I've found a publisher who's somewhat interested in producing a printed version of the Python docs, though nothing is certain yet. In the knowledge that there may be a printed version of the 1.5 docs, what changes should be made?
I for one would want to make sure that we don't rush into something like this without making sure that the product is high-quality. I agree with ,I think it was you, Andrew, that the docs need a typesetting makeover at the very least. I also feel that the tutorial badly needs an overhaul -- right now most of the good stuff is in "and then we added ..." sections, which gives the wrong impression. I realize that the author of the tutorial (GvR) is too busy, but I do think it's an important and needed change...
Yes, and yes... :-(
BTW: the reason I think it's important to do a good job is that I think this sort of product has a much bigger PR effect than one might think -- and first impressions count a lot.
Hmm, I'm not sure. We don't have a marketing organization like O'Reilly, and we'll probably mostly sell to people who already like Python but don't have the resources to print the docs themselves. So I don't think it will be a big PR item. --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/) _______________ DOC-SIG - SIG for the Python Documentation Project send messages to: doc-sig@python.org administrivia to: doc-sig-request@python.org _______________