I don't think I understand the question. Generators are CMake's way of creating IDE-specific build files, and I wish that people used them instead of writing th

I don't think I understand the question. Generators are CMake's way of creating IDE-specific build files, and I wish that people used them instead of writing their own scripts to create IDE-specific build files from CMake. Generators are there so that you don't get tied to any one IDE; you select a different generator when you want to use a different IDE or compiler, but your CMake logic can largely stay the same besides that. If I were a cynic, I would say that the vendors probably don't mind it being difficult to interoperate with their competitors' products, so there's little incentive to support things like that.