Missing styles for pages created by a 'python -m pydoc -w' call
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- Python
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Description
When a user generates a documentation page via a 'python -m pydoc -w' call, the page has no style.
When a user executes 'python -m pydoc -n' or something similar, served HTML pages have links to CCS.
Maybe embedding default CCS into a generated page is a good idea?
Linked PRs
- gh-127277
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Research direction
Reproduce the issue with python -m pydoc -w and compare the generated page with HTML served by python -m pydoc -n. Review linked PR gh-127277 for the work already underway; done means generated documentation pages have the expected styling or stylesheet links.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- documentation
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100