New submission from Tom Seddon <bugs.python....@tomseddon.plus.com>:
Behaviour of "Locate" in latest Windows CHM file for Python 2.6.2 is sub-optimal. I first spotted this with the optparse module, so this bug refers to the optparse module. It looks as if this is a global problem, though. First, ensure one has latest patched Python 2.6.2 CHM file. Sample repro steps: - Load Windows CHM file (observe fully collapsed contents tree); - Select "Global Module Index" in contents tree (note availability of "Locate" button); - Click "O" link; - Click "optparse" link. Note that contents remains collapsed and "Locate" button is unavailable. This makes navigating through the page a bit tiring. The Find functionality in the CHM viewer isn't great. Also try: - Load Windows CHM file; - Select Index; - Enter "optparse" in keyword field; - Select "optparse (module)" entry in index. Note lack of Locate button. This looks to be the same thing as selecting optparse from the module index (as it maybe is). Also try: - Load Windows CHM file; - Expand "The Python Standard Library" folder in contents; - ...expand "Generic Operating System Services" folder in contents; - Click "optparse --- More powerful command line option parser" folder in contents (note optparse page appears again, but this time you can see the location line at the top, and Locate button remains available); If one then collapses the "The Python Standard Library" folder, one is then almost where one was in the first set of steps. This time, though, one may click "Locate" to find the entry in the contents so that the page is a bit easier to navigate. Also try: - Load Windows CHM file; - Select "Global Module Index" from content; - Click "C" link; - Select "Carbon.AE" link (note availability of Locate button). In this case, the Locate button IS available. Same goes for some other sub-libraries -- e.g. compiler.ast and wsgiref.handlers -- but not all -- e.g., xml.dom. Expected behaviour: When navigating to any module's doc page from its entry in the global module index, or its entry in the index, or indeed by following any link in the docs, it should be possible to click "Locate" to find it in the contents tree. The document search facilities in the CHM viewer are a bit lame, so having the contents tree at hand is very useful (I might say essential -- but that could just be me). (This was less of an issue in previous versions of the docs, because the pages were split up into parts, so one could use Back once or twice to get to the contents then click a link to go straight to the desired section.) Thanks. ---------- assignee: georg.brandl components: Documentation messages: 92565 nosy: georg.brandl, tom_seddon severity: normal status: open title: Sub-optimal "Locate" button behaviour in Windows CHM file type: behavior versions: Python 2.6 _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue6900> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com