[erlang-questions] online documentation

Thu Dec 3 16:03:18 CET 2009

There is a few files modules (egd / nif) that generate the documentation
source from the .erl source files and edoc, those are the ones missing

(erlapi and erldocs were both built before the ability to build the docs in
otp was released)

the 99% are built from the xml files in app/doc/src, Ive added it as an
issue on erldocs to fix.

There are other things missing, primarily application chapters / user
guides, these require a lot more fudging to get into a format thats usable
considering the different layouts.

2009/12/3 Rapsey <rapsey@REDACTED>

> Both http://erlapi.prepor.ru/docs/ and http://erldocs.com/R13B03/
> seem to be incomplete. Searching for erl_nif for instance has no results.
> Neither do they find any of the driver_* functions in erts.
>
>
> Sergej
>
>
> On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 2:22 PM, Dale Harvey <dale@REDACTED> wrote:
>
> > 2009/12/3 Raimo Niskanen
> > <raimo+erlang-questions@REDACTED<raimo%2Berlang-questions@REDACTED>
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> >
> > <raimo%2Berlang-questions@REDACTED<raimo%252Berlang-questions@REDACTED>
> <raimo%252Berlang-questions@REDACTED<raimo%25252Berlang-questions@REDACTED>
> >
> > >
> > >
> >
> > > On Thu, Dec 03, 2009 at 01:21:23PM +0300, Dmitry Belyaev wrote:
> > > > I prefer
> > > > http://erlapi.prepor.ru/docs/
> > >
> > > Yet another nice one. This seems to be a problem
> > > that many want solutions for.
> > >
> >
> > Quite so, theres also mine :)
> >
> > http://erldocs.com/R13B03/
> >
> >
> > >
> > > It is also fast, but I can not readily find a quick
> > > way to search for a function name when I do not
> > > know the module. If I type "new" ets:new comes at least
> > > one page down and there is no possibility to filter
> > > for function names only.
> > >
> > > Another nice thing on this site is that you get
> > >  Application
> > >  Module:Function
> > >  Short description
> > > already in the search results.
> > >
> > > >
> > > > It scrolls to selected function and has pretty style.
> > > >
> > > > On Thu, 2009-12-03 at 10:45 +0100, Raimo Niskanen wrote:
> > > > > On Thu, Dec 03, 2009 at 11:53:18AM +0900, Ngoc Dao wrote:
> > > > > > This is an impressive improvement.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Currently I am using gotapi, and its API is not the latest:
> > > > > > http://www.gotapi.com/erlang
> > > > >
> > > > > That is a really cool tool. Annoying that they call modules
> > > > > "class", but anyway impressive...
> > > > >
> > > > > This site sets a standard that erldoc should strive to
> > > > > reach, but with the latest documentation!
> > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 8:20 PM, Raimo Niskanen
> > > > > > <raimo+erlang-questions@REDACTED<raimo%2Berlang-questions@REDACTED>
> <raimo%2Berlang-questions@REDACTED<raimo%252Berlang-questions@REDACTED>
> >
> > <raimo%2Berlang-questions@REDACTED<raimo%252Berlang-questions@REDACTED>
> <raimo%252Berlang-questions@REDACTED<raimo%25252Berlang-questions@REDACTED>
> >
> > >>
> > > wrote:
> > > > > > > On Wed, Dec 02, 2009 at 03:08:05AM -0800, Jayson Vantuyl wrote:
> > > > > > >> When I searched for a fully qualified function (i.e. ets:new),
> > it
> > > seemed to have an issue URL-decoding the colon, and the search
> generally
> > > didn't like it even when manually adjusted on the next page.  Nice
> start,
> > > though.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Currently it searches for names anywhere (functions, modules
> and
> > > applications),
> > > > > > > so you can search for `ets', follow to the ets man page and
> then
> > > > > > > scroll down to the `new' function.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Or you can search for `new'.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > You can also search for `ets new', which oddly enough
