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| Subject | Re: Do you feel bad because of the Python docs? |
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| Date | 2013-03-07 03:04 +0100 |
| From | "Michael Ross" <gmx@ross.cx> |
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.python |
| Message-ID | <mailman.2971.1362621879.2939.python-list@python.org> (permalink) |
On Thu, 07 Mar 2013 02:28:10 +0100, Chris Kaynor <ckaynor@zindagigames.com> wrote: > I actually just tried that, and the results weren't very good. > > Using the doc's search feature, the "Reporting Bugs" (and the "About > these documents") page >was significantly down the page (about 2/3 of > the way) - not the most obvious result in the pile. All the >other > searches I could think of either didn't return either of those pages at > all, or they were also 1/2-2/3 >of the way down the page. > > Using Google it took me about 3 seconds to find the page. "python report doc bug". Works with Bing or DuckDuckGo too. First hit on either engine. The doc's search is ... fine if I search for e. g. 'subprocess.Popen', but near-useless for general searches. > > The link is also on the main documentation page, but it is, again, near > the bottom, making it hidden from >many users. Both of them show up just > above the bottom of the window with it maximized on my screen. > > > > The first of the issues may be difficult to fix, Is it? You'd just have to have an additional search box labeld "search whole page with google/bing/whatever" (?) > but would likely be fairly useful - that would generally be my first > port of call. The second one is more >minor as most people will scroll > down to see whats farther down, if they go to the main page to find the > >links. > > > > Chris > > > > On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 5:06 PM, alex23 <wuwei23@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> On Mar 7, 10:47 am, Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohn...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> That's great Terry, but how will the next person find the link? >> >> >> >> Why do you have such a low opinion of others that you think they're >> >> unable to look up "Reporting Bugs" in the _documentation_? >> >> -- >> >> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list >> >
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