Offline documentation for various programming languages?

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I recently found this: http://php.net/get/php_manual_en.chm/from/a/mirror. It's a .chm file that contains all the documentation for PHP which you can normally find on their site. Handy for offline use.

I'm wondering, does anybody know of similar things for other languages. Complete offline documentation that you can use if you don't have wireless for a while.

For C#, Visual Studio gives you the option to download and install the entire online documentation as a part of the VS2008 install, so if you have Visual Studio 2008, then you have the C# offline documentation.

EDIT: if you're gonna say this and that is possible, please post hyperlinks.

This is what we have now:

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Solution 1 - Documentation

Dash http://kapeli.com/dash includes offline documentation for 150+ APIs.

Solution 2 - Documentation

Most language should provide that.

Some examples:

Java: Java SE 6 docs (below on the page)

Perl: Unix versions of perl typically come with full docs as manpages and perldoc (some Linux distributions put these into extra packages); I suppose Windows versions do the same

C: the GNU libc library has downloadable docs

Solution 3 - Documentation

Python also has downloadable documentation. As a result, most operating systems which provide Python also provides a documentation package. For instance, on Debian, this is package python2.5-doc (one package per version).

Install it and you can browse the documentation offline. Very convenient for a laptop which is not always connected.

Solution 4 - Documentation

For jQuery, I recommend jQAPI - Alternative jQuery Documentation Browser, that you can find here: http://www.jqapi.com/

You can use it online as well as download it for offline use.

Solution 5 - Documentation

btw, the Visual Studio docs (MSDN) also include documentation for JScript, VBScript, HTML and CSS. Back when I programmed PERL I always installed perldoc.

Downloading the documentation is pretty much the first thing I do if I've got any serious work to do in an unfamiliar language. Just reading through the API is like mining gold!

Solution 6 - Documentation

Visual Studio comes with the C# specification, installed by default in

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC#\Specifications\1033

Solution 7 - Documentation

MS SQL Server ships with a whole load of documentation know as "Books Online". Despite the name you can downlaod these from MSDN.

Solution 8 - Documentation

Ruby, Rack, Rails, and several gems can all be found at railsapi.com

Solution 9 - Documentation

Cppreference.com is great for C++ and C reference. They also have offline versions here.

Solution 10 - Documentation

For Java you can download the entire API to use offline.

Solution 11 - Documentation

Sun provides downloadable versions of the Java platform documentation.

Java SE Downloads

Scroll down the page and look for the link called Java SE 6 Documentation. It is a series of HTML files covering the entire Java SE JDK. It can be handy to have it stored locally, but because there is no search functionality, its uses are somewhat limited.

Solution 12 - Documentation

While not strictly a language you can build docs for Ruby on Rails by doing the following

rails sample_project
rake rails:freeze:gems
rake doc:rails
rake rails:unfreeze

and then use or take yourself a copy of the doc/api folder

Solution 13 - Documentation

You can also download MSDN to get documentation for VB.NET, C#, C++ and various Windows & Component APIs

Solution 14 - Documentation

Common Lisp has the hyperspec. A complete guide the language and its libraries.

Common Lisp Hyperspec

Solution 15 - Documentation

I actually mirror a portion of the PHP site for myself, just once a week, by RSync (which is quite efficient, only downloading about 1/6th of what a full download would take).

A couple of advantages of a local copy running on my own server is that the shortcuts (for example php.net/array_merge) work, and I've got the full notes as well.

Solution 16 - Documentation

for C#, I just found this offline documentation:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=7BBE5EDA-5062-4EBB-83C7-D3C5FF92A373&displaylang=en

beware - large file size.
(still downloading, so hope I'm not misleading anyone here)

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