[CMake] How to use Ninja on Windows with MSVC?

[Haocheng Liu]

You can run `CMake -GNinja <path to source folder>` in a visual studio
command line prompt where It could find the right C/C++ compiler via the
environment. Normally you can find the command line prompt in the windows
menu.

On Wed, May 22, 2019 at 9:58 AM Robert Dailey <rcdailey.lists at gmail.com>
wrote:

> From the command line, I want to generate Ninja build scripts that
> utilize a specific version of MSVC compiler. Basically I'd like the
> combination of `-G"Visual Studio 15 2017"` with regards to its ability
> to find the C and C++ compiler on the system via registry/environment
> variables, and `-G"Ninja"` with regards to it being the build driver
> for that compiler.
>
> Is this even possible?
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Best regards
Haocheng

Haocheng LIU
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