<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hi there,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I know there might be a way to get what I’m suggesting, but I haven’t found it, so I’m sharing it here.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">In brief, searching for things like “Dictionary Methods”, “List Methods”, and “String Methods” returns long lists or search results.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Searching for any of the above should result in the top search result being a page that contains the methods. Or at least there should be some easy to find links in the docs that point to such things.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Sadly, I wind up using Google and usually find myself on a different site than the official Python documentation. While some of these sites are okay, I find the content in the Python documentation to be best. If only I can find it!</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I hope I don’t come across as sounding like a whiner, but… whaaa whaa whaaa :) </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Best,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Kim</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">To clarify I start my searches from here: <a href="file:///Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/Resources/English.lproj/Documentation/index.html#" class="">file:///Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/Resources/English.lproj/Documentation/index.html#</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">This like is provided during Python 3.7 install and I’ve bookmarked it for “easy” reference.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">An example is when searching for “List Methods”, there are 239 results.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">In order to actually find List Methods in the docs, I need to do this:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">1. Navigate to the General Index page</div><div class="">2. Click L (for List)</div><div class="">3. Search on the page for List (there are 19 matches)</div><div class="">4. Get frustrated as there is not section for Methods to click on</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><ul style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; list-style-type: none; padding-left: 0em; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: "Lucida Grande", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" class=""><li style="text-align: justify; -webkit-hyphens: auto; line-height: 20.799999237060547px;" class=""><a href="file:///Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/Resources/English.lproj/Documentation/glossary.html#term-list" style="color: rgb(99, 99, 187); text-decoration: none;" class=""><strong class="">list</strong></a><ul style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; list-style-type: none;" class=""><li style="text-align: justify; -webkit-hyphens: auto; line-height: 20.799999237060547px;" class=""><a href="file:///Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/Resources/English.lproj/Documentation/reference/simple_stmts.html#index-6" style="color: rgb(99, 99, 187); text-decoration: none;" class="">assignment, target</a></li><li style="text-align: justify; -webkit-hyphens: auto; line-height: 20.799999237060547px;" class=""><a href="file:///Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/Resources/English.lproj/Documentation/reference/expressions.html#index-12" style="color: rgb(99, 99, 187); text-decoration: none;" class="">comprehensions</a></li><li style="text-align: justify; -webkit-hyphens: auto; line-height: 20.799999237060547px;" class=""><a href="file:///Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/Resources/English.lproj/Documentation/reference/simple_stmts.html#index-21" style="color: rgb(99, 99, 187); text-decoration: none;" class="">deletion target</a></li><li style="text-align: justify; -webkit-hyphens: auto; line-height: 20.799999237060547px;" class=""><a href="file:///Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/Resources/English.lproj/Documentation/reference/expressions.html#index-12" style="color: rgb(99, 99, 187); text-decoration: none;" class="">display</a></li><li style="text-align: justify; -webkit-hyphens: auto; line-height: 20.799999237060547px;" class=""><a href="file:///Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/Resources/English.lproj/Documentation/reference/expressions.html#index-12" style="color: rgb(99, 99, 187); text-decoration: none;" class="">empty</a></li><li style="text-align: justify; -webkit-hyphens: auto; line-height: 20.799999237060547px;" class=""><a href="file:///Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/Resources/English.lproj/Documentation/reference/expressions.html#index-80" style="color: rgb(99, 99, 187); text-decoration: none;" class="">expression</a>, <a href="file:///Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/Resources/English.lproj/Documentation/reference/simple_stmts.html#index-1" style="color: rgb(99, 99, 187); text-decoration: none;" class="">[1]</a>, <a href="file:///Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/Resources/English.lproj/Documentation/reference/simple_stmts.html#index-2" style="color: