And of course DashCode should be just ‘Dash’, autocomplete doesn’t like me today. It’s by ‘Kapeli’.
> On 11 Feb 2015, at 08:02, Roland King <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> On 11 Feb 2015, at 07:40, Alex Zavatone <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> >> wrote: >> >> From what I remember,the documentation is now downloaded into the >> application itself. >> >> Please correct me it I'm wrong on this. >> > > That’s not correct. Xcode ships with some documentation in > /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Documentation/Docsets, that’s > usually docsets for that version of Xcode. When you update documentation > however it doesn’t write into the Application (would that even be allowed > with a code-signed app?) but puts them in > ~/Library/Developer/Shared/Documentation/Docsets where it also keeps track of > what it downloaded. So the latest is in there. > > Warning that when Xcode updates documentation it deletes the old stuff, > sometimes it’s worth keeping a copy. > > And yes increasingly often, even when the documentation is fully-downloaded > and current Xcode *still* insists on going out to the Internet not just to > check to make sure yes this really *is* the latest but refusing to use the > cached one at all even if you are offline. Mine’s in that state again now, I > just checked. This has been a constant complaint/bug the last couple of years > .. used to be some Apple employees on the list who were docs gurus and helped > out but I’ve not seen them in ages. > > I gave up with Xcode’s documentation viewer a while ago and downloaded > DashCode from the Appstore. It does what you want, it has a pretty good > search, there are other features with snippets etc I don’t use and it also > has documentation for perl and C and just about every other thing you can > think of, which can be handy from time-to-time. That you can point at your > Library/Developer/Shared cache of data and you will have online > documentation. It’s not free after an initial period but you can install it > on all your boxes and you will always have documentation no matter what mood > Xcode is in. > > > >> On Feb 10, 2015, at 6:19 PM, John Brownie wrote: >> >>> As indicated before, I'm having trouble with looking at documentation when >>> offline. When the internet is not accessible (all too frequently here), I >>> can see indexes and searches, but can't get to the actual documentation, as >>> they always lead me to the online version. >>> >>> So, I did a bit of digging around on my computer. I found a bunch of >>> documentation (4.5 GB worth) in /Library/Developer/Documentation/DocSets, >>> but they date from 2011, and the names imply that they date from Xcode 4. I >>> can safely delete those, can't I? >>> >>> Other documentation is in >>> /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Documentation/DocSets, and that >>> seems to be current for Xcode 6.1.1. My other question is whether there is >>> a way to actually look at those apart from through Xcode's documentation >>> browser. They seem to be XML files, and Safari doesn't open them in any >>> useful fashion. Is there a solution apart from being online? >>> >>> John >>> -- >>> John Brownie, [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> or >>> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >>> Summer Institute of Linguistics | Mussau-Emira language, Mussau Is. >>> Ukarumpa, Eastern Highlands Province | New Ireland Province >>> Papua New Guinea | Papua New Guinea >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. >>> Xcode-users mailing list ([email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>) >>> Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: >>> https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/xcode-users/zav%40mac.com >>> <https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/xcode-users/zav%40mac.com> >>> >>> This email sent to [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. >> Xcode-users mailing list ([email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>) >> Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: >> https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/xcode-users/rols%40rols.org >> <https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/xcode-users/rols%40rols.org> >> >> This email sent to [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > _______________________________________________ > Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. > Xcode-users mailing list ([email protected]) > Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: > https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/xcode-users/rols%40rols.org > > This email sent to [email protected]
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