C++ / C man pages

v3s · 2009-02-19 19:59:25

Hi everybody,
I have some questions about C++ / C manual pages.. In other distributions (OpenSuse, Kubuntu) there were some packages, that provide man pages for all functions from C++ or C.. So when I want for example the return value for strcmp I wrote just man strcmp and in right section I have found the answer. So there is my question: Do you know what package I've to install or do something different to get these man pages working??.. Because I think it's very useful thing for those who are programming in C++ / C.. Thanks for your answers.. Regards V3S

HashBox · 2009-02-19 20:16:38

Thanks to your question I learnt a new feature of pacman

[~/desktop] pacman -Qo /usr/share/man/man3/strcmp.3.gz                   [+9:05]
/usr/share/man/man3/strcmp.3.gz is owned by man-pages 3.18-1
[~/desktop]                                                                 [+9:05]

So looks like you just need to do

pacman -S man-pages

v3s · 2009-02-19 20:34:36

Thanks HashBox for your answer.. But there are missing some basic C++ functions like cin or cout..

HashBox · 2009-02-19 20:45:18

Hmmm I noticed I'm missing those aswell, however, a quick google suggests that c++ man-pages don't even exist? That must be wrong though, I'll keep searching.

Edit: Not sure if there's an Arch package to this effect, but I found this which should give you what you're after http://acumenconsultinginc.net/TechNote … nPage.html

Edit2: This seems to suggest it's been added somewhere, http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/2467

Edit3: Ok while I can't do man cin or cout, I can do man std::ofstream etc, so maybe that is what you're after?

Last edited by HashBox (2009-02-19 20:55:18)

aitjcize · 2013-11-14 22:10:44

I know is this an old thread, but just posting for future reference.

You can try the cppman package available in AUR: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/cppman-git

It generates C++ manpages from cplusplus.com

Mr.Elendig · 2013-11-16 03:47:34

I seriously doubt that the OP still have the same problem 4 years later......

jasonwryan · 2013-11-16 03:54:21

aitjcize, you have been warned about necrobumping before: you won't be afforded that consideration again.

Closing.

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#1 2009-02-19 19:59:25

C++ / C man pages

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#5 2013-11-14 22:10:44

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