On Fri, 2007-09-14 at 10:00 -0400, PaulS wrote: > new to Fedora7, typed python in interactive interpreter, then help(). Then > modules to get a list of modules. Then module name to get info on a module > but no help file. What is the help file name? Is there an environmental > variable I have to set?
There is no help file, and no environment variable. The help text is stored directly inside each module and function that supplies a help text. Observe: >>> def f(x): ... "Calculate the square of x." ... return x**x ... >>> help(f) Help on function f in module __main__: f(x) Calculate the square of x. (END) Providing such a help text is optional, but all standard library modules do provide help as far as I know. Consequently, the fact that you have a module that doesn't provide a help text seems to indicate that it's not a standard library module. What's the name of the module you're trying to get help on? Hope this helps (no pun intended), -- Carsten Haese http://informixdb.sourceforge.net -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list