[Python-Dev] The docs, reloaded (original) (raw)

Steven Bethard steven.bethard at gmail.com
Tue May 22 03:21:02 CEST 2007

On 5/21/07, skip at pobox.com <skip at pobox.com> wrote:

>> One comment I have, I don't know if it's relevant - it perhaps >> depends on whether the "Global Module Index" is auto-generated or >> not. This is the page I visit the most out of all the Python >> documentation, and it's far too large and unwieldy. IMHO it would be >> much better if only the top-level modules were shown here - having >> the single package 'distutils', for example, take up nearly 50 >> entries in the list is almost certainly hindering a lot more people >> than it helps. It would perhaps be better if such packages show up as >> one entry, which shows the sub-modules when clicked on. Georg> Sure, that is certainly possible. Take a look at <http://www.webfast.com/modindex/>. It records request counts for the various pages and presents the most frequently requested pages in a section at the top of the page. I can make the script available if anyone wants it (it uses Myghty - Mason in Python.)

+1 for integrating this with the official docs. I loved this the last time you posted it too.

STeVe

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