emacs-devdocs-browser vs devdocs.el

devdocs.el

Emacs viewer for DevDocs (by astoff)

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emacs-devdocs-browser		devdocs.el
	Project
3	Mentions	10
65	Stars	206
-	Growth	-
0.0	Activity	0.0
8 months ago	Latest Commit	12 days ago
Emacs Lisp	Language	Emacs Lisp
GNU General Public License v3.0 only	License	-

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emacs-devdocs-browser

Posts with mentions or reviews of emacs-devdocs-browser. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-03-06.

Emacs Info Manual for Haskell
3 projects | /r/haskell | 6 Mar 2023

I don't know about the wiki, but there's https://github.com/dash-docs-el/helm-dash and https://github.com/blahgeek/emacs-devdocs-browser for browsing docs offline in Emacs. Though if you're looking for stuff you can read offline in Emacs maybe try a book, Emacs is nice for reading pdf's or epub's (with nov.el)
Emacs help interface for languages other than emacs-lisp
8 projects | /r/emacs | 6 Jan 2022

devdocs-browser and devdocs.el both let you read https://devdocs.io in emacs, and cache them locally. Your language of choice needs to be in devdocs though.

8 projects | /r/emacs | 6 Jan 2022

I see, a web search on "emacs devdocs" gave me three different packages: devdocs.el, emacs-devdocs-lookup and emacs-devdocs-browser. There is some blog post about Emacs and devdocs too.

devdocs.el

Posts with mentions or reviews of devdocs.el. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-12-09.

Emacs Advent Calendar 9: devdocs, code-cells, dREPL, etc.
16 projects | /r/emacs | 9 Dec 2023

devdocs.el: Documentation reader with quick and handy lookup commands. It is similar to the built-in Info reader, but has a different (likely larger) document coverage.
Zeal is an offline documentation browser for software developers
12 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 31 May 2023

I didn't know zeal was being updated at all since the last "release" is almost 5 years old.
I recently discovered devdocs.io and the emacs integration[1] and like it so far.
[1] https://github.com/astoff/devdocs.el

12 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 31 May 2023

I use this (https://github.com/astoff/devdocs.el) emacs package to download devdocs locally and access them from emacs, which is pretty great.
I've found what I've been looking for!!
7 projects | /r/emacs | 5 Mar 2023

Support for other languages is a good point. Most don't ship info documentation. :P If you want something inside a normal Emacs buffer rather than a separate browser-like application, maybe you'd enjoy devdocs.io and astoff's devdocs.el package.
How I’m a Productive Programmer With a Memory of a Fruit Fly
10 projects | /r/programming | 20 Nov 2022

+1. I'm using an amazing Emacs package that treats DevDocs kinda like Dash: https://github.com/astoff/devdocs.el
What is your setup for python coding in emacs?
4 projects | /r/emacs | 18 Feb 2022

devdocs.el to read documentation
Emacs help interface for languages other than emacs-lisp
8 projects | /r/emacs | 6 Jan 2022

devdocs-browser and devdocs.el both let you read https://devdocs.io in emacs, and cache them locally. Your language of choice needs to be in devdocs though.

8 projects | /r/emacs | 6 Jan 2022

Wow, so many devdocs packages! Of the two I mentioned, devdocs-browser is the one in the emacs-devdocs-browser repo you found. But the other one I was thinking of didn't turn up in your search: devdocs. I wasn't aware of the others you found, probably because they aren't on GNU ELPA or on MELPA.