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Re: DevDocs API Documentation

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Post by jacobmischka »

samuell wrote: post #109
Klathmon wrote: post #24

I can't recommend devdocs.io enough! It's such a fantastic resource. * It links to the real documentation * world class search * lets you pick and choose versions and languages/frameworks you want to have searchable * provides a consistent UI across all docs which is fantastic when you are switching between several while developing. * Is updated with terrifying frequency (I don't think I've ever opened it and NOT had…

Agrees with all of the above, and would just add one point: * Ability to tab-select [1] a language to limit your search to. The lack of this feature in Zeal [2] is one of the reasons I stay with devdocs although i tend to like old-school real desktop apps. [1] (Write the lang and press tab) [2] https://zealdocs.org/

In Zeal, typing "javas" and pressing tab causes it to autocomplete "javascript: " for me. Is this what you're referring to?

Re: DevDocs API Documentation

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Post by ngrilly »

ngrilly wrote: post #80

I very much like DevDocs. But it looks like Python and Go documentation are incomplete. In Dash, the full documentation is available: the library reference of course, but also the language reference and other things. In DevDocs, I only see the library reference. Am I missing something?

For the record, here is DevDocs answer on Twitter:

There were technical reasons in the past [1] but not anymore. Should be able to add those. Feel free to open GitHub issues so I don't forget.

[1] Non API entries are harder to index (need unique names); for a while I wanted to keep the app focused to API docs; and the scraping framework used to only support one root URL per doc (most docs host guides/manual on a different domain than API docs).

https://twitter.com/ngrilly/status/921296476692779008

Re: DevDocs API Documentation

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Post by samuell »

jacobmischka wrote: post #141
samuell wrote: post #109

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Agrees with all of the above, and would just add one point: * Ability to tab-select [1] a language to limit your search to. The lack of this feature in Zeal [2] is one of the reasons I stay with devdocs although i tend to like old-school real desktop apps. [1] (Write the lang and press tab) [2] https://zealdocs.org/

In Zeal, typing "javas" and pressing tab causes it to autocomplete "javascript: " for me. Is this what you're referring to?

Aha, perhaps the feature has found its way into a release, after I checked last. Gotta check. Thanks for the heads-up!
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