rgb(99, 99, 187); text-decoration: none;" class="">[2]</a></li><li style="text-align: justify; -webkit-hyphens: auto; line-height: 20.799999237060547px;" class=""><a href="file:///Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/Resources/English.lproj/Documentation/c-api/list.html#index-0" style="color: rgb(99, 99, 187); text-decoration: none;" class="">object</a>, <a href="file:///Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/Resources/English.lproj/Documentation/library/stdtypes.html#index-21" style="color: rgb(99, 99, 187); text-decoration: none;" class="">[1]</a>, <a href="file:///Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/Resources/English.lproj/Documentation/library/stdtypes.html#index-23" style="color: rgb(99, 99, 187); text-decoration: none;" class="">[2]</a>, <a href="file:///Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/Resources/English.lproj/Documentation/reference/datamodel.html#index-23" style="color: rgb(99, 99, 187); text-decoration: none;" class="">[3]</a>, <a href="file:///Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/Resources/English.lproj/Documentation/reference/expressions.html#index-12" style="color: rgb(99, 99, 187); text-decoration: none;" class="">[4]</a>, <a href="file:///Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/Resources/English.lproj/Documentation/reference/expressions.html#index-33" style="color: rgb(99, 99, 187); text-decoration: none;" class="">[5]</a>, <a href="file:///Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/Resources/English.lproj/Documentation/reference/expressions.html#index-35" style="color: rgb(99, 99, 187); text-decoration: none;" class="">[6]</a>, <a href="file:///Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/Resources/English.lproj/Documentation/reference/expressions.html#index-38" style="color: rgb(99, 99, 187); text-decoration: none;" class="">[7]</a>, <a href="file:///Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/Resources/English.lproj/Documentation/reference/simple_stmts.html#index-10" style="color: rgb(99, 99, 187); text-decoration: none;" class="">[8]</a></li><li style="text-align: justify; -webkit-hyphens: auto; line-height: 20.799999237060547px;" class=""><a href="file:///Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/Resources/English.lproj/Documentation/reference/compound_stmts.html#index-6" style="color: rgb(99, 99, 187); text-decoration: none;" class="">target</a>, <a href="file:///Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/Resources/English.lproj/Documentation/reference/compound_stmts.html#index-6" style="color: rgb(99, 99, 187); text-decoration: none;" class="">[1]</a>, <a href="file:///Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/Resources/English.lproj/Documentation/reference/simple_stmts.html#index-5" style="color: rgb(99, 99, 187); text-decoration: none;" class="">[2]</a></li><li style="text-align: justify; -webkit-hyphens: auto; line-height: 20.799999237060547px;" class=""><a href="file:///Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/Resources/English.lproj/Documentation/library/stdtypes.html#index-22" style="color: rgb(99, 99, 187); text-decoration: none;" class="">type, operations on</a></li></ul></li><li style="text-align: justify; -webkit-hyphens: auto; line-height: 20.799999237060547px;" class=""><a href="file:///Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/Resources/English.lproj/Documentation/library/stdtypes.html#list" style="color: rgb(99, 99, 187); text-decoration: none;" class="">list (built-in class)</a></li><li style="text-align: justify; -webkit-hyphens: auto; line-height: 20.799999237060547px;" class=""><a href="file:///Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/Resources/English.lproj/Documentation/library/typing.html#typing.List" style="color: rgb(99, 99, 187); text-decoration: none;" class="">List (class in typing)</a></li><li style="text-align: justify; -webkit-hyphens: auto; line-height: 20.799999237060547px;" class=""><a href="file:///Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/Resources/English.lproj/Documentation/library/pdb.html#pdbcommand-list" style="color: rgb(99, 99, 187); text-decoration: none;" class="">list (pdb command)</a></li><li style="text-align: justify; -webkit-hyphens: auto; line-height: 20.799999237060547px;" class=""><a href="file:///Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/Resources/English.lproj/Documentation/glossary.html#term-list-comprehension" style="color: rgb(99, 99, 187); text-decoration: none;" class=""><strong class="">list comprehension</strong></a></li><li style="text-align: justify; -webkit-hyphens: auto; line-height: 20.799999237060547px;" class=""><a href="file:///Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/Resources/English.lproj/Documentation/library/imaplib.html#imaplib.IMAP4.list" style="color: rgb(99, 99, 187); text-decoration: none;" class="">list() (imaplib.IMAP4 method)</a><ul style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; list-style-type: none;" class=""><li style="text-align: justify; -webkit-hyphens: auto; line-height: 20.799999237060547px;" class=""><a