[Python-ideas] Coloured documentation

[Georg Brandl]

MRAB schrieb:
> Leonardo Santagada wrote:
>> 
>> On May 6, 2009, at 2:22 PM, Sridhar Ratnakumar wrote:
>> 
>>> On 09-05-06 06:55 AM, Konrad Delong wrote:
>>>> The documentation underhttp://docs.python.org/  could have different
>>>> colour schemes for Python 2.5, 2.6, 2.7, 3.0, 3.1 and so on. This way
>>>> one would know on sight which docs one's reading.
>>>
>>> Good idea, although I'd rather have a vertical bar instead of color 
>>> schemes. For example, the vertical bar here,
>>>
>>>  http://www.w3.org/TR/2009/PER-xpath-functions-20090421/
>>>
>>> that reads "W3V Proposed Edited Recommendation" could read "2.6" in 
>>> slightly bigger font for the Python docs.
>> 
>> I'm +1 for the color bar idea like w3c and also we should just choose a 
>> color palette and then jus choose a color for each new release of python 
>> (and of course the back ones). No color formulas based on versions 
>> please (this would just end up in ugly colors and no one knowing how to 
>> decode the version from the color anyway).
>> 
> I was thinking of running through the spectrum from Python 1.0 red
> through Python 2.0 green to Python 3.0 blue. Not sure what happens when
> we get to ultraviolet. New monitors? :-)

Please no. The docs are already considered a bit too colorful by some people.

(Also, Python 1.0 is green and Python 2.0 is blue.)

Georg