improvements in CMake setup:

- removed more global settings (these are now target-specific)
- exporting now Config.cmake, which contains find_package(Qt) and loads a separate Targets.cmake

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -1,7 +1,16 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.0)
 
 # Project Name and Version
-project(JKQTPlotter LANGUAGES CXX VERSION 2020.01.1)
+# starting from 2020: using semantic version number <major>.<minor>.<patch>
+#   - bugfixes which do not change the API/ABI lead to an increase in <patch>
+#   - backward-compatible API/ABI-changes mean an increasing <minor> version
+#   - NON backward-compatible API/ABI-changes mean an increasing <major> version
+# relation to older versioning scheme:
+#   - v2015.10  <--> 1.0.0
+#   - v2018.08  <--> 2.0.0
+#   - v2019.11  <--> 3.x.y
+#   ==> sematic versioning starts with 4.0.0
+project(JKQTPlotter LANGUAGES CXX VERSION 4.0.0)
 
 
 # set search path for CMake files

cmake/jkqtplotter_common_compilersettings.cmake

@@ -4,18 +4,6 @@ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.1)
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 11)
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED on)
 
-if(MINGW)
-  # COMPILER-SETTINGS FOR MINGW
-  SET(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -fexceptions")
-elseif(MSVC)
-  # COMPILER-SETTINGS FOR MS VISUAL C++
-  SET(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} /EHsc")
-  # To fix error: C2338: va_start argument must not
-  # have reference type and must not be parenthesized
-  add_definitions(/D_CRT_NO_VA_START_VALIDATION)
-  add_definitions(/DNOMINMAX)
-endif()
-
 if(NOT APPLE)
     set(CMAKE_INSTALL_RPATH $ORIGIN)
 endif()

examples/cmake_link_example/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@ set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 11)
 find_package(Qt5 COMPONENTS Core Gui Widgets PrintSupport Svg Xml OpenGl REQUIRED)
 
 # include JKQTPlotter
-find_package(JKQTCommonLib REQUIRED)
-find_package(JKQTMathTextLib REQUIRED)
 find_package(JKQTPlotterLib REQUIRED)
 
 # For Visual Studio, we need to set some additional compiler options

lib/jkqtcommon/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -71,12 +71,22 @@ include(CMakePackageConfigHelpers)
 
 if(JKQtPlotter_BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
     add_library(${libsh_name} SHARED  ${SOURCES} ${HEADERS})
-	target_compile_features(${libsh_name} PUBLIC cxx_std_11)
     set_property(TARGET ${libsh_name} PROPERTY VERSION "${PROJECT_VERSION}")
     set_property(TARGET ${libsh_name} PROPERTY OUTPUT_NAME  "${libsh_name_decorated}")
     target_link_libraries(${libsh_name} PUBLIC Qt5::Core Qt5::Gui Qt5::Xml Qt5::Widgets Qt5::PrintSupport)
     target_compile_definitions(${libsh_name} PUBLIC JKQTCOMMON_LIB_IN_DLL)
     target_compile_definitions(${libsh_name} PRIVATE JKQTCOMMON_LIB_EXPORT_LIBRARY)
+    set_property(TARGET ${libsh_name} PROPERTY CXX_STANDARD 11)
+    set_property(TARGET ${libsh_name} PROPERTY CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED TRUE)
+    target_compile_features(${libsh_name} PUBLIC cxx_std_11)
+    if(MINGW)
+      # COMPILER-SETTINGS FOR MINGW
+      target_compile_options(${libsh_name} PUBLIC -fexceptions)
+    elseif(MSVC)
+      # COMPILER-SETTINGS FOR MS VISUAL C++
+      target_compile_options(${libsh_name} PUBLIC /EHsc)
+      target_compile_definitions(${libsh_name} PUBLIC /DNOMINMAX)
+    endif()
     target_include_directories(${libsh_name} PUBLIC
         $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../>
         $<INSTALL_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}>  
@@ -89,9 +99,19 @@ endif()
 
