Python External Documentation

Module Names

This column shows the names of the modules, whose documentation you want to have visible in browser on invoking View | External Documentation, or pressing ShiftF1, for example, pandas.

URL Pattern

This column shows existing patterns of the URLs to the external documentation, or its local address, for example, https://pandas.pydata.org/pandas-docs/stable/generated/{element.qname}.html

If external documentation resides locally, specify the local path to it .

Click this button to add to the list a new module and its URL pattern or local address.

Click this button to change the name or URL pattern of the selected module.

Double-clicking an entry in the table produces the same result.

Delete the selected module from the list.

Module name

Type module name in the text field.

URL pattern

In this text field, create the desired pattern, using plain text and macros from the Available Macros field.

Note that each documentation module has its specific structure, so be careful when adding macros.

Insert

Click this button to add the selected macro to the pattern.