On 03/21/2013 08:31 PM, Rustom Mody wrote:

On Sun, Mar 17, 2013 at 8:55 PM, David McBride <toad3k@gmail.com> wrote:

If you hover over "type Object = HashMap Text Value" in
Data.Aeson.Types in hackage, you will see that the HashMap link links
to http://hackage.haskell.org/packages/archive/unordered-containers/0.2.3.0/doc/html/Data-HashMap-Strict.html#t:HashMap,
which tells you what package it came from and what to import.

Is there some hackage 'hover-click' help/tut somewhere?
Maybe 10 years of python habits... I find hackage often hard to navigate
  

All Hackage links point to the module that the function or type came from, even if it is from a different package. You can use this to find out which package something comes from. This can be useful if you need to import a type which is not from the same package as the one you are currently browsing. You just click the link and see which package it takes you to.

There are two ways to tell which package you are currently browsing:

* Fastest way: Just look at the url. The part after the "/archive/" is the package name.

* Most user-friendly way: Click the 'Contents' link in the upper-right-hand corner. That takes you to the home page of the package you are currently browsing, which will display all the metadata about that page.


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