 if(JKQtPlotter_BUILD_STATIC_LIBS)
     add_library(${lib_name} STATIC  ${SOURCES} ${HEADERS})
-	target_compile_features(${lib_name} PUBLIC cxx_std_11)
     set_property(TARGET ${lib_name} PROPERTY VERSION "${PROJECT_VERSION}")
     set_property(TARGET ${lib_name} PROPERTY OUTPUT_NAME  "${lib_name_decorated}")
+    set_property(TARGET ${lib_name} PROPERTY CXX_STANDARD 11)
+    set_property(TARGET ${lib_name} PROPERTY CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED TRUE)
+    target_compile_features(${lib_name} PUBLIC cxx_std_11)
+    if(MINGW)
+      # COMPILER-SETTINGS FOR MINGW
+      target_compile_options(${lib_name} PUBLIC -fexceptions)
+    elseif(MSVC)
+      # COMPILER-SETTINGS FOR MS VISUAL C++
+      target_compile_options(${lib_name} PUBLIC /EHsc)
+      target_compile_definitions(${lib_name} PUBLIC /DNOMINMAX)
+    endif()
     target_include_directories(${lib_name} PUBLIC
         $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../>
         $<INSTALL_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}>  
@@ -112,12 +132,18 @@ if(JKQtPlotter_BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
         LIBRARY DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}
         INCLUDES DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}/${libIncludeSubdir}
     )
+
+    set(JKQTP_CURRENT_TARGET_FILENAME "${libsh_name}Targets.cmake")
+    configure_file(LibTarget.cmake.in "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${libsh_name}Config.cmake" @ONLY)
     install(EXPORT ${libsh_name}_TARGETS
-            FILE ${libsh_name}Config.cmake 
+        FILE "${JKQTP_CURRENT_TARGET_FILENAME}"
-            DESTINATION lib/cmake/${libsh_name}
+        DESTINATION lib/cmake
     )
+
     install(FILES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${libsh_name}Version.cmake"
-		        DESTINATION lib/cmake/${libsh_name}  )
+                    DESTINATION lib/cmake  )
+    install(FILES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${libsh_name}Config.cmake"
+                                DESTINATION lib/cmake  )
 endif(JKQtPlotter_BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
 
 if(JKQtPlotter_BUILD_STATIC_LIBS)
@@ -127,12 +153,18 @@ if(JKQtPlotter_BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
         LIBRARY DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}
         INCLUDES DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}/${libIncludeSubdir}
     )
+    set(JKQTP_CURRENT_TARGET_FILENAME "${lib_name}Targets.cmake")
+    configure_file(LibTarget.cmake.in "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${lib_name}Config.cmake" @ONLY)
     install(EXPORT ${lib_name}_TARGETS
-            FILE ${lib_name}Config.cmake 
+        FILE "${JKQTP_CURRENT_TARGET_FILENAME}"
-            DESTINATION lib/cmake/${lib_name}
+        DESTINATION lib/cmake
     )
+
     install(FILES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${lib_name}Version.cmake"
-		        DESTINATION lib/cmake/${lib_name}  )
+                    DESTINATION lib/cmake  )
+    install(FILES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${lib_name}Config.cmake"
+                                DESTINATION lib/cmake  )
+
 endif(JKQtPlotter_BUILD_STATIC_LIBS)
 
 install(FILES ${HEADERS}

lib/jkqtcommon/LibTarget.cmake.in

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# Package-config file for @libBasename@ library
+#   (part of JKQtPlotter, version @PROJECT_VERSION@)
+#
+# see: https://github.com/jkriege2/JKQtPlotter
+# Copyright: (c) Jan Krieger <jan@jkrieger.de>
+#
+
+
+# package requires Qt 5
+find_package(Qt5 5.0 REQUIRED Core Gui Widgets PrintSupport Svg Xml OpenGL)
+
+# include auto-generated targets.cmake file
+include("${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/@JKQTP_CURRENT_TARGET_FILENAME@")

