[Python-Dev] Py2.3.1
Tim Peters
tim.one at comcast.net
Tue Aug 26 14:32:00 EDT 2003
[Thomas Heller]
> Sure. I just wanted to mention that switching to .chm doesn't
> decrease the download size for the installer exe.
So it's pretty mucn neutral by that measure. After installation, it saves a
lot of space (the 1000+ HTML files expand to > 12MB now).
>> A fully indexed .chm file is much better for searching than pydoc.
>> Sounds like a case of lose-a-little, gain-a-lot.
> Ok, should this already go into 2.3.1?
I think so. Note that IDLE may need a bit of fiddling, to keep its Help ->
Python Docs menu entry working.
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