Docview¶
Docview is an extensible documentation viewer which can show documentation in a variety of formats.
What is Docview?¶
Docview is an extensible documentation viewer. As it is extensible, you can make it support any type of documentation. So you don’t need to switch softwares to browse documentation.
Why use Docview?¶
The power of Docview comes from it’s extensibility. As Docview is extensible, it isn’t limited to only a few number of formats like most documentation viewer. With the help of extensions, it can show almost any type of documentation. So it isn’t required to wait for new releases to add support for a particular format, anyone can write an extension adding support for that format. So you don’t need switch from one documentation viewer to another (e.g Terminal for man and info pages, Devhelp for GNOME documentations), Docview is an all-in-one solution.
Comparison with other documentation viewers¶
There are many popular documentation viewer available (both free and paid). The advantage of Docview is it’s ability to be extended which is an unavailable feature of most other documentation viewer. The following is a comparison of Docview (with proper extensions enabled) some other documentation viewers (not to condemn other softwares):
Feature |
Docview |
man |
Devhelp |
|---|---|---|---|
Extensible |
Yes |
No |
No |
Supports man pages |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Supports Devhelp documentations |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
License¶
Docview is licensed under GNU General Public License version 3.