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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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-rw-r--r--Help/generator/Visual Studio 10 2010.rst2
-rw-r--r--Help/generator/Visual Studio 11 2012.rst2
-rw-r--r--Help/generator/Visual Studio 12 2013.rst2
-rw-r--r--Help/generator/Visual Studio 14 2015.rst2
-rw-r--r--Help/generator/Visual Studio 15.rst2
-rw-r--r--Help/manual/OPTIONS_BUILD.txt8
6 files changed, 10 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/Help/generator/Visual Studio 10 2010.rst b/Help/generator/Visual Studio 10 2010.rst
index 77ea9df..c694443 100644
--- a/Help/generator/Visual Studio 10 2010.rst
+++ b/Help/generator/Visual Studio 10 2010.rst
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Visual Studio 10 2010
Generates Visual Studio 10 (VS 2010) project files.
The :variable:`CMAKE_GENERATOR_PLATFORM` variable may be set
-to specify a target platform name.
+to specify a target platform name (architecture).
For compatibility with CMake versions prior to 3.1, one may specify
a target platform name optionally at the end of this generator name:
diff --git a/Help/generator/Visual Studio 11 2012.rst b/Help/generator/Visual Studio 11 2012.rst
index 5fa7f2c..2f1e729 100644
--- a/Help/generator/Visual Studio 11 2012.rst
+++ b/Help/generator/Visual Studio 11 2012.rst
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Visual Studio 11 2012
Generates Visual Studio 11 (VS 2012) project files.
The :variable:`CMAKE_GENERATOR_PLATFORM` variable may be set
-to specify a target platform name.
+to specify a target platform name (architecture).
For compatibility with CMake versions prior to 3.1, one may specify
a target platform name optionally at the end of this generator name:
diff --git a/Help/generator/Visual Studio 12 2013.rst b/Help/generator/Visual Studio 12 2013.rst
index 2c3b119..6e8545b 100644
--- a/Help/generator/Visual Studio 12 2013.rst
+++ b/Help/generator/Visual Studio 12 2013.rst
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Visual Studio 12 2013
Generates Visual Studio 12 (VS 2013) project files.
The :variable:`CMAKE_GENERATOR_PLATFORM` variable may be set
-to specify a target platform name.
+to specify a target platform name (architecture).
For compatibility with CMake versions prior to 3.1, one may specify
a target platform name optionally at the end of this generator name:
diff --git a/Help/generator/Visual Studio 14 2015.rst b/Help/generator/Visual Studio 14 2015.rst
index b35997a..707caf9 100644
--- a/Help/generator/Visual Studio 14 2015.rst
+++ b/Help/generator/Visual Studio 14 2015.rst
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ 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.
+to specify a target platform name (architecture).
For compatibility with CMake versions prior to 3.1, one may specify
a target platform name optionally at the end of this generator name:
diff --git a/Help/generator/Visual Studio 15.rst b/Help/generator/Visual Studio 15.rst
index 2b9e33a..ae456eb 100644
--- a/Help/generator/Visual Studio 15.rst
+++ b/Help/generator/Visual Studio 15.rst
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Visual Studio 15
Generates Visual Studio 15 project files.
The :variable:`CMAKE_GENERATOR_PLATFORM` variable may be set
-to specify a target platform name.
+to specify a target platform name (architecture).
For compatibility with CMake versions prior to 3.1, one may specify
a target platform name optionally at the end of this generator name:
diff --git a/Help/manual/OPTIONS_BUILD.txt b/Help/manual/OPTIONS_BUILD.txt
index b428a74..fa0e4c1 100644
--- a/Help/manual/OPTIONS_BUILD.txt
+++ b/Help/manual/OPTIONS_BUILD.txt
@@ -66,10 +66,12 @@
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.