Devhelp is a
GTK/
GNOME browser for
API documentation; it works natively with gtk-doc (which is the API reference format for GTK/GNOME documentation).
It is integrated in GNOME development tools such as
GNOME Builder,
Glade and
Anjuta, and is an official application of the GNOME project. Devhelp uses
Bonobo
The bonobo (; ''Pan paniscus''), also historically called the pygmy chimpanzee and less often the dwarf chimpanzee or gracile chimpanzee, is an endangered great ape and one of the two species making up the genus '' Pan,'' the other being the co ...
for integration to
Emacs
Emacs , originally named EMACS (an acronym for "Editor MACroS"), is a family of text editors that are characterized by their extensibility. The manual for the most widely used variant, GNU Emacs, describes it as "the extensible, customizable, ...
via command line searches and is embedded in other development applications such as Anjuta.
Devhelp uses the
GTK port of
WebKit
WebKit is a browser engine developed by Apple and primarily used in its Safari web browser, as well as on the iOS and iPadOS version of any web browser. WebKit is also used by the BlackBerry Browser, PlayStation consoles beginning from the ...
for HTML rendering of documentation; versions prior to 0.22 used
Gecko
Geckos are small, mostly carnivorous lizards that have a wide distribution, found on every continent except Antarctica. Belonging to the infraorder Gekkota, geckos are found in warm climates throughout the world. They range from .
Geckos ar ...
, a layout engine developed by
Mozilla Corporation
The Mozilla Corporation (stylized as moz://a) is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Mozilla Foundation that coordinates and integrates the development of Internet-related applications such as the Firefox web browser, by a global community of op ...
and used in the Firefox web browser.
References
External links
GNOME Devtools Devhelp home pagegtk-doc
GTK
GNOME Developer Tools
Software that uses GTK
Free computer libraries
Online help
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