Python docs disappointing

[r]

On Jul 31, 4:53 pm, Mark Lawrence <breamore... at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> r wrote:
> > On Jul 31, 4:16 pm, Carl Banks <pavlovevide... at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> On Jul 31, 1:10 pm, kj <no.em... at please.post> wrote:
>
> >>> I'm pretty new to Python, and I like a lot overall, but I find the
> >>> documentation for Python rather poor, overall.
> >>> I'm sure that Python experts don't have this problem: they have
> >>> internalized some good ways to access the documentation, are
> >>> productive with it, and therefore have lost the ability to see why
> >>> the Python documentations is deficient for beginners.
> >> That may be so, but I do remember when I was a beginner myself and I
> >> had no issue with the documentation.
>
> > have you tried the new docs (>= 2.6) The interface has changed
> > drastically as to render itself completely useless. The old docs (<=
> > 2.5) --the ones i learned from-- where flawless.
>
> > @ Mark Lawrence
> > Have you clicked any of those links? try the "Tutorial start here" and
> > then try to find a menu of sorts. It seems you have to click "next" to
> > navigate. Thats pretty counter intuitive if you need to get to page
> > 589!! Upon clicking the tutorial link in the OLD DOCS, you where
> > presented with a nice menu for concise navigation.
>
> Yes.  Works perfectly as evidenced by the fact that this evening I've
> checked data on the cProfile, pstats and array modules.
>
> --
> Kindest regards.
>
> Mark Lawrence.

Hold the phone... You checked data on modules using the "Tutorial
Start Here" link? Would not the "Global Module Index" be more, shall
we say, "informative"?