[Python-Dev] docs.python.org pointing to Python 3 by default?

Terry Reedy tjreedy at udel.edu
Mon May 21 08:37:39 CEST 2012


On 5/21/2012 2:28 AM, Nick Coghlan wrote:
> On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 3:47 PM, Terry Reedy<tjreedy at udel.edu>  wrote:

>> What might be useful is to have the 'Other versions' links on the left
>> margin of *every* page, not just the front page, but have them link to the
>> corresponding page of the other docs (if there is one, and non-trivial I
>> expect). For someone trying to write combined 2/3 code, or merely to learn
>> the other version, I would think it useful to be able to jump to the
>> corresponding page for the other version.
>
> That's what the Django widget does. I'm not talking about their search
> form - I'm talking about the floating CSS box that appears in the
> bottom right of each page and stays there as you scroll down. If you
> click on it, the list of available documentation versions appears,
> with direct links to the corresponding page in the other versions.
>
> It has several attractive features:
> - always present, even when you scroll down on a long page
> - unobtrusive when you don't need it (only displays current version by
> default, have to click it to get the list of all versions)
> - direct links to the corresponding page in other versions

I see it now. Very nice. I hope our doc people can duplicate it.

-- 
Terry Jan Reedy



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