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authorBrad King <brad.king@kitware.com>2016-10-01 12:20:43 (GMT)
committerCMake Topic Stage <kwrobot@kitware.com>2016-10-01 12:20:43 (GMT)
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39c898a1 Help: Clarify that `cmake -A` option sets VS IDE target architecture
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Specify platform name if supported by generator.
Some CMake generators support a platform name to be given to the
- native build system to choose a compiler or SDK. This is supported only on
- specific generators::
+ native build system to choose a compiler or SDK. See the
+ :variable:`CMAKE_GENERATOR_PLATFORM` variable.
+ This is supported only on specific generators:
- Visual Studio >= 8
+ * For :ref:`Visual Studio Generators` with VS 2005 and above this
+ specifies the target architecture.
See native build system documentation for allowed platform names.