lib/jkqtfastplotter/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -35,11 +35,21 @@ include(CMakePackageConfigHelpers)
 
 if(JKQtPlotter_BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
     add_library(${libsh_name} SHARED  ${SOURCES} ${HEADERS} ${RESOURCES})
-	target_compile_features(${libsh_name} PUBLIC cxx_std_11)
     set_property(TARGET ${libsh_name} PROPERTY VERSION "${PROJECT_VERSION}")
     set_property(TARGET ${libsh_name} PROPERTY OUTPUT_NAME  "${libsh_name_decorated}")
     target_link_libraries(${libsh_name} PUBLIC Qt5::Core Qt5::Gui Qt5::Widgets Qt5::PrintSupport Qt5::OpenGL JKQTCommonSharedLib)
     target_compile_definitions(${libsh_name} PUBLIC JKQTFASTPLOTTER_LIB_IN_DLL)
+    set_property(TARGET ${libsh_name} PROPERTY CXX_STANDARD 11)
+    set_property(TARGET ${libsh_name} PROPERTY CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED TRUE)
+    target_compile_features(${libsh_name} PUBLIC cxx_std_11)
+    if(MINGW)
+      # COMPILER-SETTINGS FOR MINGW
+      target_compile_options(${libsh_name} PUBLIC -fexceptions)
+    elseif(MSVC)
+      # COMPILER-SETTINGS FOR MS VISUAL C++
+      target_compile_options(${libsh_name} PUBLIC /EHsc)
+      target_compile_definitions(${libsh_name} PUBLIC /DNOMINMAX)
+    endif()
     target_compile_definitions(${libsh_name} PRIVATE JKQTFASTPLOTTER_LIB_EXPORT_LIBRARY)
 	target_include_directories(${libsh_name} PUBLIC
         $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../>
@@ -53,9 +63,19 @@ endif()
 
 if(JKQtPlotter_BUILD_STATIC_LIBS)
     add_library(${lib_name} STATIC  ${SOURCES} ${HEADERS} ${RESOURCES})
-	target_compile_features(${lib_name} PUBLIC cxx_std_11)
     set_property(TARGET ${lib_name} PROPERTY VERSION "${PROJECT_VERSION}")
     set_property(TARGET ${lib_name} PROPERTY OUTPUT_NAME  "${lib_name_decorated}")
+    set_property(TARGET ${lib_name} PROPERTY CXX_STANDARD 11)
+    set_property(TARGET ${lib_name} PROPERTY CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED TRUE)
+    if(MINGW)
+      # COMPILER-SETTINGS FOR MINGW
+      target_compile_options(${lib_name} PUBLIC -fexceptions)
+    elseif(MSVC)
+      # COMPILER-SETTINGS FOR MS VISUAL C++
+      target_compile_options(${lib_name} PUBLIC /EHsc)
+      target_compile_definitions(${lib_name} PUBLIC /DNOMINMAX)
+    endif()
+    target_compile_features(${lib_name} PUBLIC cxx_std_11)
     target_link_libraries(${lib_name} PUBLIC Qt5::Core Qt5::Gui Qt5::Widgets Qt5::PrintSupport Qt5::OpenGL JKQTCommonLib)
 	target_include_directories(${lib_name} PUBLIC
         $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../>
@@ -76,12 +96,18 @@ if(JKQtPlotter_BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
             LIBRARY DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}
             INCLUDES DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}/${libIncludeSubdir}
     )
+    set(JKQTP_CURRENT_TARGET_FILENAME "${libsh_name}Targets.cmake")
+    set(JKQTP_CURRENT_TARGET_SHAREDPART "Shared")
+    configure_file(LibTarget.cmake.in "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${libsh_name}Config.cmake" @ONLY)
     install(EXPORT ${libsh_name}_TARGETS
-		FILE ${libsh_name}Config.cmake 
+        FILE "${JKQTP_CURRENT_TARGET_FILENAME}"
-		DESTINATION lib/cmake/${libsh_name}
+        DESTINATION lib/cmake
     )
+
     install(FILES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${libsh_name}Version.cmake"
-	        DESTINATION lib/cmake/${libsh_name}  )
+                    DESTINATION lib/cmake  )
+    install(FILES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${libsh_name}Config.cmake"
+                                DESTINATION lib/cmake  )
 endif(JKQtPlotter_BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
 
