Node-gyp to generate non Node.js projects?

Can node-gyp by used to generate non Node.js addon projects?

For instance, I'd like to use node-gyp to generate a typical "Hello, World!" C++ project. Can I do this, and how would I go about it? I'm finding the stock python GYP documentation to lack in examples and description of what I'm looking for.

Yes, it can generate regular projects. It does it quite naturally and very nice, actually.