I could also add label with the online url and date above the text. [https://docs.python.org/3.x/library/idle.html as of <release date>]

Maybe this is a bit messy?

I may be wrong but I suspect that most people on docs.python.org use none dev versions. For us, most likely, we keep to the releases (maybe behind the very current version, but unlikely that we are compiling in the latest bug fixes, or (and here I could be absolutely wrong) pulling from a distribution that is). (If they are compiling their own Python with bug fixes, is it fair to assume they are also preparing their own documentation? Not sure.) Say I am using Python 3.7.5, the documentation, being for Python 3.7.7, is (hopefully?) sufficient for me to know it is not the same as the IDLE I am using - the addition of the date may help emphasize the point, but chances are I don't track the release schedule/know when my IDLE was packaged for me and so it may only further confuse me. I suggest that if the page has the release version don't also provide the "as of <release date>" . Now if Documentation for all patchlevels were available ... but I suspect that may not be possible. Thinking about it though Paul said: So I looked for it on the main docs page, docs.python.org, and didn't find it there. I ended up finding it by web search.

From 3.5 there is a search on the top right of docs.python.org: @phr is that what you meant by web search or did you use google/bing/etc? Most likely many people use the search to find what they want from docs.python.org ... or it is hardly used. On Sat, May 23, 2020 at 4:14 AM Terry J. Reedy <report@bugs.python.org> wrote:

Terry J. Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> added the comment:

I agree that finding the online doc is slight pain. It is not listed in the Modules index because idlelib, not IDLE, is the stdlib module, and does not have a doc page. I may add one or, if possible, make the page serve as one, as part of this issue. 'IDLE' *is* in the Index, and the first link is the correct one.

I don't control and would not unilaterally change the main page. I am hesitant because I expect that there are people who would think it unfair or deceptive to especially promote IDLE this way versus other stdlib packages and non-stdlib IDEs and editors. I might subscribe to and post on python-ideas to see what other users think.

Help => IDLE Help displays an offline copy of idle.html as of the release date in a tktinker text window. Have you noticed that? Would "IDLE doc" be clearer?

I could also add label with the online url and date above the text. [https://docs.python.org/3.x/library/idle.html as of <release date>]

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I think I used duckduckgo to find the docs.

Ok, I just checked and when one has scrolled down the search is not seen. In most browsers web search is easier than searching on the docs site. ---------- Added file: https://bugs.python.org/file49186/docs.python.org.png _______________________________________ Python tracker <report@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue40733> _______________________________________