Comments on: View man pages in Xcode script http://toxicsoftware.com/manoxcode/ RANDOMIZE USR 0 Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:12:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Nico http://toxicsoftware.com/manoxcode/comment-page-1/#comment-21493 Nico Fri, 23 Nov 2007 09:11:46 +0000 http://toxicsoftware.com/blog/manoxcode/#comment-21493 <p>Turns out that what I wrote doesn't work with Leopard (it did work with Tiger, though). But the apple_ref scheme is actually documented: http://developer.apple.com/documentation/DeveloperTools/Conceptual/HeaderDoc/anchors/chapter_950_section_2.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40001215-CH347-SW1</p> <p>So to open the "interesting" man page (1) (that's what your script does as well) you can use</p> <pre><code>tell application "Xcode" to show document with apple_ref "//apple_ref/c/func/strlen" </code></pre> <p>to open the man page for strlen. And</p> <pre><code>tell application "Xcode" to show document with apple_ref "//apple_ref/occ/instm/NSArray/initWithArray:copyItems:" </code></pre> <p>to show the documentation for -[NSArray initWithArray:copyItems:]. And so on. Semi-useful if you want to use a better editor than xed for code editing, but still look at XCode documentation from there (only semi-useful because you have to guess the top-level link like occ, c etc first before sending the applescript command to xcode).</p> Turns out that what I wrote doesn’t work with Leopard (it did work with Tiger, though). But the apple_ref scheme is actually documented: http://developer.apple.com/documentation/DeveloperTools/Conceptual/HeaderDoc/anchors/chapter_950_section_2.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40001215-CH347-SW1

So to open the “interesting” man page (1) (that’s what your script does as well) you can use

tell application "Xcode" to show document with apple_ref "//apple_ref/c/func/strlen"

to open the man page for strlen. And

tell application "Xcode" to show document with apple_ref "//apple_ref/occ/instm/NSArray/initWithArray:copyItems:"

to show the documentation for -[NSArray initWithArray:copyItems:]. And so on. Semi-useful if you want to use a better editor than xed for code editing, but still look at XCode documentation from there (only semi-useful because you have to guess the top-level link like occ, c etc first before sending the applescript command to xcode).

]]> By: Nico http://toxicsoftware.com/manoxcode/comment-page-1/#comment-21927 Nico Fri, 23 Nov 2007 09:11:46 +0000 http://toxicsoftware.com/blog/manoxcode/#comment-21927 <p>Turns out that what I wrote doesn't work with Leopard (it did work with Tiger, though). But the apple_ref scheme is actually documented: <a href="http://developer.apple.com/documentation/DeveloperTools/Conceptual/HeaderDoc/anchors/chapter_950_section_2.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40001215-CH347-SW1">http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Develo...</a><br><br>So to open the "interesting" man page (1) (that's what your script does as well) you can use <br><br> tell application "Xcode" to show document with apple_ref "//apple_ref/c/func/strlen"<br><br>to open the man page for strlen. And <br><br> tell application "Xcode" to show document with apple_ref "//apple_ref/occ/instm/NSArray/initWithArray:copyItems:"<br><br>to show the documentation for -[NSArray initWithArray:copyItems:]. And so on. Semi-useful if you want to use a better editor than xed for code editing, but still look at XCode documentation from there (only semi-useful because you have to guess the top-level link like occ, c etc first before sending the applescript command to xcode).</p> Turns out that what I wrote doesn't work with Leopard (it did work with Tiger, though). But the apple_ref scheme is actually documented: http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Develo...

So to open the “interesting” man page (1) (that's what your script does as well) you can use

tell application “Xcode” to show document with apple_ref “//apple_ref/c/func/strlen”

to open the man page for strlen. And

tell application “Xcode” to show document with apple_ref “//apple_ref/occ/instm/NSArray/initWithArray:copyItems:”

to show the documentation for -[NSArray initWithArray:copyItems:]. And so on. Semi-useful if you want to use a better editor than xed for code editing, but still look at XCode documentation from there (only semi-useful because you have to guess the top-level link like occ, c etc first before sending the applescript command to xcode).

