\textunderscore: Re-define with a width that's more appropriate for the
courier font used in Python code. This still isn't *good*, but
makes the width about right in most cases. (Exception: it's now
a little wide in \var words.)
diff --git a/Doc/texinputs/python.sty b/Doc/texinputs/python.sty
index 41db7ef..2074006 100644
--- a/Doc/texinputs/python.sty
+++ b/Doc/texinputs/python.sty
@@ -397,6 +397,12 @@
{\reset@font\normalsize\py@HeaderFamily}}
+% This gets the underscores closer to the right width; the only change
+% from standard LaTeX is the width specified.
+
+\DeclareTextCommandDefault{\textunderscore}{%
+ \leavevmode \kern.06em\vbox{\hrule\@width.55em}}
+
% Underscore hack (only act like subscript operator if in math mode)
%
% The following is due to Mark Wooding (the old version didn't work with