From 8a89bb61d22f3b3666e2b1dc14eb95254a0b7147 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Stephen Kelly Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2018 01:11:18 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] 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 --- clang/docs/UsersManual.rst | 19 ++++++++++--------- 1 file 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 `_. 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 `_ or -`snapshot build `_ 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 `_. +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: