diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'Help')
-rw-r--r-- | Help/variable/CMAKE_GENERATOR_PLATFORM.rst | 16 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Help/variable/CMAKE_GENERATOR_PLATFORM.rst b/Help/variable/CMAKE_GENERATOR_PLATFORM.rst index acb7b2e1a2..0238183d0d 100644 --- a/Help/variable/CMAKE_GENERATOR_PLATFORM.rst +++ b/Help/variable/CMAKE_GENERATOR_PLATFORM.rst @@ -29,5 +29,17 @@ See native build system documentation for allowed platform names. Visual Studio Platform Selection ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ -On :ref:`Visual Studio Generators` the selected platform name -is provided in the :variable:`CMAKE_VS_PLATFORM_NAME` variable. +The :ref:`Visual Studio Generators` support platform specification +using one of these forms: + +* ``platform`` +* ``platform[,key=value]*`` +* ``key=value[,key=value]*`` + +The ``platform`` specifies the target platform (VS target architecture), +such as ``x64``, ``ARM64``, or ``Win32``. The selected platform +name is provided in the :variable:`CMAKE_VS_PLATFORM_NAME` variable. + +The ``key=value`` pairs form a comma-separated list of options to +specify generator-specific details of the platform selection. +There are no supported pairs: this syntax is reserved for future use. |