 if(JKQtPlotter_BUILD_STATIC_LIBS)
@@ -91,12 +117,18 @@ if(JKQtPlotter_BUILD_STATIC_LIBS)
             LIBRARY DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}
             INCLUDES DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}/${libIncludeSubdir}
     )
+    set(JKQTP_CURRENT_TARGET_FILENAME "${lib_name}Targets.cmake")
+    set(JKQTP_CURRENT_TARGET_SHAREDPART "")
+    configure_file(LibTarget.cmake.in "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${lib_name}Config.cmake" @ONLY)
     install(EXPORT ${lib_name}_TARGETS
-		FILE ${lib_name}Config.cmake 
+        FILE "${JKQTP_CURRENT_TARGET_FILENAME}"
-		DESTINATION lib/cmake/${lib_name}
+        DESTINATION lib/cmake
     )
+
     install(FILES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${lib_name}Version.cmake"
-	        DESTINATION lib/cmake/${lib_name}  )
+                    DESTINATION lib/cmake  )
+    install(FILES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${lib_name}Config.cmake"
+                                DESTINATION lib/cmake  )
 endif(JKQtPlotter_BUILD_STATIC_LIBS)
 
 install(FILES ${HEADERS}

lib/jkqtfastplotter/LibTarget.cmake.in

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# Package-config file for @libBasename@ library
+#   (part of JKQtPlotter, version @PROJECT_VERSION@)
+#
+# see: https://github.com/jkriege2/JKQtPlotter
+# Copyright: (c) Jan Krieger <jan@jkrieger.de>
+#
+
+
+# package requires Qt 5
+find_package(Qt5 5.0 REQUIRED Core Gui Widgets PrintSupport Svg Xml OpenGL)
+find_package(JKQTCommon@JKQTP_CURRENT_TARGET_SHAREDPART@Lib REQUIRED PATHS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR} ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH})
+
+# include auto-generated targets.cmake file
+include("${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/@JKQTP_CURRENT_TARGET_FILENAME@")

lib/jkqtmathtext/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -40,12 +40,22 @@ include(CMakePackageConfigHelpers)
 
 if(JKQtPlotter_BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
     add_library(${libsh_name} SHARED  ${SOURCES} ${HEADERS} ${RESOURCES})
-	target_compile_features(${libsh_name} PUBLIC cxx_std_11)
     set_property(TARGET ${libsh_name} PROPERTY VERSION "${PROJECT_VERSION}")
     set_property(TARGET ${libsh_name} PROPERTY OUTPUT_NAME  "${libsh_name_decorated}")
     target_link_libraries(${libsh_name} PUBLIC Qt5::Core Qt5::Gui Qt5::Widgets Qt5::PrintSupport JKQTCommonSharedLib)
     target_compile_definitions(${libsh_name} PUBLIC JKQTMATHTEXT_LIB_IN_DLL)
     target_compile_definitions(${libsh_name} PRIVATE JKQTMATHTEXT_LIB_EXPORT_LIBRARY)
+    set_property(TARGET ${libsh_name} PROPERTY CXX_STANDARD 11)
+    set_property(TARGET ${libsh_name} PROPERTY CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED TRUE)
+    target_compile_features(${libsh_name} PUBLIC cxx_std_11)
+    if(MINGW)
+      # COMPILER-SETTINGS FOR MINGW
+      target_compile_options(${libsh_name} PUBLIC -fexceptions)
+    elseif(MSVC)
+      # COMPILER-SETTINGS FOR MS VISUAL C++
+      target_compile_options(${libsh_name} PUBLIC /EHsc)
+      target_compile_definitions(${libsh_name} PUBLIC /DNOMINMAX)
+    endif()
     target_include_directories(${libsh_name} PUBLIC
         $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../>
         $<INSTALL_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}>  
@@ -61,9 +71,19 @@ endif()
 
