zeal noun
- a feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause)
- excessive fervor to do something or accomplish some end
- prompt willingness
(from WordNet 3.0)
Zeal is a simple offline documentation browser inspired by Dash.
| OS \ Branch | master | stable |
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Get binary builds for Windows and Linux from the download page.
After installing Zeal, you need to download docsets. Go to Tools->Docsets, select the ones you want, and click the Download button.
- Qt version 5.2.0 or above. Required modules: Qt WebKit Widgets, Qt X11 Extras (X11 only).
- libarchive.
- X11 only:
xcb-util-keysyms. - Ubuntu Unity only: libappindicator.
To compile Zeal run qmake and then make. Linux users can install Zeal with make install command.
You can limit the search scope by using ':' to indicate the desired docsets:
java:BaseDAO
You can also search multiple docsets separating them with a comma:
python,django:string
If you prefer, you can start Zeal with a query from command line:
zeal python:bomb
You can use Dash's instructions for generating docsets.
We want your feedback! Here's a list of different ways to contact developers and request help:
- Report bugs and submit feature requests to GitHub issues.
- Ask any questions in our Google Group. You can simply send an email to zealdocs@googlegroups.com.
- For a quick chat with developers and other Zeal users use our IRC channel: #zealdocs on Freenode. Also available through Kiwi IRC web interface. Please, take into consideration possible time zone differences.
- Finally, for a private communications send us email.
- And do not forget to follow @zealdocs on Twitter!
This software is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 3 (GPLv3). Full text of the license is available in the COPYING file and online.