Python documentation too difficult for beginners

[John Bond]

My 2c:

I use the ActiveState distro, and it's winhelp doco. It's generally ok 
and some things, like Dive Into Python, I've found excellent.

But I do quite regularly find myself cursing at the vagueness of the 
index, and some of the content seems to require that you know it before 
you read it (I wish I could remember an example).

Like everything, it could be improved.

Cheers, JB