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In Ubuntu, after install libstdc++6-x.x-doc, docs are available via man, for example for libstdc++-4.8-doc:
man std::list
man std::weak_ptr
man std::ios_base
Is it possible to install man pages for c++ (using brew or any other means) on OSX? The reason for specifically requiring man pages is so that I can access them from vim using SHIFT-K.
Note: I'm using the XCode version of g++:
snowch$ g++ -v
Configured with: --prefix=/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr --with-gxx-include-dir=/usr/include/c++/4.2.1
Apple LLVM version 6.1.0 (clang-602.0.53) (based on LLVM 3.6.0svn)
Target: x86_64-apple-darwin14.5.0
Thread model: posix
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Try it on your Mac: Open Terminal, type man ls , then press Return. The ls command's man page is quite long, and you'll need to press the spacebar several times to get to the bottom. Sometimes, when you're viewing a man page, you need to go back up and look at something that's no longer visible.
In the Terminal app on your Mac, press the Up Arrow key. The last command you entered appears on the command line. Continue pressing the Up Arrow key until you see the command you want, then press Return.
To open the manual page of all sections, type man -a <page> . And note that the argument doesn't have to be a package name. It can be a command, a file, a function name, ...
How to Read Man Pages on Command Line. Using man is as simple as opening your Terminal emulator, or logging into your server via SSH. Once there, you can simply type man followed by the program you want to learn about. And the entire Git documentation will display in your screen using the less pager program.
You can install those man pages from here. Just run the following commands:
$ git clone https://github.com/jeaye/stdman
$ cd stdman
$ ./configure
$ make install # as a user with appropriate permissions to install
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