Eclipse CDT (C++ IDE) with Visual Studio 2013 Compiler

Question

First I want to say I don't know much about compilers.

I want to use Visual studio's Compiler. But I don't want to use Visual studio's IDE. I would rather like to use CodeBlock's IDE or Eclipse's C++ IDE.

I DO NOT WANT TO USE CODEBLOCK'S MinGW GCC COMPILER (Because it compiles run lot's of things that it shouldn't).

So can I use CodeBlocks or Eclipse's IDE with Visual Studio 2013's c++ compiler.

Answer 1

Yes you can use MS Visual C++ toolchain in Eclipse :

And then appropiately configure it under C/C++ Build -> Settings