Comments on: where are the docs?

Question: where are the docs?

tylermoody — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 12:43:52 -0800

How do I access the C documentation that's on my computer? I'm running OSX 10.4.10 with all the devtools installed. Whenever I want to use a header file or one of the standard functions that I'm not familiar with, I head to Google. I suspect that there are man pages for most everything that comes in a standard C environment, but how do I get to them?

By: bitdamaged

bitdamaged — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 12:54:39 -0800

In a Browser you should be able to open

/Developer/ADC Reference Library/index.html

That gets a lot

By: hades

hades — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 12:55:00 -0800

man doesn't work for you?

man getpwent, for example, shows me the manpage I expect. I have to use man 3 printf to read the manpage for the printf function rather than the printf command, but it's there too.

By: kcm

kcm — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 13:02:49 -0800

apropos will also search the man database, e.g. 'apropos printf'.

By: neustile

neustile — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 13:12:36 -0800

I keep XCode's "Documentation" window open (under Help) - you can type any function in the search bar and see either its man page or API docs.

By: chunking express

chunking express — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 13:49:18 -0800

Yeah, open up a terminal and type man and you should be set. That's what I use.

If you use QuickSilver, there is an Apple Developer Docs plugin.

By: Netzapper

Netzapper — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 17:01:02 -0800

QuickSilver + Apple Developer Docs plugin does it for me, if we're talking about Apple-originated headers. For unix headers, open up a terminal and use man, man. Actually, start with the command "man man". It teaches you how to get the docs.