I find the search to be very helpful. Is it hard to convert from HTML to Apple Help format?
On 06 Mar, 2006, at 12:32, Ronald Oussoren wrote: > > On 6-mrt-2006, at 20:25, Charles Hartman wrote: > >> But the Mac Help program has always been and still is a dog. I'd >> much rather have the HTML docs myself. > > One advantage of the Mac Help program is that it has a search > function. IDLE's 'Help/Python Docs' just > opens a webbrowser. I am however happy enough with this that I > don't volunteer to add Apple Help support :-) > > Ronald > >> >> Charles >> >> >> >> On Mar 6, 2006, at 11:23 AM, Ronald Oussoren wrote: >> >>> >>> On Monday, March 06, 2006, at 05:13PM, Samuel M. Smith >>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>>> I asked this before but no one responded. >>>> Wouldn't it be a good idea to include the Python Reference docs in >>>> Mac Help format in the the >>>> MacPython universal installer? or at least as another package >>> >>> The big question would be: why? The universal installer currently >>> includes >>> the docs in HTML format, and whenever I republish the installer >>> IDLE will >>> actually find those documents. >>> >>> If we'd include the documents in Help format I'd like to see a >>> patch for >>> IDLE that will open that help book when the users selects 'Help/ >>> Python Docs' >>> in IDLE. >>> >>> Ronald >>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ******************************************************************* >>>> *** >>>> Samuel M. Smith Ph.D. >>>> 2966 Fort Hill Road >>>> Eagle Mountain, Utah 84043 >>>> 801-768-2768 voice >>>> 801-768-2769 fax >>>> ******************************************************************* >>>> *** >>>> "The greatest source of failure and unhappiness in the world is >>>> giving up what we want most for what we want at the moment" >>>> ******************************************************************* >>>> *** >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org >>>> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig >>>> >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org >>> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig >> > ********************************************************************** Samuel M. Smith Ph.D. 2966 Fort Hill Road Eagle Mountain, Utah 84043 801-768-2768 voice 801-768-2769 fax ********************************************************************** "The greatest source of failure and unhappiness in the world is giving up what we want most for what we want at the moment" ********************************************************************** _______________________________________________ Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig
