Re: Python Documentation (should be better?)

Ivan Van Laningham wrote: 
I get that.  My question, cleverly concealed in a rant, was, "Why does
clicking on the Documentation link at python.org NOT take me to
docs.python.org?"

I believe the issue here is that docs.python.org is only the *current* documentation. www.python.org/doc lists a variety of items which are not part of the current documentation, e.g.:

 * the development documentation
 * documentation for previous python versions
 * the Python wiki
 etc.

None of these are part of the official current documentation, so they're not on docs.python.org (so that when you search docs.python.org, you *do* only get the current documentation).

Would it have been better for you if the large link that says
 "Browse Current Documentation"
said instead
 "Browse and Search Current Documentation"
?

STeVe
.

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