Messages (9) msg186775 - (view) Author: Guilherme Simões (Guilherme.Simões) * Date: 2013-04-13 18:07

The Help button on the Preferences windows does not do anything. Maybe I can fix it, but I don't know what it was supposed to do in the first place. For now it probably should be removed.

msg187223 - (view) Author: Roger Serwy (roger.serwy) * Date: 2013-04-18 05:25

This falls under annoyance #11 from issue13504. I'll cross-reference it there.

msg187843 - (view) Author: Guilherme Simões (Guilherme.Simões) * Date: 2013-04-26 12:38

Attached is a patch that removes the Help button from the Preferences window.

Maybe it would be nice to have the Help button open a text file describing every possible option, but while this doesn't happen it is better to remove this button.

msg187923 - (view) Author: Terry J. Reedy (terry.reedy) * Date: 2013-04-27 18:47

Perhaps we should merely comment out the two blocks of text until we decide we don't ever want a help button. If the expanded doc in progress had a marked helpful doc on configure, the help button could open the doc to that section.

Guilherme, have you submitted a PSF Contributor License Agreement?
http://www.python.org/psf/contrib/contrib-form/
(Sorry if this a repeat question.)

msg188146 - (view) Author: Guilherme Simões (Guilherme.Simões) * Date: 2013-04-30 09:31

Hi, Terry!

I already signed the Contributor License Agreement Form.

Attached is a new patch with the buttons commented out and a small comment explaining why I did that. I hope the patch is better now.

msg188158 - (view) Author: Roger Serwy (roger.serwy) * Date: 2013-04-30 13:00

LGTM.

msg193023 - (view) Author: Todd Rovito (Todd.Rovito) * Date: 2013-07-14 04:03

This patch LGTM as well.  I think it should be committed ASAP because the button clearly doesn't work as it is programmed now.

msg209381 - (view) Author: Roundup Robot (python-dev) Date: 2014-01-27 03:28

New changeset 3d343dfe6269 by Terry Jan Reedy in branch '2.7':
Issue #17721: Remove non-functional configuration dialog help button until we
http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/3d343dfe6269

New changeset 6e4b94019eae by Terry Jan Reedy in branch '3.3':
Issue #17721: Remove non-functional configuration dialog help button until we
http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/6e4b94019eae

New changeset be9843012124 by Terry Jan Reedy in branch 'default':
Issue #17721: Remove non-functional configuration dialog help button until we
http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/be9843012124

msg209384 - (view) Author: Terry J. Reedy (terry.reedy) * Date: 2014-01-27 03:42

#20403 is about making Help work and putting the button back.