Python Documentation?

[Dan Thrue]

Daniel R. Smorey Jr. wrote:
> I'm looking for a good place for Python documentation.  I'm really lost 
> on why it's so hard to find anything when it comes to me looking up a 
> particular function in Python.  My example would be the split() function 
> of the string module.  Why can't I just go to www.python.org and click 
> on Search and then type in split and it bring me to the split() function 
> of the string module?  Why does it have to be so hard?  This is what I 
> get when I search for split on www.python.org...
> 
> http://search.python.org/query.html?qt=split&col=ftp&col=python&col=peps&col=starship 
> 
> 
> Most of those hits are for the re module, not the string module (which 
> in my opinion should be part of python and not a module, but I digress). 
>  Why would it not bring up the split function of the string module first 
> and foremost?
> 
> If I do a search right now on www.perldoc.com for split, I get...
> 
> http://www.perldoc.com/cgi-bin/htsearch?words=split&restrict=perl5.8.0
> 
> Right there, the top hit is the slit function, how convenient.
> 
> If I go to www.php.net and type in split in the function list search, I 
> get...
> 
> http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.split.php
> 
> I don't even get a hit list, it goes right to the split() function. Even 
> more convenient.
> 
> I'm trying to learn Python because we're doing some work on the Zaurus 
> and there are so many supporting python modules for the Zaurus, that I'd 
> like to use it.  I love learning new languages also.  It just gives me a 
> bad taste in my mouth when I even think of searching for anything in 
> Python.
> 
> Am I searching the wrong place?  Am I choosing the wrong checkboxes on 
> the Search page?  I'm at a loss.  Is it really that hard to find 
> documentation on the python.org site?
> 
> Thanks for hearing my rant and I'm hoping I'm just doing something 
> wrong.  I really can't imagine such an organized programming language 
> having such a horrible search on their website.
> 


Hi Daniel,

Me and a friend am about to finish a project in a couple of weeks, that 
maybe fits your needs.

We are currently documenting the parts if python, we meet in our daily 
python development (Some gaming software where we mix native delphi with 
python. This mixture has surprised us a lot, we are indeed python 
fanatics now, hehe).

The documentation takes contributions on example snippets, description, 
etc. so when the site is completely done and a base of documentation 
have been posted, im gonna post link in here, then maybe the community 
will help us to create a great documentation source :) And find the 
errors we might post :)

Regards all,
Dan