From fd4fa8801a75919dd711e9f750b8a405a639f2c2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Skip Montanaro Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2003 19:04:13 +0000 Subject: mention new module doc display feature of pydoc in libref and NEWS --- Doc/lib/libpydoc.tex | 5 +++++ Misc/NEWS | 5 +++++ 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/Doc/lib/libpydoc.tex b/Doc/lib/libpydoc.tex index 0108d79..bb74df6 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libpydoc.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libpydoc.tex @@ -60,3 +60,8 @@ environment and path to locate modules. Thus, invoking \program{pydoc} \programopt{spam} documents precisely the version of the module you would get if you started the Python interpreter and typed \samp{import spam}. + +Module docs for core modules are assumed to reside in +{}\url{http://www.python.org/doc/current/lib/}. This can be overridden by +setting the \envvar{PYTHONDOCS} environment variable to a different URL or +to a local directory containing the Library Reference Manual pages. diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS index 1632b65..1208d41 100644 --- a/Misc/NEWS +++ b/Misc/NEWS @@ -62,6 +62,11 @@ Library Tools/Demos ----------- +- The pydoc script will display a link to the module documentation for + modules determined to be part of the core distribution. The documentation + base directory defaults to http://www.python.org/doc/current/lib/ but can + be changed by setting the PYTHONDOCS environment variable. + - texcheck.py now detects double word errors. - md5sum.py mistakenly opened input files in text mode by default, a -- cgit v0.12