Help integration Zeal ( F1 - Key - Help )

[davidwed]

Hi Guys,

is it possible to integrate the Zeal offline API documentation browser. You can easily start the Zeal binary with the searching keyword ( ...\zeal.exe std::cout ).

There are a large numbers of docsets for C / C++ / Boost / Wxwidgets.

Or could you provide a Lua-Script / Plugin for Zeal in the next release ?

Thanks in advanced.

Reference:
http://zealdocs.org/

[trollixx]

Zeal developer here. If someone would look into this feature, here's some information.

There's no need to execute Zeal binary directly. Zeal supports dash-plugin:// protocol, and installs handlers automatically on Linux and Windows. On OS X that protocol is handled by Dash. Zeal and Dash share the same set of documentation, just target different platforms.

[eranif]

Thanks, I will be the one implementing this, I don't expect any big issues with integrating it into CodeLite
Thanks for the info

[davidwed]

Very nice..

Thanks in advanced :-)

[eranif]

Implemented the following in git master

• If there is a selection clicking F1 opens Zeal / Dash using the dash-plugin protocol and codelite will use the current file name to extract the context to use (PHP, JS, Java, C, C++ etc)
• If CodeLite could not deduce the context from the current file, the "keywords" part of the query is ignored
• If there is no selection, clicking F1 will simply activate Zeal and bring it to the front

[trollixx]

Great work! I'll add a link to CodeLite on Zeal website later.

[eranif]

@trollixx FYI: CodeLite 8.0 was released today with Zeal and Dash support

[stephenlevitt]

Has this stopped working with the latest version of CodeLite (10.0.6) and Zeal (0.3.1)? Zeal opens when pressing F1 in CodeLite and the query is placed in the search box but the query is not executed.

[eranif]

Which OS?

[stephenlevitt]

Windows 10

[eranif]

I downloaded and installed Zeal 0.3.1 and it seems broken. I suspect that the problem is in Zeal

EDIT:
I googled through the web and found Zeal from the days CodeLite's plugin was developed (Zeal 0.2.1) I uninstalled 0.3.1 and installed the older version and everything is working again.

Looks like Zeal 0.3.1 and also 0.3.0 changed the dash:// | dash-plugin:// URL support as they seems to hang when I execute a custom search.

For example, open Windows File Explorer and paste this in its address bar:

dash-plugin://keys%3Dphp%26query%3Dfopen

If everything is OK, you should have Zeal launched and searches for fopen in the PHP docset
This works for Zeal 0.2.1 but fails with Zeal 0.3.0 and 0.3.1

EDIT2:

I have opened a bug in Zeal project: zealdocs/zeal#754

EDIT3:

Uninstall Zeal 0.3.1 and install Zeal 0.2.1 which works OK, here is a link:
https://www.google.co.il/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0ahUKEwjk2vrAvKvVAhWCVRQKHVvmA90QFgglMAA&url=https%3A%2F%2Fdl.bintray.com%2Fzealdocs%2Fwindows%2Fzeal-0.2.1-windows-x86.msi&usg=AFQjCNG33-jVOQLrNOHvOAF49yNpQzYgUA

[AJenbo]

Looks to be working with Zeal 0.3.1 on Ubuntu (17.04).

[stephenlevitt]

I can confirm your findings. It works with Zeal 0.2.1. on Windows but not the most recent version. Steve

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On 28 Jul 2017 9:50 AM, Eran Ifrah wrote: I downloaded and installed Zeal 0.3.1 and it seems broken. I suspect that the problem is in Zeal EDIT: I googled through the web and found Zeal from the days CodeLite's plugin was developed (Zeal 0.2.1) I uninstalled 0.3.1 and installed the older version and everything is working again. Looks like Zeal 0.3.1 and also 0.3.0 changed the |dash://| | |dash-plugin://| URL support as they seems to hang when I execute a custom search. For example, open Windows File Explorer and paste this in its address bar: |dash-plugin://keys%3Dphp%26query%3Dfopen | If everything is OK, you should have Zeal launched and searches for |fopen| in the PHP docset This works for Zeal 0.2.1 but fails with Zeal 0.3.0 and 0.3.1 — You are receiving this because you commented. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#743 (comment)>, or mute the thread <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AECWMyWk9wZk0kMmcIYSwvXsfFXA8fn-ks5sSZLJgaJpZM4ELgjZ>.

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[eranif]

Seems broken on Windows. I tried 0.3.1, 0.3.0 and 0.2.1 (0.2.1 was the official version of Zeal when I first wrote the plugin)
To ensure that this is not a CodeLite issue, I used the search query from the Windows File Explorer - and it is working with Zeal 0.2.1 but not with 0.3.1/0

[makper]

Hello eranif.
Would it be difficult to have another look on the help plugin? I recently have managed to use Zeal on codeblocks, although its help function normally uses chm files. I have just included the line "C:\Program Files\Zeal\Zeal.exe $(keyword)" on the relevant field and it works. It would be nice to have this function on codelite.