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authorBrad King <brad.king@kitware.com>2020-08-18 14:27:42 (GMT)
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c5407b95f0 Help: Expand Fortran_MODULE_DIRECTORY documentation. Acked-by: Kitware Robot <kwrobot@kitware.com> Merge-request: !5128
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@@ -11,6 +11,14 @@ corresponding to the target's source directory. If the variable
:variable:`CMAKE_Fortran_MODULE_DIRECTORY` is set when a target is created its
value is used to initialize this property.
+When using one of the :ref:`Visual Studio Generators` with the Intel Fortran
+plugin installed in Visual Studio, a subdirectory named after the
+configuration will be appended to the path where modules are created.
+For example, if ``Fortran_MODULE_DIRECTORY`` is set to ``C:/some/path``,
+modules will end up in ``C:/some/path/Debug`` (or
+``C:/some/path/Release`` etc.) when an Intel Fortran ``.vfproj`` file is
+generated, and in ``C:/some/path`` when any other generator is used.
+
Note that some compilers will automatically search the module output
directory for modules USEd during compilation but others will not. If
your sources USE modules their location must be specified by