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authorBrad King <brad.king@kitware.com>2018-09-24 15:00:46 -0400
committerBrad King <brad.king@kitware.com>2018-09-25 06:52:35 -0400
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Help: Suggest using -A to specify platform for VS generators
We already suggest `-T` for the toolset. Create a dedicated section for platform selection and suggest `-A`. Provide examples.
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@@ -3,11 +3,26 @@ Visual Studio 14 2015
Generates Visual Studio 14 (VS 2015) project files.
-The :variable:`CMAKE_GENERATOR_PLATFORM` variable may be set
-to specify a target platform name (architecture).
+Project Types
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+Only Visual C++ and C# projects may be generated. Other types of
+projects (JavaScript, Powershell, Python, etc.) are not supported.
+
+Platform Selection
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+The :variable:`CMAKE_GENERATOR_PLATFORM` variable may be set, perhaps
+via the :manual:`cmake(1)` ``-A`` option, to specify a target platform
+name (architecture). For example:
+
+* ``cmake -G "Visual Studio 14 2015" -A Win32``
+* ``cmake -G "Visual Studio 14 2015" -A x64``
+* ``cmake -G "Visual Studio 14 2015" -A ARM``
For compatibility with CMake versions prior to 3.1, one may specify
-a target platform name optionally at the end of this generator name:
+a target platform name optionally at the end of the generator name.
+This is supported only for:
``Visual Studio 14 2015 Win64``
Specify target platform ``x64``.
@@ -15,12 +30,6 @@ a target platform name optionally at the end of this generator name:
``Visual Studio 14 2015 ARM``
Specify target platform ``ARM``.
-Project Types
-^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-
-Only Visual C++ and C# projects may be generated. Other types of
-projects (JavaScript, Powershell, Python, etc.) are not supported.
-
Toolset Selection
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^