Re: Xcode documentation woes
Re: Xcode documentation woes
- Subject: Re: Xcode documentation woes
- From: Carl Hoefs <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2016 10:07:33 -0700
Thanks for the info. I seem to have lots of documentation in ~/Library/Developer/Shared/Documentation/DocSets. Not sure why none of it shows up in Xcode anymore. I will re-download the doc sets and hope that makes a difference.
BTW, I didn't think to look in Xcode Preferences; I thought there'd be a link or tab or button or something on the documentation window itself. I even typed "documentation" into the menu Help field, but the only menu item it listed was for the "Documentation and API Reference" window, not Preferences, so I didn't find it.
-Carl
> On Oct 11, 2016, at 7:13 AM, Andy Lee <email@hidden> wrote:
>
> The docsets for Xcode 7 live in ~/Library/Developer/Shared. They're installed there IIRC via Xcode > Preferences > Downloads. ("Downloads" is "Components" in Xcode 8 -- I don't remember when that preference pane was renamed.)
>
> If you haven't downloaded the docset for whichever SDK you're working with, Xcode 7's help system uses a skeleton docset within the Xcode.app bundle that links to the online counterparts of each documentation page. I'm guessing that's why you get the switch to Safari.
>
> Although... come to think of it, I seem to recall that skeleton docset also includes a small amount of documentation sufficient to make Quick Help work. (When I discovered those files I assumed they were to allow Quick Help to work even if you're offline.) So if downloading via Preferences doesn't work, there may be a deeper mystery here.
>
> --Andy
>
> On Oct 10, 2016, at 7:38 PM, Carl Hoefs <email@hidden> wrote:
>>
>> Xcode 7.2.1
>>
>> Since last week, using the QuickHelp panel for any reference link will open up a documentation window, but then immediately switch over to Safari to display a documentation page from https://developer.apple.com/reference. Xcode's documentation window remains blank -- completely blank.
>>
>> Where is the documentation supposed to reside on disk? How do I download it again?
>> -Carl
>>
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