Questions tagged [documentation]
Documentation is a file or set of files that come with a program which detail the programs operation.
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Notepad++ and Python docstrings
How do you bring up the Python document string (as a tool tip?) for a function or class when using Notepad++ as a code editor? Is this possible? I asked this question on Stack Overflow, and a user ...
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What is [1] in GIT documentation?
I am start learning GIT and the documentation syntax is confusing.
What does [1] signify in use cases such as "git-add[1]", or "git-commit[1]"?
It is all over the documentation. On some website ...
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Which different UI versions exist in Firefox 64 64-bit? (in regard to update options)
My Firefox 64.0 64-bit is running on Windows 7 Home Premium, both set to German language.
To find a way to stop the update nag screen I started a question (which might soon get deleted), and the ...
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What causes SassDoc Error: spawn bundle exec sass-convert ENOENT?
When I run sassdoc .,
I get the following error, when I am in /home/user/repositories/website/:
» [ERROR] Error: spawn bundle exec sass-convert ENOENT
at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (...
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How can I migrate from google keep to asciidoc?
I am trying to figure out how can I migrate google keep to asciidoc. I tried the following method.
First Method
I have downloaded all my google keep notes from Google Takeout but all keep notes are ...
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less -+Option documentation
In this answer less -+S is used, to toggle the -S option off.
I am wondering where this behaviour of less is documented, as scrolling less --help only yields +cmd Execute the less cmd ...
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How to read “fsutil usn readjournal C:” output
There is a utility that can be run on the Microsoft Windows command line called fsutil. One of the commands that it accepts is fsutil usn readjournal <volume pathname> along with several other ...
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Save a process as workflow for documentation
I would like to document a process/workflow that we follow for a task. And I think Visio would be better.
But I want the default view of the workflow as a collapsed/summarized view and provide a ...
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how to export nodecore text to markdown *not* as header (#, ##)
I exported the tutorial to markdown, I noticed that large chunks of text such as this one were exported to standard markdown text:
However when I create my own nodecore text it is always exported to ...
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Windows waitfor.exe signaling protocol needed
Windows has a waitFor.exe command available for use in in batch and powershell (and any other language that can call an executable), which allows you to sends or waits for a signal on a system, ...
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How to read and interpret Packet Formats in RFCs (Request For Comments)?
Often times when I am reading Request For Comments documentation, I always see the packet format section for a protocol outlined like the one below. My question is what do the numbers and different ...
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iptables: aren't these docs wrong?
I've been looking at two references for iptables documentation, and both appear to be wrong in some very important details.
However, being new to iptables, I'm not fully sure, hence this post.
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Can't find Windows DDK documentation
I am looking for Windows DDK documentation, but I can't find it anywhere - not even in MSDN.
For example, I can't find the documentation of KeGetActiveProcessors function, for getting ammount of ...
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Redundant repetitive documentation links in PhpStorm quick-documentation when adding them manually
I'm using Php Storm 2016.2.1. To access the quick documentation for the jQuery API inside the IDE, I've got the jquery.d.ts from GitHub. When I introduce the file to the IDE through the form at File / ...
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Is it possible to automate the generation of a Visio diagram from a written process?
I have several projects where process steps need to be written out (i.e, bulleted, numbered), and Visio flowcharts/diagrams need to be created for these processes. I guess Visio is optional, but it is ...
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How to read PowerShell Documentation Syntax
I could use a good explanation of PowerShell Documentation Syntax:
> man Update-Help
SYNTAX
Update-Help [[-Module] <string[]>] [[-SourcePath] <string[]>] [[-UICulture] <...
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What should be the minimum value necessory to transfer a ComPacket in TCG Opal IF-SEND/RECV
TCG Opal test document (Page No. 5) says that transfer length field in IF-SEND/RECV Command should be "the minimum value necessary to transfer a
ComPacket". I want to know what is the minimum value ...
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What does parameter1 0x4 for bugcheckcode 0x122 mean?
I've got a bsod (on windows 10.0.14393.0) and trying to figure out what happened. Event log says
bugcheckcode 122
bugcheckparameter1 0x4
bugcheckparameter2 0x0
bugcheckparameter3 0xffff8406530bf010
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Is there a manual for Google Chrome? [closed]
Perhaps a wiki of sorts? I just want to find an official place that lists all functionality in current versions. So many features get cut and replaced over the years; surely there must exist a ...
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¿BUG? can not create file with '=' via command line ECHO and COPY CON
WHERE is the documentation that explains the apparently anomalous behaviour of the equal sign below?
STEPS TO REPRODUCE (at a command prompt):
example with ECHO:
H:\BUGS>echo abc > a-b.txt
H:\...
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How to launch API documentation in browser from IntelliJ IDEA
I just downloaded IntelliJ IDEA and trying to do something usefull with it. I'm using scala plugin. It seems that IntelliJ downloads all libraries + javadocs mentioned in build.sbt project ...
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Resuming a job with 'r' in ZSH
I run Vim in zsh. And I often need to check something else in the terminal. So I just quickly suspend the editor by pressing Ctrl+Z and then type fg to get back.
Today, by chance, I noticed that the ...
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detailed listing and description of freearc switches
The documentation that comes with freearc seems a little bit sparse and outdated unfortunately, at least when reading posts on http://encode.ru/
And following the trial and error principle is ...
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System diagram that users can drill down into
I am soon going to be creating some system architecture at work.
Like any large system, there are different levels from which you can view the system. Very high, down to the nitty gritty.
I was ...
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How to document the life cycle of products in the online store?
