Re: Proposal: an unchanging URL for Python documentation

Simon Brunning wrote: > > Yup, but it's not all unchanging. Take, for example, > . I have wanted to > steer people towards that page a number of times, and that node number > keeps changing. > Here's the code I've been using to translate the late

Re: Proposal: an unchanging URL for Python documentation

On 4/19/05, Skip Montanaro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ... the documentation for the os > steve> module would also be available at > steve> http://python.org/doc/current/lib/module-os.html. > > Time machine at work? The above URL works for me now. Yup, but it's not all unchanging. Take,

Re: Proposal: an unchanging URL for Python documentation

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Steve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >http://docs.python.org/modindex.html > >and there also is > >http://python.org/doc/current/modindex.html > >Anybody know why there are two different URLs? > >Which one should be considered the "official" current documentation >URL?

Re: Proposal: an unchanging URL for Python documentation

I stand corrected. Not only does what I wanted already exist, it seems to exist in TWO places. For the module index, for instance, there is http://docs.python.org/modindex.html and there also is http://python.org/doc/current/modindex.html Anybody know why there are two different URLs? Which

Re: Proposal: an unchanging URL for Python documentation

Erik Max Francis wrote: Fredrik Lundh wrote: did you check that link before you posted it? Works here. Your browser is probably concluding the trailing . is part of the URL, rather than sentence punctuation :-). No, Fredrik knows that it works. The OP seemed to be under the impression that it d

Re: Proposal: an unchanging URL for Python documentation

Fredrik Lundh wrote: did you check that link before you posted it? Works here. Your browser is probably concluding the trailing . is part of the URL, rather than sentence punctuation :-). -- Erik Max Francis && [EMAIL PROTECTED] && http://www.alcyone.com/max/ San Jose, CA, USA && 37 20 N 121 53

Re: Proposal: an unchanging URL for Python documentation

"Steve" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I propose that an additional a URL be set up for the Python HTML > documentation. This URL will always contain the current version of the > documentation. Suppose we call it "current". Then (while 2.4 is still > the current version) the documentation for th

Re: Proposal: an unchanging URL for Python documentation

Skip> But appears to be firefox-specific. Michael> Works for me with both Firefox and IE6 under WinXP The wikalong.org thing is firefox-specific. You trimmed too much from my reply. Skip -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Proposal: an unchanging URL for Python documentation

Skip Montanaro wrote: steve> I propose that an additional a URL be set up for the Python HTML steve> documentation. This URL will always contain the current version steve> of the documentation. Suppose we call it "current". Then (while steve> 2.4 is still the current version) the

Re: Proposal: an unchanging URL for Python documentation

[Steve] > I have a suggestion/request that will, I think, improve the Python > documentation. > > Currently, the Python documentation in HTML format is stored at URLs > that change with each new release of Python. That is, for example, the > documentation for the os module is at > http://python.or

Re: Proposal: an unchanging URL for Python documentation

steve> I propose that an additional a URL be set up for the Python HTML steve> documentation. This URL will always contain the current version steve> of the documentation. Suppose we call it "current". Then (while steve> 2.4 is still the current version) the documentation for th