href="file:///Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/Resources/English.lproj/Documentation/library/multiprocessing.html#multiprocessing.managers.SyncManager.list" style="color: rgb(99, 99, 187); text-decoration: none;" class="">(multiprocessing.managers.SyncManager method)</a></li><li style="text-align: justify; -webkit-hyphens: auto; line-height: 20.799999237060547px;" class=""><a href="file:///Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/Resources/English.lproj/Documentation/library/nntplib.html#nntplib.NNTP.list" style="color: rgb(99, 99, 187); text-decoration: none;" class="">(nntplib.NNTP method)</a></li><li style="text-align: justify; -webkit-hyphens: auto; line-height: 20.799999237060547px;" class=""><a href="file:///Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/Resources/English.lproj/Documentation/library/poplib.html#poplib.POP3.list" style="color: rgb(99, 99, 187); text-decoration: none;" class="">(poplib.POP3 method)</a></li><li style="text-align: justify; -webkit-hyphens: auto; line-height: 20.799999237060547px;" class=""><a href="file:///Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/Resources/English.lproj/Documentation/library/tarfile.html#tarfile.TarFile.list" style="color: rgb(99, 99, 187); text-decoration: none;" class="">(tarfile.TarFile method)</a></li></ul></li><li style="text-align: justify; -webkit-hyphens: auto; line-height: 20.799999237060547px;" class=""><a href="file:///Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/Resources/English.lproj/Documentation/library/dis.html#opcode-LIST_APPEND" style="color: rgb(99, 99, 187); text-decoration: none;" class="">LIST_APPEND (opcode)</a></li><li style="text-align: justify; -webkit-hyphens: auto; line-height: 20.799999237060547px;" class=""><a href="file:///Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/Resources/English.lproj/Documentation/library/csv.html#csv.list_dialects" style="color: rgb(99, 99, 187); text-decoration: none;" class="">list_dialects() (in module csv)</a></li><li style="text-align: justify; -webkit-hyphens: auto; line-height: 20.799999237060547px;" class=""><a href="file:///Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/Resources/English.lproj/Documentation/library/mailbox.html#mailbox.Maildir.list_folders" style="color: rgb(99, 99, 187); text-decoration: none;" class="">list_folders() (mailbox.Maildir method)</a><ul style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; list-style-type: none;" class=""><li style="text-align: justify; -webkit-hyphens: auto; line-height: 20.799999237060547px;" class=""><a href="file:///Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/Resources/English.lproj/Documentation/library/mailbox.html#mailbox.MH.list_folders" style="color: rgb(99, 99, 187); text-decoration: none;" class="">(mailbox.MH method)</a></li></ul></li></ul><div class=""><br class=""></div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">At least String has a section called methods:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><ul style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; list-style-type: none; padding-left: 0em; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: "Lucida Grande", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" class=""><li style="text-align: justify; -webkit-hyphens: auto; line-height: 20.799999237060547px;" class="">string<ul style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; list-style-type: none;" class=""><li style="text-align: justify; -webkit-hyphens: auto; line-height: 20.799999237060547px;" class=""><a href="file:///Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/Resources/English.lproj/Documentation/c-api/object.html#index-2" style="color: rgb(99, 99, 187); text-decoration: none;" class="">PyObject_Str (C function)</a></li><li style="text-align: justify; -webkit-hyphens: auto; line-height: 20.799999237060547px;" class=""><a href="file:///Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/Resources/English.lproj/Documentation/reference/datamodel.html#index-74" style="color: rgb(99, 99, 187); text-decoration: none;" class="">__format__() (object method)</a></li><li style="text-align: justify; -webkit-hyphens: auto; line-height: 20.799999237060547px;" class=""><a href="file:///Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/Resources/English.lproj/Documentation/reference/datamodel.html#index-72" style="color: rgb(99, 99, 187); text-decoration: none;" class="">__str__() (object method)</a></li><li style="text-align: justify; -webkit-hyphens: auto; line-height: 20.799999237060547px;" class=""><a href="file:///Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/Resources/English.lproj/Documentation/reference/datamodel.html#index-74" style="color: rgb(99, 99, 187); text-decoration: none;" class="">conversion</a>, <a href="file:///Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/Resources/English.lproj/Documentation/reference/simple_stmts.html#index-3" style="color: rgb(99, 99, 187); text-decoration: none;" class="">[1]</a></li><li style="text-align: justify; -webkit-hyphens: auto; line-height: 20.799999237060547px;" class=""><a href="file:///Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/Resources/English.lproj/Documentation/library/functions.html#index-4" style="color: