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authorEike Ziller <eike.ziller@qt.io>2019-01-17 10:08:40 +0100
committerEike Ziller <eike.ziller@qt.io>2019-01-17 09:35:41 +0000
commit9d5b42067ebc1e9252391d17d3546b025569d735 (patch)
treee775ef81b061528127102ad5986a0bf9792000ac
parent645bbf5dd6f96835f289aca1b628370813aac692 (diff)
Clarify the effects of setting the compiler in the kit
Task-number: QTCREATORBUG-21751 Change-Id: I52c5319e786827fda936e9521114623e0a843ed4 Reviewed-by: Leena Miettinen <riitta-leena.miettinen@qt.io>
-rw-r--r--doc/src/projects/creator-only/creator-projects-targets.qdoc5
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/projects/creator-only/creator-projects-targets.qdoc b/doc/src/projects/creator-only/creator-projects-targets.qdoc
index caf16fb31f..b3a4229f14 100644
--- a/doc/src/projects/creator-only/creator-projects-targets.qdoc
+++ b/doc/src/projects/creator-only/creator-projects-targets.qdoc
@@ -100,9 +100,12 @@
empty.
\li In the \uicontrol {Compiler} field, select the C or C++ compiler
- used to build the project. You can add compilers to the list
+ that you use to build the project. You can add compilers to the list
if they are installed on the development PC, but were not detected
automatically. For more information, see \l{Adding Compilers}.
+ This setting is used to tell the code model which compiler is used.
+ If your project type and build tool support it, \QC also tells the
+ build tool to use this compiler for building the project.
\li In the \uicontrol Environment field, select \uicontrol Change to modify
environment variable values for build environments in