"BartlebyScrivener" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Thank you. I shall try that the next time I see something in the > documentation for beginners. Generally the Python docs are quite good, > in my opinion. I was merely taking issue with the poster who suggested > that Python novices and nonprogrammers should complain less and > contribute more. It's not immediately apparent how to contribute. And > if you go looking via the main page you end up in a LaTex tutorial.
Just by-the-way: Actually the Python docs use a really restricted range of LaTeX commands, so you really need know *nothing* about LaTeX even if you *do* go to the trouble of supplying LaTeX markup. Just follow what you see in the files in eg. python/trunk/Doc/lib/lib*.tex (if you scan through the list of markup available in the 'Documenting Python' manual, even better), and be sure to warn of the fact that you're a LaTeX newbie when uploading patches so committers know what they're getting. (My advice is don't try to *compile* the docs unless you're ready for some pain, though -- last time I looked it was quite unpleasant to get it working.) Also, note that Python is now in SVN, no longer in CVS: http://svn.python.org/view/python/trunk/Doc/lib/ http://svn.python.org/projects/python/trunk/Doc/lib/ http://www.python.org/dev/devfaq.html#subversion-svn http://docs.python.org/doc/doc.html John -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list