> the official documentation is complete and current but provides no guidance, hmm, I think on the contrary that the documentation actually does a good job of

> the official documentation is complete and current but provides no guidance, hmm, I think on the contrary that the documentation actually does a good job of helping you making your first CMake file : https://cmake.org/cmake/help/v3.12/manual/cmake-buildsystem.7.html https://cmake.org/cmake/help/v3.12/manual/cmake-buildsystem.... - then you ddelve deeper when what's provided here doesn't cut it anymore because of less common requirements. It's even available as man pages !