r326434 - UsersManual: beef up the clang-cl text a little

[Hans Wennborg via cfe-commits]

Thanks! Added in r326438.

On Thu, Mar 1, 2018 at 3:05 PM, Nico Weber via cfe-commits
<cfe-commits at lists.llvm.org> wrote:
> Should we also mention /p:CLToolExe for just swapping out the compiler
> without using a full toolset?
>
> Also, should we include some notes on cmake usage? I.e. -G "Visual Studio 14
> 2015" -T "LLVM-vs2014" for the MSVS generator, and
> -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=/path/to/llvm/bin/clang-cl.exe
> -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=/path/to/llvm/bin/clang-cl.exe for the ninja generator?
> (Don't know if -T works with ninja and/or setting CMAKE_C(XX)_COMPILER works
> for msvc.)
>
> I haven't tested either of these recently, but they all worked at some point
> and all were useful at some point.
>
> On Thu, Mar 1, 2018 at 9:00 AM, Hans Wennborg via cfe-commits
> <cfe-commits at lists.llvm.org> wrote:
>>
>> Author: hans
>> Date: Thu Mar  1 06:00:19 2018
>> New Revision: 326434
>>
>> URL: http://llvm.org/viewvc/llvm-project?rev=326434&view=rev
>> Log:
>> UsersManual: beef up the clang-cl text a little
>>
>> Modified:
>>     cfe/trunk/docs/UsersManual.rst
>>
>> Modified: cfe/trunk/docs/UsersManual.rst
>> URL:
>> http://llvm.org/viewvc/llvm-project/cfe/trunk/docs/UsersManual.rst?rev=326434&r1=326433&r2=326434&view=diff
>>
>> ==============================================================================
>> --- cfe/trunk/docs/UsersManual.rst (original)
>> +++ cfe/trunk/docs/UsersManual.rst Thu Mar  1 06:00:19 2018
>> @@ -2684,10 +2684,20 @@ compatibility with the Visual C++ compil
>>  To enable clang-cl to find system headers, libraries, and the linker when
>> run
>>  from the command-line, it should be executed inside a Visual Studio
>> Native Tools
>>  Command Prompt or a regular Command Prompt where the environment has been
>> set
>> -up using e.g. `vcvars32.bat
>> <http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/f2ccy3wt.aspx>`_.
>> +up using e.g. `vcvarsall.bat
>> <http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/f2ccy3wt.aspx>`_.
>> +
>> +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
>> <http://releases.llvm.org/download.html>`_ or
>> +`snapshot build <http://llvm.org/builds/>`_ 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.
>> +
>> +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.
>>
>> -clang-cl can also be used from inside Visual Studio by using an LLVM
>> Platform
>> -Toolset.
>>
>>  Command-Line Options
>>  --------------------
>>
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