Cheryl Sabella added the comment: I think it's a good start, but may need some tweaking. For example, the Menu options should probably somehow stand out from the rest of the text.
I think it would be useful for a beginner, depending on how much of a beginner they are and how they got to this page. For example, if I wanted to learn Python and had no prior programming experience, most likely I would google 'learn python' (or maybe even just 'learn to program') and check out those links. Some results, like the Tutorial in the python.org docs, focus on getting Python installed and using the interactive interpreter. There doesn't seem to be anything in the python.org docs (except for the FAQ) that suggest using IDLE. Although, the FAQ might be one of the first places a beginner would look, so maybe a link from there to the HOWTO would be helpful. I think showing how to install IDLE and use it is important, and that alone would make this page useful. The current IDLE doc page has the command line usage in the middle of the page, but doesn't really just answer how do I install it and how do I run it? So, assuming a beginner is following some tutorial, they get to a point where they need an editor. Following the instructions for installing any program can be tricky. Heck, even installing Python might have been tricky, so good for them if they got this far. But, without any instructions for getting IDLE to run, they are left to googling for it. It would be great for the python docs can have a step by step installation instruction and even troubleshooting. Then, as this HOWTO does, explain what opens up and how to use the editor, etc. As I've recently experienced with git, I find it frustrating to spend half a day trying to get something to work when it should be easy. This page could be a one page introduction/reference so that someone doesn't have to cobble together answers from all over the internet to questions they didn't even know to ask. ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue17583> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com