rgb(99, 99, 187); text-decoration: none;" class="">format() (built-in function)</a></li><li style="text-align: justify; -webkit-hyphens: auto; line-height: 20.799999237060547px;" class=""><a href="file:///Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/Resources/English.lproj/Documentation/reference/lexical_analysis.html#index-20" style="color: rgb(99, 99, 187); text-decoration: none;" class="">formatted literal</a></li><li style="text-align: justify; -webkit-hyphens: auto; line-height: 20.799999237060547px;" class=""><a href="file:///Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/Resources/English.lproj/Documentation/library/stdtypes.html#index-33" style="color: rgb(99, 99, 187); text-decoration: none;" class="">formatting, printf</a></li><li style="text-align: justify; -webkit-hyphens: auto; line-height: 20.799999237060547px;" class=""><a href="file:///Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/Resources/English.lproj/Documentation/reference/datamodel.html#index-18" style="color: rgb(99, 99, 187); text-decoration: none;" class="">immutable sequences</a></li><li style="text-align: justify; -webkit-hyphens: auto; line-height: 20.799999237060547px;" class=""><a href="file:///Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/Resources/English.lproj/Documentation/reference/lexical_analysis.html#index-20" style="color: rgb(99, 99, 187); text-decoration: none;" class="">interpolated literal</a></li><li style="text-align: justify; -webkit-hyphens: auto; line-height: 20.799999237060547px;" class=""><a href="file:///Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/Resources/English.lproj/Documentation/library/stdtypes.html#index-33" style="color: rgb(99, 99, 187); text-decoration: none;" class="">interpolation, printf</a></li><li style="text-align: justify; -webkit-hyphens: auto; line-height: 20.799999237060547px;" class=""><a href="file:///Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/Resources/English.lproj/Documentation/reference/expressions.html#index-36" style="color: rgb(99, 99, 187); text-decoration: none;" class="">item</a></li><li style="text-align: justify; -webkit-hyphens: auto; line-height: 20.799999237060547px;" class=""><a href="file:///Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/Resources/English.lproj/Documentation/library/stdtypes.html#index-30" style="color: rgb(99, 99, 187); text-decoration: none;" class="">methods</a></li><li style="text-align: justify; -webkit-hyphens: auto; line-height: 20.799999237060547px;" class=""><a href="file:///Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/Resources/English.lproj/Documentation/library/locale.html#index-6" style="color: rgb(99, 99, 187); text-decoration: none;" class="">module</a></li><li style="text-align: justify; -webkit-hyphens: auto; line-height: 20.799999237060547px;" class=""><a href="file:///Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/Resources/English.lproj/Documentation/library/stdtypes.html#index-26" style="color: rgb(99, 99, 187); text-decoration: none;" class="">object</a>, <a href="file:///Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/Resources/English.lproj/Documentation/reference/expressions.html#index-35" style="color: rgb(99, 99, 187); text-decoration: none;" class="">[1]</a>, <a href="file:///Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/Resources/English.lproj/Documentation/reference/expressions.html#index-38" style="color: rgb(99, 99, 187); text-decoration: none;" class="">[2]</a></li><li style="text-align: justify; -webkit-hyphens: auto; line-height: 20.799999237060547px;" class=""><a href="file:///Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/Resources/English.lproj/Documentation/extending/newtypes.html#index-3" style="color: rgb(99, 99, 187); text-decoration: none;" class="">object representation</a></li><li style="text-align: justify; -webkit-hyphens: auto; line-height: 20.799999237060547px;" class=""><a href="file:///Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/Resources/English.lproj/Documentation/library/stdtypes.html#index-28" style="color: rgb(99, 99, 187); text-decoration: none;" class="">str (built-in class)</a></li><li style="text-align: justify; -webkit-hyphens: auto; line-height: 20.799999237060547px;" class=""><a href="file:///Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/Resources/English.lproj/Documentation/library/functions.html#index-10" style="color: rgb(99, 99, 187); text-decoration: none;" class="">str() (built-in function)</a></li><li style="text-align: justify; -webkit-hyphens: auto; line-height: 20.799999237060547px;" class=""><a href="file:///Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/Resources/English.lproj/Documentation/library/stdtypes.html#index-26" style="color: rgb(99, 99, 187); text-decoration: none;" class="">text sequence type</a></li></ul></li></ul><div class=""><br class=""></div></div><P><a style="display:block;margin-top:20px;font-family:sans-serif;text-align:center;padding:10px;font-size:12px;white-space: pre-line !important;background-color:#fafafa;color:#007DCC;" href="https://migadu.com?s=sent_via">Sent via <b>Migadu.com</b>, world's easiest email hosting</a></P></body></html>