 if(JKQtPlotter_BUILD_STATIC_LIBS)
     add_library(${lib_name} STATIC  ${SOURCES} ${HEADERS} ${RESOURCES})
-	target_compile_features(${lib_name} PUBLIC cxx_std_11)
     set_property(TARGET ${lib_name} PROPERTY VERSION "${PROJECT_VERSION}")
     set_property(TARGET ${lib_name} PROPERTY OUTPUT_NAME  "${lib_name_decorated}")
+    set_property(TARGET ${lib_name} PROPERTY CXX_STANDARD 11)
+    set_property(TARGET ${lib_name} PROPERTY CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED TRUE)
+    target_compile_features(${lib_name} PUBLIC cxx_std_11)
+    if(MINGW)
+      # COMPILER-SETTINGS FOR MINGW
+      target_compile_options(${lib_name} PUBLIC -fexceptions)
+    elseif(MSVC)
+      # COMPILER-SETTINGS FOR MS VISUAL C++
+      target_compile_options(${lib_name} PUBLIC /EHsc)
+      target_compile_definitions(${lib_name} PUBLIC /DNOMINMAX)
+    endif()
     if(JKQtPlotter_BUILD_INCLUDE_XITS_FONTS)
         target_compile_definitions(${lib_name} PRIVATE JKQTMATHTEXT_COMPILED_WITH_XITS)
     endif(JKQtPlotter_BUILD_INCLUDE_XITS_FONTS)
@@ -87,12 +107,18 @@ if(JKQtPlotter_BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
             LIBRARY DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}
             INCLUDES DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}/${libIncludeSubdir}
     )
+    set(JKQTP_CURRENT_TARGET_FILENAME "${libsh_name}Targets.cmake")
+    set(JKQTP_CURRENT_TARGET_SHAREDPART "Shared")
+    configure_file(LibTarget.cmake.in "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${libsh_name}Config.cmake" @ONLY)
     install(EXPORT ${libsh_name}_TARGETS
-		FILE ${libsh_name}Config.cmake 
+        FILE "${JKQTP_CURRENT_TARGET_FILENAME}"
-		DESTINATION lib/cmake/${libsh_name}
+        DESTINATION lib/cmake
     )
+
     install(FILES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${libsh_name}Version.cmake"
-	        DESTINATION lib/cmake/${libsh_name}  )
+                    DESTINATION lib/cmake  )
+    install(FILES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${libsh_name}Config.cmake"
+                                DESTINATION lib/cmake  )
 endif(JKQtPlotter_BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
 
 if(JKQtPlotter_BUILD_STATIC_LIBS)
@@ -102,12 +128,18 @@ if(JKQtPlotter_BUILD_STATIC_LIBS)
             LIBRARY DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}
             INCLUDES DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}/${libIncludeSubdir}
     )
+    set(JKQTP_CURRENT_TARGET_FILENAME "${lib_name}Targets.cmake")
+    set(JKQTP_CURRENT_TARGET_SHAREDPART "")
+    configure_file(LibTarget.cmake.in "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${lib_name}Config.cmake" @ONLY)
     install(EXPORT ${lib_name}_TARGETS
-		FILE ${lib_name}Config.cmake 
+        FILE "${JKQTP_CURRENT_TARGET_FILENAME}"
-		DESTINATION lib/cmake/${lib_name}
+        DESTINATION lib/cmake
     )
+
     install(FILES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${lib_name}Version.cmake"
-	        DESTINATION lib/cmake/${lib_name}  )
+                    DESTINATION lib/cmake  )
+    install(FILES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${lib_name}Config.cmake"
+                                DESTINATION lib/cmake  )
 endif(JKQtPlotter_BUILD_STATIC_LIBS)
 