I would like any way the documentation of the life cycle processes of products on the website. And in General, business process content, editing, etc. of the website.
For example.
I have a store ...
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Xcode quick help not working with Swift
I have Xcode Version 6.4 (6E35b) and I'm trying to use the documentation. When I hold options and click a string class or something...the little help pop-up appears but then when I click "String" ...
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Documentation for BTRFS shorthand?
I came across this post where the answerer wrote
btrfs sub snap -r fs snapshot
among other things, where subvolume and snapshot were substituted for sub and snap. Sure enough, those commands work, ...
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Where can I find complete documentation on desktop.ini for Windows 7?
The documentation at the Windows Dev Center is fairly limited compared not only to third party sites, but to even what I can create by changing folder settings and opening up the resulting desktop.ini ...
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Archive of Microsoft's Powershell 2.0 Documentation?
When looking up information on a specific cmdlet built into Powershell on Microsoft Technet, you can choose between version Powershell versions 3.0, 4.0, and 5.0. See this page for an example - https:/...
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I need a specification for .sxdata sections
Does a specification for .sxdata sections (in PE Objectfiles) exist? I have read the Microsoft definition of PE files, and find the information on .sxdata section to be somewhat sparse.
My program ...
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What does third symbol in “rw-” file mode mean in OS X ls manual page?
I have trouble understanding ls's manual regarding a file that has rw- mode. Here's the quote:
If r, the file is readable; if −, it is not readable.
If w, the file is writable; if −, it is not ...
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Docman plugin configuration
Can someone tell me how to allow docman plugin to manage obsolescence date ?
I saw the constant ...VALIDITY_PERMANENT into the file docman/include/Docman_MetadataHtml.class.php and DOCMAN_Contants....
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How to create LXC templates?
I am trying to create an LXC template but I cannot find any documentation on what commands and options the script minimally needs to support. Is this in fact documented somewhere? The built-in ...
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Creating a footnote in MS Word?
How I can create footnotes in MS Word? I do not want to create a page footer because that would appear in all pages, but I need to write some things as footnotes on a specific page.
I want to add ...
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How to increase the font size in the Matlab help browser permanently?
Maybe I'm getting old, but the text in Matlab's built-in help browser is too small for me to read comfortably. It is possible to increase the font size using Ctrl-+, but every time a new help page is ...
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How to correctly mount a tmpfs?
Excerpted from the documentation
So 'mount -t tmpfs -o size=10G,nr_inodes=10k,mode=700 tmpfs /mytmpfs'
will give you tmpfs instance on /mytmpfs which can allocate 10GB
RAM/SWAP in 10240 inodes ...
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Is there a website which explains the recent Windows updates? [closed]
When windows informs me that there are new updates, I open the Windows Update dialog box. The new updates are listed as code names like KBxxxxxxx. The right panel contains the same copy/pasted boring ...
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Website which aggregates browser change logs? [closed]
I'm looking for a website which displays a list of all the major browsers showing the change logs of the current version of each browser and also a history of one version back, two versions back etc. ...
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The Vim documentation illustrates a “wrong way” to add comments to HTML. What's wrong with it?
The "syntax.txt" chapter in the official Vim documentation says:
HTML comments are rather special (see an HTML reference document for the
details), and the syntax coloring scheme will highlight all ...
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how do I alter the structure of a table in SugarCRM CE?
How do I add fields to the opportunities table so that they propagate?
From within Studio > Opportunities > Fields I added fields. Pardon, I don't understand the next step to effect a change ...
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Free official documentation for cables and models? [closed]
I've been looking through the ISO and IEEE sites for official documentation on the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) model, TCP, and a range of cable standards (5/5e/6). However, other than on the ...
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Copy-paste multiple pages of programming codes to Microsoft Word
My problem: want to copy hundreds of lines of programming codes to a Microsoft Word 2010 document. (make some sort of documentation)
I've tried the method described in this question, to copy and ...
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Netbeans comment vars
How can I know about full list of comments operations for Netbeans? I saw @var @param and @return. What is the difference between /* and /** ?
How can I find tutorials about Netbeans comments variable ...
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Auto generate documenttaion in eclipse for javascript
I have never used any documentation software or plugin. I am using Eclipse Kepler as code editor for js files.
All files are plain JS files.
Is there any plugin in eclipse where i click button and ...
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How to conveniently create and edit ASCII tables?
Are there any text editors which can read in a plain-text file containing an ASCII table and render the table wih convenient table-editing tools such as "add row," "auto-fit column width," "delete ...
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non-root man pages with Linux-Ubuntu
I'm working on a Linux-Ubuntu server as non-root user. I created a small application and because I'm not a privileged user I'm going to install it under $HOME/bin directory (this directory is in the $...
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Javascript API explorer / sandbox
Does anyone know of a simple API explorer that I can use to make a nice test page for my web service? I am aware of the following, and these are similar to what I want:
http://api-playground-demo....
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cygwin git documentation
I just installed git using cygwin.
I then tried using git help status but I received the error fatal: '/usr/share/doc/git-doc': not a documentation directory. And indeed, there is no folder git-doc in ...
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Looking for something to write troubleshooting scripts
At the moment all our troubleshooting doc is written in Word. I'd like to make it a little user friendlier - first idea was just to write it in HTML with something like :
<p>Is the server up? &...
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How to fix code examples in Python documentation?
I'm having a strange problem when trying to view the Python documentation. Basically, all code examples cut off the last line of text. The screenshot below illustrates what I mean. The text box isn't ...
