Author: steveire Date: Tue Aug 21 18:11:18 2018 New Revision: 340376 URL: http://llvm.org/viewvc/llvm-project?rev=340376&view=rev Log: Update the docs for using LLVM toolset in Visual Studio
Reviewers: hans Subscribers: cfe-commits Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D51079 Modified: cfe/trunk/docs/UsersManual.rst Modified: cfe/trunk/docs/UsersManual.rst URL: http://llvm.org/viewvc/llvm-project/cfe/trunk/docs/UsersManual.rst?rev=340376&r1=340375&r2=340376&view=diff ============================================================================== --- cfe/trunk/docs/UsersManual.rst (original) +++ cfe/trunk/docs/UsersManual.rst Tue Aug 21 18:11:18 2018 @@ -2711,16 +2711,17 @@ Command Prompt or a regular Command Prom 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 g :: - 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: _______________________________________________ cfe-commits mailing list cfe-commits@lists.llvm.org http://lists.llvm.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/cfe-commits