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Title: Make About IDLE links clickable
Type: enhancement Stage: resolved
Components: IDLE Versions: Python 3.11, Python 3.10, Python 3.9
process
Status: closed Resolution: fixed
Dependencies: Superseder:
Assigned To: terry.reedy Nosy List: miss-islington, terry.reedy, wesinator
Priority: normal Keywords: patch

Created on 2022-01-31 01:15 by terry.reedy, last changed 2022-04-11 14:59 by admin. This issue is now closed.

Pull Requests
URL Status Linked Edit
PR 30251 merged wesinator, 2022-01-31 01:19
PR 31067 merged miss-islington, 2022-02-02 01:20
PR 31068 merged miss-islington, 2022-02-02 01:21
Messages (5)
msg412188 - (view) Author: Terry J. Reedy (terry.reedy) * (Python committer) Date: 2022-01-31 01:15
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@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
msg412322 - (view) Author: Terry J. Reedy (terry.reedy) * (Python committer) Date: 2022-02-02 01:20
New changeset 53c78080573b3bae4c4e782b9f47dce48aac9688 by Wes in branch 'main':
bpo-46591: Make About IDLE doc link label clickable (GH-30251)
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/53c78080573b3bae4c4e782b9f47dce48aac9688
msg412324 - (view) Author: miss-islington (miss-islington) Date: 2022-02-02 01:47
New changeset a1869e385b17bfdfe8d9850047f5b2dbb88e58fa by Miss Islington (bot) in branch '3.9':
bpo-46591: Make About IDLE doc link label clickable (GH-30251)
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/a1869e385b17bfdfe8d9850047f5b2dbb88e58fa
msg412326 - (view) Author: miss-islington (miss-islington) Date: 2022-02-02 01:47
New changeset 7dee93c2d223a080f410f6901987e9d363743471 by Miss Islington (bot) in branch '3.10':
bpo-46591: Make About IDLE doc link label clickable (GH-30251)
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/7dee93c2d223a080f410f6901987e9d363743471
msg412345 - (view) Author: Terry J. Reedy (terry.reedy) * (Python committer) Date: 2022-02-02 08:40
Thank you for the idea and patch.
History
Date User Action Args
2022-04-11 14:59:55adminsetgithub: 90749
2022-02-02 08:40:11terry.reedysetstatus: open -> closed
versions: + Python 3.9, Python 3.10
messages: + msg412345

resolution: fixed
stage: patch review -> resolved
2022-02-02 01:47:54miss-islingtonsetmessages: + msg412326
2022-02-02 01:47:17miss-islingtonsetmessages: + msg412324
2022-02-02 01:21:56miss-islingtonsetpull_requests: + pull_request29253
2022-02-02 01:20:37miss-islingtonsetnosy: + miss-islington
pull_requests: + pull_request29252
2022-02-02 01:20:32terry.reedysetmessages: + msg412322
2022-01-31 01:19:33wesinatorsetkeywords: + patch
nosy: + wesinator
pull_requests: + pull_request29213
2022-01-31 01:15:53terry.reedycreate