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Java: How do I catalog Java API documents using Quicksilver?


This one is for Java programmers on Mac.

How do I catalog Java API documents using Quicksilver? Wouldn't it be nice if you could lookup API documents with a few key strokes?


Solution

  • Download Java API document locally.

    Then follow the instructions in Indexing Java SDK Docs with QuickSilver.

    [Add] the “allclasses-frame.html” file into a new [“J2SE”] group in the catalog and set the “Include Contents” option to “HTML Links”. QuickSilver will parse the HTML file and since the file contains a long list of links to all the class pages, the result in the index is exactly what I want. As you can see in the screenshot, it picks up about 3200 classes. alt text
    (source: entropy.ch)