Imaginary Premake extension which adds Qt support using non-yet-existing features

qt-future.lua

usage "Qt"
  variables { "qtdir", "qtbin", "qtlib", "qtinclude", "mocdir", "mocflags", "uidir", "rccdir", "qmdir" }
  
  compiler {
    name = "moc",
    typematcher = premake.qt.ismocableheader, -- function defined in qt-support.lua
    outfilebuilder = function(infile)
      return "%mocdir/moc_" .. path.getbasename(infile) .. ".cpp"
    end,
    buildcommands = { "%qtbin/moc %mocflags -nw -o %outfile %infile" }
  }

  compiler {
    name = "moc-i",
    typematcher = premake.qt.ismocablecppfile, -- function defined in qt-support.lua
    outfilebuilder = function(infile)
      return "%mocdir/" .. path.getbasename(infile) .. ".moc"
    end,
    buildcommands = { "%qtbin/moc %mocflags -i -o %outfile %infile" }
  }

  compiler {
    name = "uic",
    typematcher = premake.qt.typematcher(".ui"), -- function defined in qt-support.lua
    outfilebuilder = function(infile)
      return "%uidir/ui_" .. path.getbasename(infile) .. ".h"
    end,
    buildcommands = { "%qtbin/uic %infile -o %outfile" },
    dependbuilder = -- to be written
  }

  compiler {
    name = "rcc",
    typematcher = premake.qt.typematcher(".qrc"), -- function defined in qt-support.lua
    outfilebuilder = function(infile)
      return "%rccdir/qrc_" .. path.getbasename(infile) .. ".cpp"
    end,
    buildcommands = { "%qtbin/rcc -name " .. path.getbasename(infile) .. " %infile -o %outfile" },
    dependbuilder = premake.qt.qrc_depends -- function defined in qt-support.lua
  }

  -- lrelease skipped

  --
  -- Default values of variables
  --

  --Don't know what should be good syntax for this...
  qtdir 
   -- "$(QTDIR)" -- if set
   -- "$(shell qmake-qt4 -query QT_INSTALL_PREFIX)" -- if qmake-qt4 is found in path (damned Debian and its family!)
   -- "$(shell qmake -query QT_INSTALL_PREFIX)" -- if qmake is found in path
   -- otherwise undefined

  qtbin
   -- "$(QTDIR)/bin" -- if QTDIR is defined
   -- "$(shell qmake-qt4 -query QT_INSTALL_BINS)" -- if qmake-qt4 is found in path
   -- "$(shell qmake -query QT_INSTALL_BINS)" -- if qmake is found in path
   -- otherwise undefined


  -- similarly for qtlib and qtinclude

  
  mocdir "%objdir"
  uidir "%objdir"
  rccdir "%objdir"
  
  mocflags "%INCLUDES %DEFINES"
  configuration "macosx"
    mocflags "%INCLUDES %DEFINES -D__APPLE__ -D__GNUC__"

  configuration "is not debug" -- abstract syntax, should work like "not premake.config.isdebugbuild(cfg)"
    defines "QT_NO_DEBUG"
  configuration "*"

--
-- Qt modules
--

usage "QtCore"
  uses "Qt"
  defines "QT_CORE_LIB"
  includedirs "%qtincludes/QtCore"
  configuration "macosx"
    includedirs "%qtlib/QtCore.framework/Headers"
  configuration "*"


usage "QtGui"
  uses "QtCore"
  defines "QT_GUI_LIB"
  includedirs "%qtincludes/QtGui"
  configuration "macosx"
    includedirs "%qtlib/QtGui.framework/Headers"
  configuration "*"

-- etc. for all Qt modules