For a refreshing change of pace I would like to agree with Guidio. It seems
.. I am so glad. My rants then have not been totally in vain ;-)
to me that Jason you come to the table with too many expectations (maybe from your Rebol experience) of how a help system "should" work, rather than spending the energy focusing on learning how the Python help system does work.. And I would agree with Guido, once that (minor) effort is
Yes a good point. But people _do_ come with other expectations and habits. Some of them quite good ones too. I am actively learning Actionscript[MX], REBOL, Python, CGI and XSLT at the moment on Windows and Linux, trying stuff out daily on a Win98se laptop and 3 remote servers. In addtion to scripting work, I use easily half a dozen multimedia apps daily. Philosphically yours is good advice. Culturally, technically, I have chosen to embrace this diversity, or else I shold focus strongly on one, such as Python. I agree if I did, that I might learn faster and develop deeper skills in it. But my chosen path is "multi" - "media" and how to connect ideas and techniques from different sources.
made, all your expectations and more, from that point on, look like they will be met.
I am sorry. I flogged the horse too long, giving the unbalanced impression it was about me, becuae I wanted to offer subjecitive examples from the Python prompt. Not easy. Mostly because we lack better feedback from others [novices and teachers]
And I would generalize that further. Have more confidence in Python. But fewer expectations coming in.
I do... and yes it's good advice at any time of day! Happy Equinox and Harvest full moon to you all thanks ./Jason