r340376 - Update the docs for using LLVM toolset in Visual Studio

[Hans Wennborg via cfe-commits]

Merged to 7.0 in r340730.

On Wed, Aug 22, 2018 at 3:11 AM, Stephen Kelly via cfe-commits
<cfe-commits at lists.llvm.org> wrote:
> Author: steveire
> Date: Tue Aug 21 18:11:18 2018
> New Revision: 340376
>
> URL: http://llvm.org/viewvc/llvm-project?rev=340376&view=rev
> Log:
> Update the docs for using LLVM toolset in Visual Studio
>
> Reviewers: hans
>
> Subscribers: cfe-commits
>
> Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D51079
>
> 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=340376&r1=340375&r2=340376&view=diff
> ==============================================================================
> --- cfe/trunk/docs/UsersManual.rst (original)
> +++ cfe/trunk/docs/UsersManual.rst Tue Aug 21 18:11:18 2018
> @@ -2711,16 +2711,17 @@ Command Prompt or a regular Command Prom
>  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.
> +Platform Toolset. The toolset is not part of the installer, but may be installed
> +separately from the
> +`Visual Studio Marketplace <https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=LLVMExtensions.llvm-toolchain>`_.
> +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 LLVM.  Doing so enables an additional Property
> +Page for selecting the clang-cl executable to use for builds.
>
>  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.
> +``/p:PlatformToolset=LLVM``. This allows trying out the clang-cl toolchain
> +without modifying your project files.
>
>  It's also possible to point MSBuild at clang-cl without changing toolset by
>  passing ``/p:CLToolPath=c:\llvm\bin /p:CLToolExe=clang-cl.exe``.
> @@ -2729,7 +2730,7 @@ When using CMake and the Visual Studio g
>
>    ::
>
> -    cmake -G"Visual Studio 15 2017" -T LLVM-vs2014 ..
> +    cmake -G"Visual Studio 15 2017" -T LLVM ..
>
>  When using CMake with the Ninja generator, set the ``CMAKE_C_COMPILER`` and
>  ``CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER`` variables to clang-cl:
>
>
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