From 05ad46595e549e656f9dca4526a6ee5912005302 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "jan.reininghaus" <jan.reininghaus@8e3bb3c2-eed4-f18f-5264-0b6c94e6926d>
Date: Tue, 7 May 2013 13:49:30 +0000
Subject: removed 'build' directory -- Visual Studio files are now also nicely
 created by CMake

git-svn-id: https://phat.googlecode.com/svn/trunk@67 8e3bb3c2-eed4-f18f-5264-0b6c94e6926d
---
 build/Visual Studio/VisualStudio2008.sln           |  53 ---
 build/Visual Studio/VisualStudio2012.sln           |  57 ---
 build/Visual Studio/alpha_3/alpha_3.vcproj         | 350 -----------------
 build/Visual Studio/benchmark/benchmark.vcproj     | 428 --------------------
 build/Visual Studio/benchmark/benchmark.vcxproj    | 199 ----------
 .../benchmark/benchmark.vcxproj.filters            |  84 ----
 build/Visual Studio/phat/phat.vcproj               | 429 ---------------------
 build/Visual Studio/phat/phat.vcxproj              | 197 ----------
 build/Visual Studio/phat/phat.vcxproj.filters      |  84 ----
 build/Visual Studio/rips/rips.vcxproj              | 181 ---------
 build/Visual Studio/rips/rips.vcxproj.filters      |  22 --
 build/Visual Studio/self_test/self_test.vcproj     | 429 ---------------------
 build/Visual Studio/self_test/self_test.vcxproj    | 197 ----------
 .../self_test/self_test.vcxproj.filters            |  84 ----
 .../simple_example/simple_example.vcproj           | 427 --------------------
 .../simple_example/simple_example.vcxproj          | 197 ----------
 .../simple_example/simple_example.vcxproj.filters  |  84 ----
 17 files changed, 3502 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 build/Visual Studio/VisualStudio2008.sln
 delete mode 100644 build/Visual Studio/VisualStudio2012.sln
 delete mode 100644 build/Visual Studio/alpha_3/alpha_3.vcproj
 delete mode 100644 build/Visual Studio/benchmark/benchmark.vcproj
 delete mode 100644 build/Visual Studio/benchmark/benchmark.vcxproj
 delete mode 100644 build/Visual Studio/benchmark/benchmark.vcxproj.filters
 delete mode 100644 build/Visual Studio/phat/phat.vcproj
 delete mode 100644 build/Visual Studio/phat/phat.vcxproj
 delete mode 100644 build/Visual Studio/phat/phat.vcxproj.filters
 delete mode 100644 build/Visual Studio/rips/rips.vcxproj
 delete mode 100644 build/Visual Studio/rips/rips.vcxproj.filters
 delete mode 100644 build/Visual Studio/self_test/self_test.vcproj
 delete mode 100644 build/Visual Studio/self_test/self_test.vcxproj
 delete mode 100644 build/Visual Studio/self_test/self_test.vcxproj.filters
 delete mode 100644 build/Visual Studio/simple_example/simple_example.vcproj
 delete mode 100644 build/Visual Studio/simple_example/simple_example.vcxproj
 delete mode 100644 build/Visual Studio/simple_example/simple_example.vcxproj.filters

diff --git a/build/Visual Studio/VisualStudio2008.sln b/build/Visual Studio/VisualStudio2008.sln
deleted file mode 100644
index 10bc0b9..0000000
--- a/build/Visual Studio/VisualStudio2008.sln	
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,53 +0,0 @@
-
-Microsoft Visual Studio Solution File, Format Version 10.00
-# Visual Studio 2008
-Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "phat", "phat\phat.vcproj", "{B070D449-386F-4B1D-B405-168D9B960591}"
-EndProject
-Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "self_test", "self_test\self_test.vcproj", "{A2E06E7F-73D2-4735-9306-010BA873D72A}"
-EndProject
-Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "simple_example", "simple_example\simple_example.vcproj", "{EF3AAC07-A647-49F8-B6E0-DA9525C93569}"
-EndProject
-Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "benchmark", "benchmark\benchmark.vcproj", "{41BD21B0-A6E5-4446-AF0A-D64BAF097341}"
-EndProject
-Global
-	GlobalSection(SolutionConfigurationPlatforms) = preSolution
-		Debug|Win32 = Debug|Win32
-		Debug|x64 = Debug|x64
-		Release|Win32 = Release|Win32
-		Release|x64 = Release|x64
-	EndGlobalSection
-	GlobalSection(ProjectConfigurationPlatforms) = postSolution
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-		{A2E06E7F-73D2-4735-9306-010BA873D72A}.Release|Win32.ActiveCfg = Release|Win32
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-		{41BD21B0-A6E5-4446-AF0A-D64BAF097341}.Release|x64.ActiveCfg = Release|x64
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-	EndGlobalSection
-	GlobalSection(SolutionProperties) = preSolution
-		HideSolutionNode = FALSE
-	EndGlobalSection
-EndGlobal
diff --git a/build/Visual Studio/VisualStudio2012.sln b/build/Visual Studio/VisualStudio2012.sln
deleted file mode 100644
index 226005b..0000000
--- a/build/Visual Studio/VisualStudio2012.sln	
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,57 +0,0 @@
-
-Microsoft Visual Studio Solution File, Format Version 12.00
-# Visual Studio Express 2012 for Windows Desktop
-Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "phat", "phat\phat.vcxproj", "{B070D449-386F-4B1D-B405-168D9B960591}"
-EndProject
-Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "self_test", "self_test\self_test.vcxproj", "{A2E06E7F-73D2-4735-9306-010BA873D72A}"
-EndProject
-Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "simple_example", "simple_example\simple_example.vcxproj", "{EF3AAC07-A647-49F8-B6E0-DA9525C93569}"
-EndProject
-Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "benchmark", "benchmark\benchmark.vcxproj", "{41BD21B0-A6E5-4446-AF0A-D64BAF097341}"
-EndProject
-Global
-	GlobalSection(SolutionConfigurationPlatforms) = preSolution
-		Debug|Win32 = Debug|Win32
-		Debug|x64 = Debug|x64
-		Release|Win32 = Release|Win32
-		Release|x64 = Release|x64
-	EndGlobalSection
-	GlobalSection(ProjectConfigurationPlatforms) = postSolution
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-		{41BD21B0-A6E5-4446-AF0A-D64BAF097341}.Release|x64.Deploy.0 = Release|x64
-	EndGlobalSection
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-	EndGlobalSection
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diff --git a/build/Visual Studio/alpha_3/alpha_3.vcproj b/build/Visual Studio/alpha_3/alpha_3.vcproj
deleted file mode 100644
index 2422707..0000000
--- a/build/Visual Studio/alpha_3/alpha_3.vcproj	
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,350 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="Windows-1252"?>
-<VisualStudioProject
-	ProjectType="Visual C++"
-	Version="9,00"
-	Name="alpha_3"
-	ProjectGUID="{ABFB0956-E677-49BF-BDA3-68C69D79C37F}"
-	RootNamespace="alpha_3"
-	Keyword="Win32Proj"
-	TargetFrameworkVersion="196613"
-	>
-	<Platforms>
-		<Platform
-			Name="Win32"
-		/>
-		<Platform
-			Name="x64"
-		/>
-	</Platforms>
-	<ToolFiles>
-	</ToolFiles>
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-				TargetMachine="1"
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-			CharacterSet="1"
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