Good question, I join to it.

pavko, Please, give me qch-file with C++ reference, I need it.
Thanks.

my cppref.qch [docs.google.com]

I just added your qch file to Qt Creator’s help via Tools->Options->Help->Documentatioin tab, pressed F1, and got cpp reference. Try to check Filters tab, there should be corresponding items checked for cpp reference.

I mean, that it doesn’t work in text editor. For example, when you point on keyword (something like “void”) pressing F1 – I want, that on the right side help about “void” apears. It doesn’t works.

So, I can’t find solution to make CONTEXT help possible. I don’t know how to turn it on with my compiled file.

Anyway – thanks for help :)

Sorry, I just misunderstood the original issue.

Do you have a C++ project open? It appears to me that Qt Creator may not scan the source files for symbols unless a C++ project is open.

Have you restarted Qt Creator? I have also found that sometimes Qt Creator needs to be restarted after the qch is registered with it.

Yes, I did this. Actualy I mean context help, like in this post [qtcreator.blogspot.com]

Content and index are working fine.

The hover-and-hit-F1 context help works for me with the Qt Creator snapshot from Jun 7 (from revision b4bf0289b1, for Windows). If I hover-F1 over #include <algorithm>, it pulls up the algorithms page. If I hover-F1 over #include <vector>, it pulls up the vector page. If I hover over #include <numeric>, it does not work (probably because there is no numeric keyword in the index). The context help has been somewhat problematic, but it has been getting more reliable over time. I find recent development builds work more often than not.

bradley: We try not to break creator, but sometimes something does slip through… having said that: Most of the people working on qt creator do so using creator from the branch they work on, so we do tend to notice most breakages:-)

I tried with Qt Creator 2.0.1 and yes, the context help does not work. I did not debug the Qt Creator, but STL reference (available here: http://developer.qt.nokia.com/wiki/Qt_Creator_Documentation_Gallery) does work in the context mode. This makes me wonder if the context tags were generated correctly when the cppref.qch file was created?

I tried “cppref.qch” with Qt Creator 2.0.1. Context help works fine for functions (e.g. abs, ceil, atoi), but doesn’t works for keywords (e.g. void, switch, public). But it’s good enough :)

The context help (F1) seems only to work, if the correct #include statement is in the code. I tried “cppref.qch” and also the Linux Man Pages (available here http://developer.qt.nokia.com/wiki/Qt_Creator_Documentation_Gallery) with Qt Creator 2.2.1 and also the latest nightly build of 2.3.
Here an example code to test the context help:

For example, for the math functions abs() and sqrt() the context help works only if <cmath> is included and recognized by QtCreator (cmath.h must be in the PATH or in INCLUDEPATH of the *.pro project file). The same behavior for rand() and <cstdlib>. But for printf, fprintf or fopen the context help does not work at all, even with <cstdio>. Also no context help for the keywords.

Normally, a context help system should be independent of the syntax parser, i.e. the include files, as it happens often that one would like to know the correct include file for a specific function.

Same problem for QCoreApplication and its #include statement, as soon as the #include <QtCore/QCoreApplication> statement is commented (//) or removed, “QCoreApplication” change its color and no more context help via F1.
So the problem seems to be general for all qch-help files and not only the C++-reference or Linux Man Pages help files. It is a problem of Qt Creator and not the help files or their context tags.
I have put a bug-report here:
https://bugreports.qt.nokia.com/browse/QTCREATORBUG-5948

To finalize this thread – you can find cpp reference in qch format here CPP-reference [en.cppreference.com]

I took the liberty of adding that link to the Qt Creator documentation gallery [qt-project.org] (below the other link to and C++ reference in QCH format;-)