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Wed, 03 Nov 2004

An Idea: Live search for Python Documentation

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Here's an idea stirring in my mind lately.

I've been playing around with various implementations of browser auto-completion. This, combined with the XMLHttpRequest allows for some pretty nifty ''live search'' widgets.

I'm planning to add a search functionality like this to the python sidebar, probably using Swish-E and a custom search term ''extraction'' script to scrape the documentation.

When you type in the search field, the results should be weighted and prioritized like:

  1. Built-in object names
  2. Standard Module names
  3. Standard Class names (in modules)
  4. Documentation headings

Selecting the result should open the relevant documentation page in the main browser window.

posted at: 11:25 | path: /projects/python-sidebar
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