[New-bugs-announce] [issue46591] Make About IDLE links clickable

[Terry J. Reedy]

New submission from Terry J. Reedy <tjreedy at udel.edu>:

I am opening this for a PR submitted without an issue.  The PR (not yet reviewed) makes the online IDLE doc link clickable.

Since a local copy of the online html page is also available on the Help menu, that link is almost unneeded.  But when using the online version, one can navigate to other parts of the doc.

There is also a mailto: link.  For me, on Windows, wb.open("mailto:me at mail.addr") works and returns True (not documented).  Is this system dependent?  I have previously seen mention that 'file:' links only work on some systems.  Maybe this has changed.  I would like to know more before addding this.

I am a bit worried about making spam easier and moderation of non-subscriber posts (by me) harder.  I would only want a link on a new Report Bugs page that explained how to search bpo, with a link to its search page with component:IDLE selected, and explanation of what to include in a bug report.
Before activating this, I would like to know what happens on a system where it does not work.  (The doc

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assignee: terry.reedy
components: IDLE
messages: 412188
nosy: terry.reedy
priority: normal
severity: normal
stage: patch review
status: open
title: Make About IDLE links clickable
type: enhancement
versions: Python 3.11

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