[CMake] Intel compilers with Visual Studio Project on Windows

[Nicholas Kinar]

On 01/03/2013 4:44 AM, Hendrik Sattler wrote:
> Am 2013-03-01 02:32, schrieb Nicholas Kinar:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I am wondering if there is a way to have Cmake use Intel compilers on
>> Windows when generating a Visual Studio project file.  Searching
>> around the Internet, I found that the following might be used to do
>> this within the CMakeLists.txt file:
>>
>> set_target_properties(inv_spline_interp PROPERTIES PLATFORM_TOOLSET
>> "Intel C++ Compiler XE 12.1")
>>
>> Is this the case for the current version of Cmake, or is a patch
>> required?  How do I select the string "Intel C++ Compiler XE 12.1" for
>> the most recent version of the Intel compilers?
>
> That'd be a hack, though.
> Just to use a different compiler, there should be _no_ need to change 
> CMakeLists.txt files.
>
> Setting the environment before running cmake should be sufficient.
>
> HS
Thank you; this makes a lot of sense.  I'll simply do this using the 
environment and not within the script.

Nicholas