> > > > > > > does not give ets:new higher ranking than any other
> > > > > > > Whatever:new function...
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > It sounds like a very nice idea that either `ets:new' or
> > > > > > > `ets new' would give higher ranking for a hit on both
> > > > > > > module and function (and application). I will forward
> > > > > > > the idea to the developers (hope they read this too).
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >>
> > > > > > >> On Dec 2, 2009, at 2:55 AM, Raimo Niskanen wrote:
> > > > > > >>
> > > > > > >> > On Fri, Nov 27, 2009 at 03:15:03PM +0100, Kenneth Lundin
> > wrote:
> > > > > > >> >> Hi Vlad,
> > > > > > >> >>
> > > > > > >> >> A search facility will come , we will create an index
> > > > > > >> >> for this purpose as part of the docbuilding process.
> > > > > > >> >>
> > > > > > >> >> No need to patch the docbuilder application.
> > > > > > >> >>
> > > > > > >> >> /Kenneth Erlang/OTP Ericsson
> > > > > > >> >
> > > > > > >> > There is a preliminary version of the search facility
> > > > > > >> > now running on the (perliminary) demo site:
> > > > > > >> > Go to http://demo.erlang.org/doc.html and type e.g "keyse"
> > > > > > >> > in the text field in the grey right column, then click the
> > > > > > >> > looking glass button... Comments are welcome.
> > > > > > >> >
> > > > > > >> > The same search application should eventually be
> > > > > > >> > possible to run via the OTP webtool application on
> > > > > > >> > your local Erlang/OTP installation as a HTTP
> > > > > > >> > server on your local host.
> > > > > > >> >
> > > > > > >> > / Raimo
> > > > > > >> >
> > > > > > >> >
> > > > > > >> >>
> > > > > > >> >> On Fri, Nov 27, 2009 at 2:23 PM, Vlad Dumitrescu <
> > > vladdu55@REDACTED> wrote:
> > > > > > >> >>> Hi!
> > > > > > >> >>>
> > > > > > >> >>> I really like the looks of the new documentation.
> > > > > > >> >>>
> > > > > > >> >>> There is a small thing that was suggested before and that
> > > would help a
> > > > > > >> >>> lot: a search field (hopefully with autocompletion, too).
> > > Typing
> > > > > > >> >>> "li<TAB>:keys" to go to lists:keysearch would be soooo
> > > sweet!...
> > > > > > >> >>>
> > > > > > >> >>> I realize now that generating this is probably the job of
> > the
> > > > > > >> >>> docbuilder application, which would mean that I can
> probably
> > > submit a
> > > > > > >> >>> patch myself (if I get to it). Will check that (but if
> > someone
> > > else
> > > > > > >> >>> has faster fingers, I won't hold a grudge :-).
> > > > > > >> >>>
> > > > > > >> >>> BTW, a related question: I see that the issue tracker at
> > > github is
> > > > > > >> >>> being used. What is the current policy for reporting bugs?
> > It
> > > would be
> > > > > > >> >>> nice if there was only a single place instead of three
> (some
> > > people
> > > > > > >> >>> like me do post bug reports here instead of erlang-bugs
> > > anyway), for
> > > > > > >> >>> example if the github tracker could send email
> notifications
> > > to
> > > > > > >> >>> erlang-bugs.
> > > > > > >> >>>
> > > > > > >> >>> best regards,
> > > > > > >> >>> Vlad
> > > > > > >> >>>
> > > > > > >> >>>
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> > > > > > >> > --
> > > > > > >> >
> > > > > > >> > / Raimo Niskanen, Erlang/OTP, Ericsson AB
> > > > > > >> >
> > > > > > >> >
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> > > > > > >>
> > > > > > >> --
> > > > > > >> Jayson Vantuyl
> > > > > > >> kagato@REDACTED
> > > > > > >>
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> > > > > > >>
> > > > > > >>
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