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PowerToys for Jupyter notebooks in VS Code
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Make Contextual Help completely available to .py files using the Interactive Window #57

Open GitHunter0 opened 1 year ago

GitHunter0 commented 1 year ago

Hi folks, I'm really glad this extension is being developed since I really believe this is the most important Python issue in VScode right now, as discussed here.

The Docs View extension is not a satisfying alternative because it does not display the full info for some methods/functions.

Also, it would be very helpful to be able to search the Contextual Help and to navigate to previous and next help tabs (RStudio Help pane is a very good reference).

Thank you

GitHunter0 commented 1 year ago

Hi @DonJayamanne , is there an update or roadmap for this feature? It is vital for Interactive Window users...

DonJayamanne commented 1 year ago

Thanks for the feature request, unfortunately we prioritze issues based on a number of factors and one of them being number of upvotes. Currently this issue has received just two votes (technically 1, but two parties have expressed interest) However we do welcome contributions to this extension as this is where we try to add new features and gauge interest in those features and optionally move them into the core jupyter extesnion.

GitHunter0 commented 1 year ago

Thank you for the feedback, @DonJayamanne . I believe many of the people who upvoted here (https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-jupyter/issues/1307) expected the Contextual Help to be available universally and now it will take time for them to find this specific thread to vote... It is impossible for a Python user not be missing such an essential feature, expected in any IDE. Without that, the Interactive Window (which is otherwise a brilliant concept and which provides VScode unique features over JupyterLab) loses its appealing. However, although I don't agree in several cases, I understand you guys want to follow the logic of upvotes. So I hope this issue gets enough votes some day. Thanks again.

PS (edit): many VScode users and probably most of beginners in VScode don't even know what Interactive Window is, they use it without knowing its name (as was once my case too).