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Supports DevDocs.io compatible JSON dictionaries, including Python, Go, HTML, Postgre and many others.

Example # ↑

Search for "sql" and "select", case insensitive AND search.

$ docote sql select
### postgre sql-select ###
SELECT SELECT, TABLE, WITH — retrieve rows from a table or view   Synopsis [ WITH [ RECURSIVE ] with_query [, ...] ]
SELECT [ ALL | DISTINCT [ ON ( expression [, ...] ) ] ]
    [ * | expression [ [ AS ] output_name ] [, ...] ]
    [ FROM from_item [, ...] ]
...

Supported dictionaries # ↑

Others have created dictionaries for Python, Go, Postgre, Apache, CSS, DOM, JavaScript, HTML 5, HTTP, Bash, GTK, Godot, jQuery, Leaflet, Lua, MariaDB, nginx, NumPy, Pandas, PHP, PyGame, Qt, Ruby, scikit, SQLite, SVG, TensorFlow, Terraform, Vagrant, Vulkan, Werkzeug and others.

Any dictionary in this simple JSON format works.

{
	"sample keyword": "sample value",
	"foo": "<h1>bar</h1><p>lorem ipsum</p>"
}

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