 install(FILES ${HEADERS}

lib/jkqtmathtext/LibTarget.cmake.in

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# Package-config file for @libBasename@ library
+#   (part of JKQtPlotter, version @PROJECT_VERSION@)
+#
+# see: https://github.com/jkriege2/JKQtPlotter
+# Copyright: (c) Jan Krieger <jan@jkrieger.de>
+#
+
+
+# package requires Qt 5
+find_package(Qt5 5.0 REQUIRED Core Gui Widgets PrintSupport Svg Xml OpenGL)
+find_package(JKQTCommon@JKQTP_CURRENT_TARGET_SHAREDPART@Lib REQUIRED PATHS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR} ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH})
+
+# include auto-generated targets.cmake file
+include("${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/@JKQTP_CURRENT_TARGET_FILENAME@")

lib/jkqtplotter/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -132,12 +132,22 @@ include(CMakePackageConfigHelpers)
 
 if(JKQtPlotter_BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
     add_library(${libsh_name} SHARED  ${SOURCES} ${SOURCES_GRAPHS} ${SOURCES_GUI} ${SOURCES_OVERLAYS} ${HEADERS} ${HEADERS_GRAPHS} ${HEADERS_GUI} ${HEADERS_OVERLAYS} ${RESOURCES})
-	target_compile_features(${libsh_name} PUBLIC cxx_std_11)
     set_property(TARGET ${libsh_name} PROPERTY VERSION "${PROJECT_VERSION}")
     set_property(TARGET ${libsh_name} PROPERTY OUTPUT_NAME  "${libsh_name_decorated}")
     target_link_libraries(${libsh_name} PUBLIC Qt5::Core Qt5::Gui Qt5::Widgets Qt5::PrintSupport Qt5::Svg Qt5::Xml JKQTCommonSharedLib JKQTMathTextSharedLib)
+    set_property(TARGET ${libsh_name} PROPERTY CXX_STANDARD 11)
+    set_property(TARGET ${libsh_name} PROPERTY CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED TRUE)
+    target_compile_features(${libsh_name} PUBLIC cxx_std_11)
     target_compile_definitions(${libsh_name} PUBLIC JKQTPLOTTER_LIB_IN_DLL)
     target_compile_definitions(${libsh_name} PRIVATE JKQTPLOTTER_LIB_EXPORT_LIBRARY)
+    if(MINGW)
+      # COMPILER-SETTINGS FOR MINGW
+      target_compile_options(${libsh_name} PUBLIC -fexceptions)
+    elseif(MSVC)
+      # COMPILER-SETTINGS FOR MS VISUAL C++
+      target_compile_options(${libsh_name} PUBLIC /EHsc)
+      target_compile_definitions(${libsh_name} PUBLIC /DNOMINMAX)
+    endif()
     target_include_directories(${libsh_name} PUBLIC
         $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../>
         $<INSTALL_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}>  
@@ -150,9 +160,19 @@ endif()
 
