.h
+ src/SystemSettings.h
+ src/ThreadDataTransfert.h
+ src/ThreadVisualisation.h
+ src/TimerCallback.h
+ src/FrameElement.h
+ src/extern_var.h
+ src/geometry/FacilityGeometry.h
+ src/geometry/LinePlotter.h
+ src/geometry/PointPlotter.h
+ src/geometry/LinePlotter2D.h
+ src/geometry/PointPlotter2D.h
+ src/network/TraVisToServer.h
+ src/MainWindow.h
+ src/TrailPlotter.h
+)
+
+ # some .ui files
+ set( SAMPLE_UIS
+ forms/settings.ui
+ forms/mainwindow.ui
+ )
+
+# and finally an resource file
+set( SAMPLE_RCS
+ forms/icons.qrc
+ # forms/jpsvis.rc
+ )
+
+ # enable warnings
+ #add_definitions( -Wall )
+
+ # by default only QtCore and QtGui modules are enabled
+ # other modules must be enabled like this:
+set( QT_USE_QT3SUPPORT TRUE )
+set( QT_USE_QTXML TRUE )
+
+set(CMAKE_INCLUDE_CURRENT_DIR ON)
+
+#set(VTK_USE_HYBRID ON CACHE BOOL "doc" FORCE)
+find_package(VTK REQUIRED)
+#set(VTK_DIR "/usr/include/vtk-5.8" CACHE PATH "VTK directory override" FORCE)
+#set(VTK_INCLUDE_DIRS "/usr/include/vtk-5.8") # CACHE PATH "VTK directory override" FORCE)
+#set(VTK_LIBRARY_DIRS "/usr/lib/vtk-5.8/" CACHE PATH "VTK directory override" FORCE)
+
+if(VTK_FOUND)
+ message("found VTK. Version:" ${VTK_VERSION}. VTK_DIR: ${VTK_DIR})
+else(VTK_FOUND)
+ message(FATAL_ERROR
+ "Cannot build the executable without VTK. Please set the
+VTK_DIR")
+endif(VTK_FOUND)
+
+include(${VTK_USE_FILE})
+if(${VTK_VERSION} VERSION_GREATER "6" AND VTK_QT_VERSION VERSION_GREATER "4")
+ message(WARNING: JPSvis is not tested with vtk v. ${VTK_VERSION})
+endif()
+# # Instruct CMake to run moc automatically when needed.
+set(CMAKE_AUTOMOC ON)
+# find_package(Qt5Widgets REQUIRED QUIET)
+# else()
+find_package(Qt4 REQUIRED)
+#include(${QT_USE_FILE})
+#endif()
+ # this command finds Qt4 libraries and sets all required variables
+ # note that it's Qt4, not QT4 or qt4
+ # FIND_PACKAGE( Qt4 REQUIRED )
+
+ # add some useful macros and variables
+ # (QT_USE_FILE is a variable defined by FIND_PACKAGE( Qt4 ) that contains a path to CMake script)
+ include( ${QT_USE_FILE} )
+
+ # this command will generate rules that will run rcc on all files from SAMPLE_RCS
+ # in result SAMPLE_RC_SRCS variable will contain paths to files produced by rcc
+
+
+ QT4_ADD_RESOURCES( SAMPLE_RC_SRCS ${SAMPLE_RCS} )
+
+
+ # and finally this will run moc:
+ QT4_WRAP_CPP( SAMPLE_MOC_HDRS ${SAMPLE_MOC_HDRS} )
+ # this will run uic on .ui files:
+ QT4_WRAP_UI( SAMPLE_UI_HDRS ${SAMPLE_UIS} )
+
+
+ #QT4_WRAP_UI(helloworld_FORMS_HEADERS ${helloworld_FORMS})
+ QT4_ADD_RESOURCES(SAMPLE_RESOURCES_RCS ${SAMPLE_RCS})
+
+ # we need this to be able to include headers produced by uic in our code
+ # (CMAKE_BINARY_DIR holds a path to the build directory, while INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES() works just like INCLUDEPATH from qmake)
+ INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES( ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR} )
+ INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR})
+
+# INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES( ${VTK_INCLUDE_DIRS} "/usr/include/vtk-5.8 ")
+
+ # here we instruct CMake to build "sample" executable from all of the source files
+ #ADD_EXECUTABLE( sample ${SAMPLE_SRCS} ${SAMPLE_MOC_SRCS} ${SAMPLE_RC_SRCS} ${SAMPLE_UI_HDRS} )
+# ADD_EXECUTABLE( travisto ${SAMPLE_SRCS} ${SAMPLE_MOC_SRCS} ${SAMPLE_UI_HDRS} )
+
+ ADD_EXECUTABLE( JPSvis ${SAMPLE_SRCS}
+ ${SAMPLE_MOC_HDRS}
+ ${SAMPLE_UI_HDRS}
+ ${SAMPLE_RESOURCES_RCS})
+
+ # last thing we have to do is to tell CMake what libraries our executable needs,
+ # luckily FIND_PACKAGE prepared QT_LIBRARIES variable for us:
+set(VTK_USE_GUISUPPORT ON)
+set(VTK_USE_QT ON )
+set(VTK_USE_QVTK_QTOPENGL ON )
+
+TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES( JPSvis ${QT_LIBRARIES} QVTK) # QVTK is for VTK 5.x. For VTK 6, use ${VTK_LIBRARIES} instead
+
+
+if(${VTK_VERSION} VERSION_LESS "6")
+ TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES( JPSvis ${QT_LIBRARIES} QVTK)
+else()
+ TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES( JPSvis ${VTK_LIBRARIES} QVTK)
+endif()