[Python-Dev] Python Documentation, Python language improvement, and productive discussion

2020-07-02 Thread Carol Willing
Hi folks, Earlier this year at the Python Language Summit, Ned Batchelder and I presented the concept of a Documentation Workgroup and a vision for the next few years: - Slidedeck https://speakerdeck.com/willingc/cpython-documentation-the-next-5-years - Blog post https://pyfound.blogspot.com/2

[Python-Dev] Python Documentation and AIX specifics - how to proceed?

2019-12-26 Thread Michael
First - best wishes all for a happy and healthy 2020! As my nickname implies - my primary means to contribute to Python is with regard to AIX. One of the things I recently came across is Misc/README.AIX which was last updated sometime between 2010 and 2014. I am thinking a facelift is in order. As

Re: [Python-Dev] Python Documentation Translation in italian language

2019-04-20 Thread Terry Reedy
On 4/20/2019 4:14 AM, Alessandro Cucci wrote: Hello folks, I want to start a project for translating the Python Documentation in Italian. I'm reading the PEP545, trying to understand how it works. I founded a Python User Group in my city and I can work with them on the translations, plus next

[Python-Dev] Python Documentation Translation in italian language

2019-04-20 Thread Alessandro Cucci
Hello folks, I want to start a project for translating the Python Documentation in Italian. I'm reading the PEP545, trying to understand how it works. I founded a Python User Group in my city and I can work with them on the translations, plus next month I will be speaker at Pycon Italy, so I can e

Re: [Python-Dev] Python documentation

2008-09-22 Thread Steve Holden
Nick Coghlan wrote: > Benjamin Peterson wrote: >> On Sun, Sep 21, 2008 at 2:12 PM, "Martin v. Löwis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] >>> In addition, some documentation set should show up at >>> >>> http://docs.python.org/ >>> >>> Not sure whether this should be 2.6 or 3.0. >> Almost certainly 2.6

Re: [Python-Dev] Python documentation

2008-09-21 Thread Georg Brandl
Barry Warsaw schrieb: > On Sep 21, 2008, at 6:03 AM, Georg Brandl wrote: > >> Barry Warsaw schrieb: >>> Martin points out that in the past, as part of the release process, >>> we've built separate downloadable documentation. >>> >>> Do we still want to do that for Python 2.6 and 3.0, and if so, ho

Re: [Python-Dev] Python documentation

2008-09-21 Thread Nick Coghlan
Benjamin Peterson wrote: > On Sun, Sep 21, 2008 at 2:12 PM, "Martin v. Löwis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> I notice that for 2.5, we zip'd and tar-bz2'd them. Do we want to also >>> support tgz? We'll have to hack the release script to build the doc >>> zips. I'll try to test drive this whole

Re: [Python-Dev] Python documentation

2008-09-21 Thread Benjamin Peterson
On Sun, Sep 21, 2008 at 2:12 PM, "Martin v. Löwis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I notice that for 2.5, we zip'd and tar-bz2'd them. Do we want to also >> support tgz? We'll have to hack the release script to build the doc >> zips. I'll try to test drive this whole process soon. > > In addition

Re: [Python-Dev] Python documentation

2008-09-21 Thread Martin v. Löwis
> I notice that for 2.5, we zip'd and tar-bz2'd them. Do we want to also > support tgz? We'll have to hack the release script to build the doc > zips. I'll try to test drive this whole process soon. In addition to the creation of downloadable scripts, there should also be a copy of the document

Re: [Python-Dev] Python documentation

2008-09-21 Thread Fred Drake
On Sep 21, 2008, at 7:24 AM, Barry Warsaw wrote: I notice that for 2.5, we zip'd and tar-bz2'd them. Do we want to also support tgz? We'll have to hack the release script to build the doc zips. I'll try to test drive this whole process soon. We specifically decided to drop .tgz since it

Re: [Python-Dev] Python documentation

2008-09-21 Thread Barry Warsaw
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sep 21, 2008, at 6:03 AM, Georg Brandl wrote: Barry Warsaw schrieb: Martin points out that in the past, as part of the release process, we've built separate downloadable documentation. Do we still want to do that for Python 2.6 and 3.0, and if

Re: [Python-Dev] Python documentation

2008-09-21 Thread Georg Brandl
Barry Warsaw schrieb: > Martin points out that in the past, as part of the release process, > we've built separate downloadable documentation. > > Do we still want to do that for Python 2.6 and 3.0, and if so, how do > we go about doing that? I have this feeling that building the > documentation

Re: [Python-Dev] Python documentation

2008-09-19 Thread Raymond
+1. I find the offline versions to be vital. Sent from my iPhone On Sep 19, 2008, at 12:20 PM, Barry Warsaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Martin points out that in the past, as part of the release process, we've built separate downloadable documen

Re: [Python-Dev] Python documentation

2008-09-19 Thread Fred Drake
On Sep 19, 2008, at 7:20 AM, Barry Warsaw wrote: Martin points out that in the past, as part of the release process, we've built separate downloadable documentation. Do we still want to do that for Python 2.6 and 3.0, ...? Yes, I think so. The downloads are very useful for people who regu

[Python-Dev] Python documentation

2008-09-19 Thread Barry Warsaw
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Martin points out that in the past, as part of the release process, we've built separate downloadable documentation. Do we still want to do that for Python 2.6 and 3.0, and if so, how do we go about doing that? I have this feeling that building

[Python-Dev] Python Documentation Problem Example

2007-04-01 Thread xah lee
Python Doc Problem Example: os.path.split() Xah Lee, 20050918 Quote from: http://www.python.org/doc/2.4.1/lib/module-os.path.html « split(path) Split the pathname path into a pair, (head, tail) where tail is the last pathname component and head is everything leading up to that. The