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| author | Stephen Kelly <steveire@gmail.com> | 2018-08-22 01:11:18 +0000 |
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| committer | Stephen Kelly <steveire@gmail.com> | 2018-08-22 01:11:18 +0000 |
| commit | 8a89bb61d22f3b3666e2b1dc14eb95254a0b7147 (patch) | |
| tree | c04209a7620a4cfcbe9ceea92210b1761b9e1464 /clang/docs | |
| parent | 481d224b67fc6d9d1c1cf7e2164b5b4212523cb8 (diff) | |
Update the docs for using LLVM toolset in Visual Studio
Reviewers: hans
Subscribers: cfe-commits
Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D51079
llvm-svn: 340376
Diffstat (limited to 'clang/docs')
| -rw-r--r-- | clang/docs/UsersManual.rst | 19 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/clang/docs/UsersManual.rst b/clang/docs/UsersManual.rst index 363bb4e461a6..e0dc31f432fa 100644 --- a/clang/docs/UsersManual.rst +++ b/clang/docs/UsersManual.rst @@ -2711,16 +2711,17 @@ Command Prompt or a regular Command Prompt where the environment has been set up using e.g. `vcvarsall.bat <http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/f2ccy3wt.aspx>`_. clang-cl can also be used from inside Visual Studio by selecting the LLVM -Platform Toolset. The toolset is installed by the LLVM installer, which can be -downloaded from the `LLVM release <http://releases.llvm.org/download.html>`_ or -`snapshot build <http://llvm.org/builds/>`_ web pages. To use the toolset, -select a project in Solution Explorer, open its Property Page (Alt+F7), and in -the "General" section of "Configuration Properties" change "Platform Toolset" -to e.g. LLVM-vs2014. +Platform Toolset. The toolset is not part of the installer, but may be installed +separately from the +`Visual Studio Marketplace <https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=LLVMExtensions.llvm-toolchain>`_. +To use the toolset, select a project in Solution Explorer, open its Property +Page (Alt+F7), and in the "General" section of "Configuration Properties" +change "Platform Toolset" to LLVM. Doing so enables an additional Property +Page for selecting the clang-cl executable to use for builds. To use the toolset with MSBuild directly, invoke it with e.g. -``/p:PlatformToolset=LLVM-vs2014``. This allows trying out the clang-cl -toolchain without modifying your project files. +``/p:PlatformToolset=LLVM``. This allows trying out the clang-cl toolchain +without modifying your project files. It's also possible to point MSBuild at clang-cl without changing toolset by passing ``/p:CLToolPath=c:\llvm\bin /p:CLToolExe=clang-cl.exe``. @@ -2729,7 +2730,7 @@ When using CMake and the Visual Studio generators, the toolset can be set with t :: - cmake -G"Visual Studio 15 2017" -T LLVM-vs2014 .. + cmake -G"Visual Studio 15 2017" -T LLVM .. When using CMake with the Ninja generator, set the ``CMAKE_C_COMPILER`` and ``CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER`` variables to clang-cl: |