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* The Visual Studio generators for versions 8 (2005) and above
learned to read the target platform name from a new
:variable:`CMAKE_GENERATOR_PLATFORM` variable when it is
- not specified as part of the generator name.
+ not specified as part of the generator name. The platform
+ name may be specified on the :manual:`cmake(1)` command line
+ with the ``-A`` option, e.g. ``-G "Visual Studio 12 2013" -A x64``.