 if(JKQtPlotter_BUILD_STATIC_LIBS)
     add_library(${lib_name} STATIC   ${SOURCES} ${SOURCES_GRAPHS} ${SOURCES_GUI} ${SOURCES_OVERLAYS} ${HEADERS} ${HEADERS_GRAPHS} ${HEADERS_GUI} ${HEADERS_OVERLAYS} ${RESOURCES})
-	target_compile_features(${lib_name} PUBLIC cxx_std_11)
     set_property(TARGET ${lib_name} PROPERTY VERSION "${PROJECT_VERSION}")
     set_property(TARGET ${lib_name} PROPERTY OUTPUT_NAME  "${lib_name_decorated}")
+    set_property(TARGET ${lib_name} PROPERTY CXX_STANDARD 11)
+    set_property(TARGET ${lib_name} PROPERTY CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED TRUE)
+    if(MINGW)
+      # COMPILER-SETTINGS FOR MINGW
+      target_compile_options(${lib_name} PUBLIC -fexceptions)
+    elseif(MSVC)
+      # COMPILER-SETTINGS FOR MS VISUAL C++
+      target_compile_options(${lib_name} PUBLIC /EHsc)
+      target_compile_definitions(${lib_name} PUBLIC /DNOMINMAX)
+    endif()
+    target_compile_features(${lib_name} PUBLIC cxx_std_11)
     target_include_directories(${lib_name} PUBLIC
         $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../>
         $<INSTALL_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}>  
@@ -173,12 +193,18 @@ if(JKQtPlotter_BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
             LIBRARY DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}
             INCLUDES DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}
     )
+    set(JKQTP_CURRENT_TARGET_FILENAME "${libsh_name}Targets.cmake")
+    set(JKQTP_CURRENT_TARGET_SHAREDPART "Shared")
+    configure_file(LibTarget.cmake.in "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${libsh_name}Config.cmake" @ONLY)
     install(EXPORT ${libsh_name}_TARGETS
-		FILE ${libsh_name}Config.cmake 
+        FILE "${JKQTP_CURRENT_TARGET_FILENAME}"
-		DESTINATION lib/cmake/${libsh_name}
+        DESTINATION lib/cmake
     )
+
     install(FILES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${libsh_name}Version.cmake"
-			DESTINATION lib/cmake/${libsh_name}  )
+                    DESTINATION lib/cmake  )
+    install(FILES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${libsh_name}Config.cmake"
+                                DESTINATION lib/cmake  )
 endif(JKQtPlotter_BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
 
 if(JKQtPlotter_BUILD_STATIC_LIBS)
@@ -188,12 +214,18 @@ if(JKQtPlotter_BUILD_STATIC_LIBS)
             LIBRARY DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}
             INCLUDES DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}
     )
+    set(JKQTP_CURRENT_TARGET_FILENAME "${lib_name}Targets.cmake")
+    set(JKQTP_CURRENT_TARGET_SHAREDPART "")
+    configure_file(LibTarget.cmake.in "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${lib_name}Config.cmake" @ONLY)
     install(EXPORT ${lib_name}_TARGETS
-		FILE ${lib_name}Config.cmake 
+        FILE "${JKQTP_CURRENT_TARGET_FILENAME}"
-		DESTINATION lib/cmake/${lib_name}
+        DESTINATION lib/cmake
     )
+
     install(FILES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${lib_name}Version.cmake"
-			DESTINATION lib/cmake/${lib_name}  )
+                    DESTINATION lib/cmake  )
+    install(FILES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${lib_name}Config.cmake"
+                                DESTINATION lib/cmake  )
 endif(JKQtPlotter_BUILD_STATIC_LIBS)
 
 install(FILES ${HEADERS}

lib/jkqtplotter/LibTarget.cmake.in

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# Package-config file for @libBasename@ library
+#   (part of JKQtPlotter, version @PROJECT_VERSION@)
+#
+# see: https://github.com/jkriege2/JKQtPlotter
+# Copyright: (c) Jan Krieger <jan@jkrieger.de>
+#
+
+# package requires Qt 5
+find_package(Qt5 5.0 REQUIRED Core Gui Widgets PrintSupport Svg Xml OpenGL)
+find_package(JKQTCommon@JKQTP_CURRENT_TARGET_SHAREDPART@Lib REQUIRED PATHS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR} ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH})
+find_package(JKQTMathText@JKQTP_CURRENT_TARGET_SHAREDPART@Lib REQUIRED PATHS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR} ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH})
+
+# include auto-generated targets.cmake file
+include("${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/@JKQTP_CURRENT_TARGET_FILENAME@")