[issue11922] Add General Index to Windows .chm help file Contents

[Terry J. Reedy]

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

The Windows distribution comes with the docs in a very nice Windows help file .chm form. When displayed, they is a left side bar with a Contents tab. The top entry is 'Python vx.y documentation' followed by 'Python Module Index' and 'What's New in Python' and so on down to 'History and Licence'. Everything on the "Python vx.y documentation' page is listed in the Contents EXCEPT the General Index. Consequently, if one only uses the contents lists, one might not even know it exists. In any case, it is harder to get to than anything else.

I presume the omission is unintentional. In any case, I would like to see it fixed, with 'General Index' added right after the module index entry. I presume this should be easy for someone who knows how the contents list is generated.

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assignee: docs at python
components: Documentation, Windows
keywords: easy
messages: 134398
nosy: docs at python, terry.reedy
priority: normal
severity: normal
stage: needs patch
status: open
title: Add General Index to Windows .chm help file Contents
versions: Python 2.7, Python 3.1, Python 3.2, Python 3.3

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