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Not a complete answer, but I hope Markdown is or becomes the standard for offline docs and text for local/offline consumption. I only ever write in markdown any
by sleepytree 3y ago
Not a complete answer, but I hope Markdown is or becomes the standard for offline docs and text for local/offline consumption. I only ever write in markdown anyway (usually with http://obsidian.md http://obsidian.md).
The closest thing I know of for a service like RSS to download documents is [Dash for macOS - API Documentation Browser, Snippet Manager - Kapeli](https://kapeli.com/dash https://kapeli.com/dash).
- 0cf8612b2e1e 3y agoMarkdown is too anemic for documentation without extensions. Sure, you can make do, but I would rather wet standardized on something more powerful.
- djbusby 3y agoI'm still loving asciidoc. Loads of extensions too so I can have PlantUML and Mermaid stuff too
- SpaghettiCthulu 3y agoI agree. We need a standardized format with support for both structured (classes, methods, etc.) and unstructured (language overview) documentation..
- packetlost 3y agoThere's also Zeal (https://zealdocs.org/ https://zealdocs.org/) which is basically the same as Dash but open source and runs on non-Mac devices.
- mxuribe 3y agoI first learned of Zeal several months ago...and i really like it. But, i forget about havign zeal installed and available, that my reflex is to instinctively reach for duck duck go, or stack overflow, or somesuch search engine, etc. So, i just gotta build up the habit. :-)
- techwizrd 3y agoI understand completely. I even wrote an offline documentation browser [0] for Linux similar to Dash, and I reflexively search online too. It's a hard habit to break, but I think it's a UI/UX issue. 0: https://github.com/techwizrd/tarpon https://github.com/techwizrd/tarpon
- mxuribe 3y agoFirst of all, thanks for reminding me that i'm not alone! :-) Secondly, kudos on tarpon; very cool!!!