From: Carol Willing <carolcode@willingconsulting.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2024 14:37:33 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: Update the documentation howto index page and group docs into 3 logical sections... 
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Update the documentation howto index page and group docs into 3 logical sections (GH-119366)


Co-authored-by: Ned Batchelder <ned@nedbatchelder.com>
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diff --git a/Doc/howto/enum.rst b/Doc/howto/enum.rst
index 30be15230fc0..748ec5b24365 100644
--- a/Doc/howto/enum.rst
+++ b/Doc/howto/enum.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+.. _enum-howto:
+
 ==========
 Enum HOWTO
 ==========
diff --git a/Doc/howto/functional.rst b/Doc/howto/functional.rst
index b0f9d22d74f0..1f0608fb0fc5 100644
--- a/Doc/howto/functional.rst
+++ b/Doc/howto/functional.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+.. _functional-howto:
+
 ********************************
   Functional Programming HOWTO
 ********************************
diff --git a/Doc/howto/index.rst b/Doc/howto/index.rst
index 065071e39a06..71880079f3ff 100644
--- a/Doc/howto/index.rst
+++ b/Doc/howto/index.rst
@@ -2,16 +2,14 @@
  Python HOWTOs
 ***************
 
-Python HOWTOs are documents that cover a single, specific topic,
-and attempt to cover it fairly completely. Modelled on the Linux
-Documentation Project's HOWTO collection, this collection is an
+Python HOWTOs are documents that cover a specific topic in-depth.
+Modeled on the Linux Documentation Project's HOWTO collection, this collection is an
 effort to foster documentation that's more detailed than the
 Python Library Reference.
 
-Currently, the HOWTOs are:
-
 .. toctree::
    :maxdepth: 1
+   :hidden:
 
    cporting.rst
    curses.rst
@@ -35,3 +33,32 @@ Currently, the HOWTOs are:
    timerfd.rst
    mro.rst
 
+General:
+
+* :ref:`annotations-howto`
+* :ref:`argparse-tutorial`
+* :ref:`descriptorhowto`
+* :ref:`enum-howto`
+* :ref:`functional-howto`
+* :ref:`ipaddress-howto`
+* :ref:`logging-howto`
+* :ref:`logging-cookbook`
+* :ref:`regex-howto`
+* :ref:`sortinghowto`
+* :ref:`unicode-howto`
+* :ref:`urllib-howto`
+
+Advanced development:
+
+* :ref:`curses-howto`
+* :ref:`isolating-extensions-howto`
+* :ref:`python_2.3_mro`
+* :ref:`socket-howto`
+* :ref:`timerfd-howto`
+* :ref:`cporting-howto`
+
+Debugging and profiling:
+
+* :ref:`gdb`
+* :ref:`instrumentation`
+* :ref:`perf_profiling`
diff --git a/Doc/howto/logging.rst b/Doc/howto/logging.rst
index ab758a885b35..cf5b693d8e38 100644
--- a/Doc/howto/logging.rst
+++ b/Doc/howto/logging.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+.. _logging-howto:
+
 =============
 Logging HOWTO
 =============