[issue10299] Add index with links section for built-in functions

2010-12-02 Thread Georg Brandl
Georg Brandl added the comment: That's legacy from the good old latex days. -- ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing li

[issue10299] Add index with links section for built-in functions

2010-12-02 Thread Éric Araujo
Éric Araujo added the comment: By the way, I wonder why this page is named “functions” and the one for “builtins” is nearly empty. -- ___ Python tracker ___ ___

[issue10299] Add index with links section for built-in functions

2010-11-26 Thread Éric Araujo
Éric Araujo added the comment: Possible groups: Types constructors: bool, bytearray, bytes, complex, dict, float, frozenset, int, list, memoryview, object, range, set, slice, str, tuple Mathematical functions: abs, bin, divmod, hex, oct, pow, round Working with sequences: all, any, enumerate

[issue10299] Add index with links section for built-in functions

2010-11-26 Thread Georg Brandl
Georg Brandl added the comment: Dividing the table in sections makes sense to me; it provides the kind of grouping that is helpful sometimes, but cannot be kept when sorting alphabetically. So when the table is grouped, the actual docs can remain alphabetized. -- __

[issue10299] Add index with links section for built-in functions

2010-11-25 Thread Ezio Melotti
Ezio Melotti added the comment: I don't think it's worth changing it. The table still provides a good overview, and having them at the end won't prevent people to find their doc. Both the table and the page could be divided in sections though, if we find a way to group all the functions that m

[issue10299] Add index with links section for built-in functions

2010-11-25 Thread Éric Araujo
Éric Araujo added the comment: It’s fine to have them at the end of the page, but I think people want things to be sorted in an index. -- ___ Python tracker ___ ___

[issue10299] Add index with links section for built-in functions

2010-11-25 Thread Ezio Melotti
Ezio Melotti added the comment: The last 4 functions are "Non-essential Built-in Functions"[0] so I kept them at the end of the list to match the order they have in the page. [0]: http://docs.python.org/library/functions.html#non-essential-built-in-functions -- _

[issue10299] Add index with links section for built-in functions

2010-11-25 Thread Éric Araujo
Éric Araujo added the comment: In 2.7, the functions are not sorted alphabetically. I think they should, and I offer to do the boring work. -- ___ Python tracker ___ _

[issue10299] Add index with links section for built-in functions

2010-11-24 Thread Ezio Melotti
Ezio Melotti added the comment: Backported in r86735 (3.1) and r86736 (2.7). -- resolution: -> fixed stage: patch review -> committed/rejected status: open -> closed ___ Python tracker ___

[issue10299] Add index with links section for built-in functions

2010-11-24 Thread Benjamin Peterson
Benjamin Peterson added the comment: Okay. 2010/11/24 Ezio Melotti : > > Ezio Melotti added the comment: > > Committed in r86732 on py3k, will backport on 3.1/2.7 if Benjamin is OK with > that. > > -- > nosy: +benjamin.peterson > > ___ > Python trac

[issue10299] Add index with links section for built-in functions

2010-11-24 Thread Ezio Melotti
Ezio Melotti added the comment: Committed in r86732 on py3k, will backport on 3.1/2.7 if Benjamin is OK with that. -- nosy: +benjamin.peterson ___ Python tracker ___ __

[issue10299] Add index with links section for built-in functions

2010-11-21 Thread Éric Araujo
Éric Araujo added the comment: I like this version. HTML and LaTex build without warning; all-pdf takes forever and spits out a metric ton of messages, so I haven’t checked its result. The markup trickery is unfortunate, though, I’d like a pronouncement from Georg about that. -- __

[issue10299] Add index with links section for built-in functions

2010-11-19 Thread Ezio Melotti
Ezio Melotti added the comment: Here's a new patch with a 5 column tables. I had to use some rst trickery to make a decent header that works both in the HTML and Latex outputs. I put the title in the middle cell (the 3rd) of the header and left the others empty. The column cells are a litt

[issue10299] Add index with links section for built-in functions

2010-11-08 Thread Éric Araujo
Éric Araujo added the comment: Using cell spanning breaks “make latex” (and thus PDF), you may want to rework the reST table markup. -- ___ Python tracker ___ _

[issue10299] Add index with links section for built-in functions

2010-11-06 Thread Éric Araujo
Éric Araujo added the comment: +1 on the general idea. I applied the patch and built the documentation to see what the output looks like: The hotlinks are here and work, that’s cool, but I think the table wastes space. You could use five columns without damaging usability (that is, summonin

[issue10299] Add index with links section for built-in functions

2010-11-06 Thread Éric Araujo
Éric Araujo added the comment: +1 on the general idea. I applied the patch and built the documentation to see what the output looks like: The hotlinks are here and work, that’s cool, but I think the table wastes space. You could use five columns without damaging usability (that is, summonin

[issue10299] Add index with links section for built-in functions

2010-11-05 Thread Terry J. Reedy
Terry J. Reedy added the comment: +1 from me on a table at the top of the functions page. I am assuming that the markup will induce hotlinks. The main problem I see is the need to hand rewrite when another function is added -- nosy: +terry.reedy ___

[issue10299] Add index with links section for built-in functions

2010-11-03 Thread Fred L. Drake, Jr.
Changes by Fred L. Drake, Jr. : -- nosy: +fdrake ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.py

[issue10299] Add index with links section for built-in functions

2010-11-03 Thread Ezio Melotti
Ezio Melotti added the comment: The attached patch adds a 4-columns table that lists the functions without args. -- assignee: d...@python -> ezio.melotti keywords: +patch stage: needs patch -> patch review Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file19478/issue10299.diff ___

[issue10299] Add index with links section for built-in functions

2010-11-03 Thread Ezio Melotti
Changes by Ezio Melotti : -- nosy: +ezio.melotti stage: -> needs patch ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsub

[issue10299] Add index with links section for built-in functions

2010-11-03 Thread nestor
New submission from nestor : The built-in function page (http://docs.python.org/dev/py3k/library/functions.html) is pretty long. Each function has an anchor but unlike the built-in types section there is no quick way to get an overview or jump to a specific function (like open or print) short