[Python-bugs-list] [ python-Feature Requests-714469 ] Easy tutorial printing should be possible
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Feature Requests item #714469, was opened at 2003-04-03 11:01
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Category: Documentation
Group: None
>Status: Open
Resolution: Invalid
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Joost Jacob (wspace)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: Easy tutorial printing should be possible
Initial Comment:
I wanted to print the Python Tutorial by Guido for a
colleague who might be interested in Python. But this
was not easy since it is distributed over a 18 different
html files! So now he has something looking bad
because page numbers restart at every section. I didn't
have the time to think of a better solution: I wanted to
give a printed tutorial fast.
So the request is this: make the tutorial available in
ONE html file so anybody can print it nicely with correct
pagenumbers etc. from their browser. This could also
be interesting for the other documentation?
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>Comment By: Jack Jansen (jackjansen)
Date: 2003-05-18 22:12
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Raymond,
I think that the real complaint is "you cannot print the tutorial without
downloading the full documentation set". I think this is a valid complaint: it's
a bit silly to have to download and unpack the whole set only to print a
single document.
My suggestion would be to add a (pdf) link to each of the lines that point to
the various HTML documentation sections.
If you really don't agree feel free to set the state to closed/invalid again.
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Comment By: Raymond Hettinger (rhettinger)
Date: 2003-05-12 19:57
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The PDF and PostScript formats are better suited to
printing out booklets. Let us know if these links meet your
needs:
http://www.python.org/doc/current/download.html
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Comment By: Joost Jacob (wspace)
Date: 2003-04-03 11:54
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Jack Jansen mentions availability of PDF files, but I did not
find those on the Python web site when I was (in a hurry)
looking for the tutorial. Also he mentions "Letter" or "A4"
variations, but this is one of the reasons I think one HTML file
would be best for each document: the users' browser can
print that to postscript or send it directly to a printer with all
the users' favorite options.
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Comment By: Jack Jansen (jackjansen)
Date: 2003-04-03 11:44
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The tutorial is also available in PDF, but at the moment only if you download an archive containing the full documentation set (on the doc/current/download.html page).
Maybe it is a good idea to make the PDFs available separately too? The letter variation is probably best, non-americans are more used to letter than americans to A4, I guess...
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