Hi Quantum Mechanic, Web Search ------------- I went back and checked a Google search and a Duck Duck Go search on "pylint".
- On Duck Duck Go, https://www.pylint.org <https://www.pylint.org/> and https://pylint.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ <https://pylint.readthedocs.io/en/latest/> are the first two hits. - On Google, https://www.pylint.org <https://www.pylint.org/> and https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pylint <https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pylint> are the first two hits. For a "pylint pylintrc" search: - On Duck Duck Go, the website and v2.0 ReadTheDocs page are in the top four hits. - On Google, the v1.6.5 ReadThe Docs page and the GitHub repo are in the top two hits. I'm not an SEO person but someone else may have a suggestion on how to improve the hit rate for v2.0 ReadTheDocs on Google. ReadTheDocs Search ----------------------- When I try searching on "pylintrc" from the search box, I do receive 6 hits. Unfortunately, each of those when clicked redirect to the docs home page. Searching for "init-hook", I see the same behavior. This is a bug/configuration error in Sphinx setup or the theme of some sort. There is an open issue on the GitHub repo: https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/1600 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/1600> Next actions -------------- I've added this summary to the open issue: https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/1600#issuecomment-361977477 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/1600#issuecomment-361977477> Perhaps labeling this doc issue as Help Wanted as well would be useful. Regards, Carol > On Jan 30, 2018, at 8:46 AM, Quantum Mechanic > <quantum.mechanic.1...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm sorry I riled everyone up. My apologies. > > === Trying to reproduce === > Getting back to this today, I'm not sent to readthedocs.org > <http://readthedocs.org/>. I'll chalk that up to the interwebz demons > fiddling around (could be anywhere between my $work, Google, and your end, > including various intermediaries). > > Now, back to the next problem. There doesn't seem to be any documentation on > the fields in .pylintrc. I'm specifically looking for init-hook help. > > I can't find anything of substance in the html docs, so I download the PDF > and search for "init-hook". There are 6 hits, most only mentions. > > Finally, it occurs to me (from the nature of the change summaries in the PDF) > that this is probably a command line argument. Low and behold, pylint --help > has a blurb. (As an aside, I'm wondering how to format this well for command > line, due to the significant whitespace feature, but that's a problem for > another day.) > > === Problem 1 === > Search not helpful > =============== > > For me, the web docs are not that helpful for searching, as it doesn't get me > any closer. Take this screenshot of a search for init-hook: > > The first link goes to > http://docs.pylint.org/en/latest/user_guide/run.html?highlight=init-hook > <http://docs.pylint.org/en/latest/user_guide/run.html?highlight=init-hook>, > which looks like this: > > ...which I had before. > > === Problem 2 === > Command line help not online > =============== > > The command line help does not exist online or in the PDF in except in brief, > as far as I can see. Perhaps this is intentional? (It makes it harder to post > Stack Exchange answers, but that's SEP.) > > === Problem 3 === > How to include multiline code in .pylintrc file in the init-hook section. > =============== > > This doesn't seem to be covered anywhere in the docs, but is an obvious use > case. > > > > On Fri, Jan 26, 2018 at 12:05 PM, Quantum Mechanic > <quantum.mechanic.1...@gmail.com > <mailto:quantum.mechanic.1...@gmail.com>>wrote: > Googling for "pylint pylintrc" gives me the first hit as > https://docs.pylint.org/en/1.6.0/run.html > <https://docs.pylint.org/en/1.6.0/run.html>. > > This lands me on https://docs.pylint.org/en/1.6.0/run.html > <https://docs.pylint.org/en/1.6.0/run.html>, asking me to login. I have a > login, and clicking "Login" sends me to https://readthedocs.org/dashboard/ > <https://readthedocs.org/dashboard/>, spoiling the google search. > > In fact, searching on google only shows me that something might be there. I > have to search *again* on ReadTheDocs, which isn't friendly at all. > > Poking around until I find a search box at > https://pylint.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ > <https://pylint.readthedocs.io/en/latest/>, I type in "pylintrc", which > returns the *same bloody page* (OK, yes, it has this helpful bit: > https://pylint.readthedocs.io/en/latest/?highlight=pylintrc > <https://pylint.readthedocs.io/en/latest/?highlight=pylintrc>, which does > exactly...nothing.) > > So I'm stuck trolling around in the full docs there. Instead, I should just > pull down the source code, and do my own grep -r. > > I feel like I've been violated. > > -- > -QM > Quantum Mechanics: The dreams stuff is made of > > > > -- > -QM > Quantum Mechanics: The dreams stuff is made of > <Screen Shot 2018-01-30 at 16.19.05.png><Screen Shot 2018-01-30 at > 16.20.46.png>_______________________________________________ > code-quality mailing list > code-quality@python.org <mailto:code-quality@python.org> > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/code-quality > <https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/code-quality>
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