Ivan Van Laningham wrote: > Hi All-- > > Robert Kern wrote: > >>Ivan Van Laningham wrote: >> >> >>>http://www.python.org/doc/ >>> >> >>Searching on docs.python.org goes through just the stuff that's on >>docs.python.org, which is pretty much just documentation. Google's magic >>points to the current documentation. >> >>Searching on www.python.org trolls through the entire www.python.org >>site. The search box doesn't narrow its scope just because you happen to >>be in the Documentation section currently. It doesn't get the current >>documentation because Google's magic gets a bit confused. > > I get that. My question, cleverly concealed in a rant, was, "Why does > clicking on the Documentation link at python.org NOT take me to > docs.python.org?" Why is there a difference? If there must be a > difference, why isn't the difference labelled as such? This is a > difference that makes a difference.
I believe that docs.python.org was added mostly to aid Google searches. I *do* think that the Documentation link should go to docs.python.org. I believe there is a mailing list somewhere that discusses improvements to the website. <Googles> Ah: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pydotorg/ -- Robert Kern [EMAIL PROTECTED] "In the fields of hell where the grass grows high Are the graves of dreams allowed to die." -- Richard Harter -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
