On 1/23/2015 7:15 PM, R. David Murray wrote:
On Fri, 23 Jan 2015 15:55:29 -0800, Guido van Rossum
wrote: This adds entries to the index of the document -- similar to the index at the end of a book. I think single vs. double refers to different types of entries. Check out this page: https://docs.python.org/3/genindex.html
On Fri, Jan 23, 2015 at 3:43 PM, Ethan Furman
wrote: Can somebody please explain this?
.. index:: single: formatting, string (%) single: interpolation, string (%) single: string; formatting single: string; interpolation single: printf-style formatting single: sprintf-style formatting single: % formatting single: % interpolation
Specifically, what does index mean? What does single vs double vs triple mean? Is there a reference somewhere I can read?
It is explained in the Sphinx documentation: http://sphinx-doc.org/contents.html
Specifically:
The devguide has a cpython doc oriented intro to .rst that includes https://docs.python.org/devguide/documenting.html#index-generating-markup -- Terry Jan Reedy