Document CMAKE_VS_DEBUGGER_ENVIRONMENT behaviour (#3639)

conan-io · Mar 19, 2024 · c7be98c · c7be98c
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diff --git a/reference/tools/cmake/cmaketoolchain.rst b/reference/tools/cmake/cmaketoolchain.rst
@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@ translated from the current ``settings``:
   - Definition of the C++ standard as necessary
   - Definition of the standard library used for C++
   - Deactivation of rpaths in OSX
+  - Definition of ``CMAKE_VS_DEBUGGER_ENVIRONMENT`` when on Windows with Visual Studio.
+    This sets up the ``PATH`` environment variable to point to directories containing DLLs,
+    to allow debugging directly from the Visual Studio IDE without copying DLLs (requires CMake 3.27).
 
 - **conanvcvars.bat**: In some cases, the Visual Studio environment needs to be defined correctly for building,
   like when using the Ninja or NMake generators. If necessary, the ``CMakeToolchain`` will generate this script,