[blindprogramming] Re: Using pydoc from Terminal

  • From: "Homme, James" <james.homme@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "blindprogramming@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <blindprogramming@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2011 13:35:41 -0400

Hi Mark,
I have never gotten Pydoc to work for me. I think it uses an inaccessible GUI. 
You might want to get a Python interpreter prompt, then type the single word 
help. From there, you can get quick help on various things. The other thing 
that has worked pretty well for me is to get a couple of bookmarks in my 
browser set up to various parts of the Python documentation.

Is there something specific you want to read about?

Thanks.

Jim

From: blindprogramming-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
[mailto:blindprogramming-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mark Matthews
Sent: Monday, July 18, 2011 12:51 PM
To: blindprogramming@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [blindprogramming] Using pydoc from Terminal

Hi folks,

I seem to be experiencing some issues with using pydoc.py from the Command 
Prompt. I've managed to locate the pydoc.py file in Python27\Lib, but despite 
numerous Google searches I can't seem to get the syntax right. I'm either told 
that the method I type in is not found, or that the syntax is incorrect. 
However what I have found out is it seems necessary to type in the .py 
extenssion prior to the query, else I get a message advising me that pydoc 
isn't a valid command.

Is it worth getting accustomed to reading documentation from pydoc.py, as well 
as the material found in the Compiled HTML Help?

Regards,

Mark

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