]]> By: schwa http://toxicsoftware.com/manoxcode/comment-page-1/#comment-21926 schwa Tue, 25 Sep 2007 19:44:22 +0000 http://toxicsoftware.com/blog/manoxcode/#comment-21926 <p>Nico, if that works then very nice.<br><br>But you've just killed my blog post! ;-)</p> Nico, if that works then very nice.

But you've just killed my blog post! ;-)

]]> By: Nico http://toxicsoftware.com/manoxcode/comment-page-1/#comment-21925 Nico Tue, 25 Sep 2007 19:24:16 +0000 http://toxicsoftware.com/blog/manoxcode/#comment-21925 <p>osascript -e ''tell application "XCode" to show document with apple_ref "//apple_ref/doc/man/1/'$1<br><br>should work as well and doesn't require gui scripting. Use "//apple_ref/doc/c_ref/" to show documentation for C code (e.g. Carbon functions and constants; cocoa class names work too).</p> osascript -e ''tell application “XCode” to show document with apple_ref “//apple_ref/doc/man/1/'$1

should work as well and doesn't require gui scripting. Use “//apple_ref/doc/c_ref/” to show documentation for C code (e.g. Carbon functions and constants; cocoa class names work too).

]]> By: schwa http://toxicsoftware.com/manoxcode/comment-page-1/#comment-21221 schwa Tue, 25 Sep 2007 18:44:22 +0000 http://toxicsoftware.com/blog/manoxcode/#comment-21221 <p>Nico, if that works then very nice.</p> <p>But you've just killed my blog post! ;-)</p> Nico, if that works then very nice.

But you’ve just killed my blog post! ;-)

]]> By: Nico http://toxicsoftware.com/manoxcode/comment-page-1/#comment-21220 Nico Tue, 25 Sep 2007 18:24:16 +0000 http://toxicsoftware.com/blog/manoxcode/#comment-21220 <p>osascript -e ''tell application "XCode" to show document with apple_ref "//apple_ref/doc/man/1/'$1</p> <p>should work as well and doesn't require gui scripting. Use "//apple_ref/doc/c_ref/" to show documentation for C code (e.g. Carbon functions and constants; cocoa class names work too).</p> osascript -e ”tell application “XCode” to show document with apple_ref “//apple_ref/doc/man/1/’$1

should work as well and doesn’t require gui scripting. Use “//apple_ref/doc/c_ref/” to show documentation for C code (e.g. Carbon functions and constants; cocoa class names work too).

]]> By: hollywood http://toxicsoftware.com/manoxcode/comment-page-1/#comment-21924 hollywood Mon, 30 Jul 2007 11:25:56 +0000 http://toxicsoftware.com/blog/manoxcode/#comment-21924 <p>I like the way Xcode’s viewer inserts hyperlinks to cross-referenced man pages.</p> I like the way Xcode’s viewer inserts hyperlinks to cross-referenced man pages.

]]> By: hollywood http://toxicsoftware.com/manoxcode/comment-page-1/#comment-21168 hollywood Mon, 30 Jul 2007 10:25:56 +0000 http://toxicsoftware.com/blog/manoxcode/#comment-21168 <p>I like the way Xcode’s viewer inserts hyperlinks to cross-referenced man pages.</p> I like the way Xcode’s viewer inserts hyperlinks to cross-referenced man pages.

]]> By: Justin Miller http://toxicsoftware.com/manoxcode/comment-page-1/#comment-21923 Justin Miller Mon, 30 Jul 2007 03:23:14 +0000 http://toxicsoftware.com/blog/manoxcode/#comment-21923 <p>Great script -- thanks for that!</p> Great script — thanks for that!

]]> By: Justin Miller http://toxicsoftware.com/manoxcode/comment-page-1/#comment-21167 Justin Miller Mon, 30 Jul 2007 02:23:14 +0000 http://toxicsoftware.com/blog/manoxcode/#comment-21167 <p>Great script -- thanks for that!</p> Great script — thanks for that!

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