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Is it possible to remove all/most offline documentation from XCode 5, to free up disk space?
I would assume it is possible to make XCode (like Visual Studio in Windows) access documentation online, so removing offline documentation doesn't affect any functionality. Yes?
There are XVim and xVim plugins for Xcode, they are made exactly for this.
You can also use KeyRemap4MacBook for this (from answer on stackoverflow and this blog):
You can do that directly form Xcode preferences:
Maybe you can skip the step 6 if Xcode shows that the documentation is not installed.
Best Answer
Xcode 5, 6 and 7 documentation itself is located within:
You can delete the files and when you re-launch Xcode, it will offer to re-download the current docs if you have automatic updates set.
Before deleting actual documentation, make sure your downloads folder for the images that contain the installers and the documentation are cleaned out:
If you do decide to delete the documentation itself you will no longer have access to it through Xcode — so be careful not to delete the Core DocSets, or any others that you might need access to regularly as you don't fail over gracefully to the web documentation.
The documentation that is available for download through XCode is not simply a mirror of what Apple shows online. The docs available online amount to about 1/2 of what is actually available from the more comprehensive downloaded versions. Online documentation can also be updated to a newer build of Xcode, so downloading a copy ensures you have the correct documentation for your version of Xcode.