> > > My guess is that most of those will be using the win32 > > > distribution. Many of them will no doubt refuse to RTFM, but for > > > those who will, providing them with the docs in .chm format (and > > > actively promoting it) might cut down on the "support cost" of the > > > traffic on c.l.py. > > > > I strongly doubt that the *format* we use to provide the docs makes > > much of a difference. > > *Strongly* disagree. As someone who doesn't know where everything is > using docs where many things are in the wrong place, having built-in > fast searching is absolutely essential for my work. I can just imagine > how it is for a novice... as someone who's got the whole world in his > brain, Guido, I think you should consider disqualifying yourself from > trying to intuit what people need in the documentation department. Fair enough, I hadn't thought of the search feature. When I use it on MS provided help topics, it's often very frustrating, so maybe I didn't think favorably of it. But I agree being able to search the docs is important. --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)
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