[issue16813] use paths relative to CPython root in documentation building instructions

Tshepang Lekhonkhobe added the comment: Nice. Didn't know about that one. -- ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list

[issue16813] use paths relative to CPython root in documentation building instructions

Ezio Melotti added the comment: FTR there's also "make htmlview" that already opens a browser to the index of the locally built docs. -- ___ Python tracker ___ _

[issue16813] use paths relative to CPython root in documentation building instructions

Tshepang Lekhonkhobe added the comment: The Linux (and Unix?) equivalent is xdg-open. -- ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-bugs-list m

[issue16813] use paths relative to CPython root in documentation building instructions

Chris Jerdonek added the comment: Thanks. Btw, it works for me on Mac OS X I believe out of the box: Help: Open opens files from a shell. By default, opens each file using the default application for that file. If the file is in the form of a URL, the file will be opened as a URL.

[issue16813] use paths relative to CPython root in documentation building instructions

Sandro Tosi added the comment: > Out of curiosity, does anyone know if the following works on all or most > systems? > > $ open _build/html/index.html it doesn't work on my Debian system: $ open _build/html/index.html Couldn't get a file descriptor referring to the console as open is a link t

[issue16813] use paths relative to CPython root in documentation building instructions

Chris Jerdonek added the comment: Thanks for the patch. Out of curiosity, does anyone know if the following works on all or most systems? $ open _build/html/index.html That could also be added to save time for people that don't already know. -- nosy: +chris.jerdonek resolution: -> f

[issue16813] use paths relative to CPython root in documentation building instructions

Roundup Robot added the comment: New changeset 20333d160f4e by Chris Jerdonek in branch 'default': Issue #16813: Use the full relative path in the documentation-building instructions. http://hg.python.org/devguide/rev/20333d160f4e -- nosy: +python-dev __

[issue16813] use paths relative to CPython root in documentation building instructions

Georg Brandl added the comment: Fine with me. -- ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.py

[issue16813] use paths relative to CPython root in documentation building instructions

R. David Murray added the comment: Thanks for the suggestion, but the context is that you are in the Doc directory in order to run make, so I think the existing documentation is preferable. I'd let George decide, though. -- nosy: +georg.brandl, r.david.murray title: use paths relative

[issue16813] use paths relative to CPython root

New submission from Tshepang Lekhonkhobe: I think it's a good idea to simply list the 'full' path. -- assignee: docs@python components: Devguide, Documentation files: use-paths-relative-to-root.diff keywords: patch messages: 178494 nosy: docs@python, ezio.melotti, tshepang priority: norm