man pages for c++?

[John L Fjellstad]

Luqman <luqman_ngs at gmx.net> writes:

>>Thanks for your reply. But I am a bit confused at seeing three different
>>versions of libstdc++ on my system (edgy).
>>
>>- libstdc++5
>>- libstdc++6
>>- libstdc++6.4.1-dev

>From what I can figure out,
libstdc++5 is for g++ v 2.95
libstdc++6 is for g++ v 3.x
libstdc++6-4.x is for g++ v 4.x

So, if you are on edgy, you should probably install libstdc++6-4.1-doc

> I have read up a bit in google results for "man page c++" and it seems
> there do not exist any man pages for c++ like for c.

They're wrong.  Do man std::string for instance

> Having installed the above mentioned doc for c++, I think there is no
> fast online reference available. I will have to seek resort in a good
> c++ reference book. Offline reference will ofcourse never be looked up
> as fast as a 3 stroke-away man page reference for c routines.
>
> Can anyone refer me to a good c++ reference book? 

I really liked C++ Standard Library by Josuttis.  Very good book.  
There is C++ Programming Language by Stroustrup. I like both these
books.  They complement each other.
There is also a C++ In a Nutshell if you like those books.  I haven't
really read this one, so I can't say anything about it (I do like the
Java and Perl versions, so the C++ might also be good).

-- 
John L. Fjellstad
web: http://www.fjellstad.org/          Quis custodiet ipsos custodes