Georg Brandl <g.brandl at gmx.net> wrote: > Hi, > > over the last few weeks I've hacked on a new approach to Python's documentation. > As Python already has an excellent documentation framework, the docutils, with a > readable yet extendable markup format, reST, I thought that it should be > possible to use those instead of the current LaTeX->latex2html toolchain. > > For the impatient: the result can be seen at <http://pydoc.gbrandl.de>. I'm generally a curmudgeon when it comes to 'the docs could be done better'. But this? I like it. A lot. Especially if you can get these other features in: > - a "quick-dispatch" function: e.g., docs.python.org/q?os.path.split would > redirect you to the matching location. > - "interactive patching": provide an "propose edit" link, leading to a Wiki-like > page where you can edit the source. From the result, a diff is generated, > which can be accepted, edited or rejected by the development team. This is > even more straightforward than plain old comments. > - the same infrastructure could be used for developers, with automatic checkin > into subversion. I'm a bit iffy on yet another tool, but if roundup integration could be done, I think it would be great. - Josiah
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