   Looking for a _good_ c++ reference
  I need to be able to look up the prototypes of functions and how to use them. For one thing I need it to be off line so I can access it when I am not connected to the internet or my isp is giving trouble.A direct link to a .chm or the page containing it would be nice. And I dont have any microsoft compiler so msdn is not available to me offline.The lack of a good reference is reallt holding me back from fully learning the language.thanks[edited by - try_catch_this on February 16, 2004 7:44:25 PM]
  http://www.cppreference.com/ ;  I really like this book:http://www.josuttis.com/libbook/index.htmlIt has way more detail and background information than for example www.cppreference.com ;  thanks but  http://www.cppreference.com/ is by no means a complete reference. Not even 1/4 of a reference. (I used a bot to download the entire site)  I will lookinto the other link ;http://www.josuttis.com/libbook/index.htmlWow an actual book ?! Thanks but I am not looking for a book unless its _free_ and can be downloaded to view off line.   ;quote:Original post by try_catch_this   thanks but  http://www.cppreference.com/ is by no means a complete reference. Not even 1/4 of a reference. (I used a bot to download the entire site)  I will lookinto the other link   You need be more specific in what you ask.  That site is great REFERENCE, site.  Its not going to teach you C++, but serves a resource when you want to look up somehting.If want a downloadable learning tut, the try this http://www.cplusplus.com/doc/#tutorial.  It contains pretty complete straight to the point tutorial on most of C++.  It does leave out the STL.   [edited by - yspotua on February 16, 2004 9:15:59 PM];  If you want a book, Bruce Eckel''s Thinking in C++ is highly recommended. I''ve never read it, and YMMV. ;  Oh, yeah. That''s a link to the entire book online - free. (Legal, too.) ;  I have a manual for plain C.,,,, Win32 API.,,,, OpenGL!,,,, the c++ STLWhy cant I get a c++ _complete_ manual like all the others?;  You can. But since the C++ standard is copyrighted, and since there isn''t really any organization with a vested interest in making reference material freely available so that individual programmers will love them and use their stuff, you''re probably going to have to pay for it. Quit being so cheap, and shell out for the Josuttis book; you''ll be glad you did.   "Sneftel is correct, if rather vulgar." --Flarelocke 