Hi,
It seems the Language Reference files in the "Reference" folder in C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino
has been removed from version 1.18.16
I found the Offline Reference very valuable so it's removal is very annoying.
Please be aware that not everyone has full time internet access.
Removing the Offline Reference seems a very "first world" decision.
Please REINSTATE Offline Reference.
The only way for me to get it is to go back to Ver: 1.18.15
regards Paul
The problem was that Arduino's system for generating the offline reference content broke after they reworked the Arduino Language Reference website system. After that, they just stopped updating the offline reference content. Meanwhile, many additions, improvements, and corrections were made to the content.
This meant that the offline reference was significantly inferior compared to the online one.
The ideal would have been to rework the system for generating the offline reference content, but since that didn't happen after years, I think they made the second best decision of removing the unmaintained content.
If you still like the offline reference content, just grab the reference folder out of the 1.8.15 installation and put it somewhere convenient. If you open the HTML file it will load in your browser. You can continue to use whichever version of the IDE you prefer.
1.8.15 download link is here:
https://www.arduino.cc/en/software/OldSoftwareReleases#arduino-18x
Thanks for your reply,
that's a good workaround.
It would still be nice to have an the latest reference available offline,
Fingers crossed
Cheers
Maybe I should have said "least worst decision".
Although you would miss the IDE integration, which was kind of cool, I think it would be a good candidate for a community open source project. All the Arduino reference content is available in standard format, so it shouldn't be too terribly difficult to set up an automated system that generates HTML or PDF version either periodically or on every change.
- Arduino Language Reference: https://github.com/arduino/reference-en
(and the translation repos here: https://github.com/arduino?q=reference-) - Official library reference pages: https://github.com/arduino-libraries
(in thedocsfolder of each of each repo) - "docs.arduino.cc" content: https://github.com/arduino/docs-content
- Help Center content: https://github.com/arduino/help-center-content
There is actually way more content available now than was ever in the offline reference, so it could be a pretty cool project.
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