Re: [Tutor] 'pydoc' is not recognized as an internal or external command, ...
Thank you to all who have responded. I have a bit of an update that reflects some of these suggestions. I was able to snag some time from one of the more experienced engineers and here is what we found: On my system (Windows 7) the path to the lib file is C:\Python26\lib and "pydoc.py" is in this folder. So, he had me run: python -m pydoc raw_input at that prompt. Sure enough, this returned what looked like help information for raw_input. And, when we he had me follow the trail: Start > Control Panel > System > Advanced Settings > Environment Variables Python26 was in the PATH. From: Steven D'Aprano To: tutor@python.org Sent: Fri, November 12, 2010 5:44:41 PM Subject: Re: [Tutor] 'pydoc' is not recognized as an internal or external command, ... R Johnson wrote: > 'pydoc' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable > program >or batch file. This means that the program "pydoc" is not installed on your computer, or is installed somewhere where the operating system (I'm guessing you're using Windows?) can't find it. Use the Find File command, and see if you can find something called "pydoc". You may need to call the full path to the program, e.g.: C:\My Documents\path\to\program\pydoc raw_input or you may need to install it :) > So, I go back to the terminal and type: python > Then I type: pydoc raw_input > The computer spits back: File "", line1 > pydoc raw_input > SyntaxError: invalid syntax > (There is a carrot symbol under the "t" of input.) pydoc is an external tool made with Python, it is not a Python command you can run. However, Python does come with an internal tool that is nearly as powerful: help(). >From the Python prompt, type: help(raw_input) and Enter, and you will get something very close to what pydoc would have given you. -- Steven ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
Re: [Tutor] 'pydoc' is not recognized as an internal or external command, ...
On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 6:44 PM, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > Use the Find File command, and see if you can find something called "pydoc". > You may need to call the full path to the program, e.g.: > > C:\My Documents\path\to\program\pydoc raw_input On my windows PC, it's c:\Python31\Lib\pydoc.py So, to do what the tutorial is suggesting, you would need to open a command prompt (cmd.exe) and run: c:\Python31\Lib\pydoc.py raw_input Note: Since I have python 3.1 installed, that wouldn't actually work, because python 3.1 no longer has a raw_input function -- it's been renamed to just input. If you want to be able to run pydoc.py without specifying the full path every time, I could add C:\Python31\Lib to my PATH environment variable. -- Jerry ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
Re: [Tutor] 'pydoc' is not recognized as an internal or external command, ...
R Johnson wrote: 'pydoc' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. This means that the program "pydoc" is not installed on your computer, or is installed somewhere where the operating system (I'm guessing you're using Windows?) can't find it. Use the Find File command, and see if you can find something called "pydoc". You may need to call the full path to the program, e.g.: C:\My Documents\path\to\program\pydoc raw_input or you may need to install it :) So, I go back to the terminal and type: python Then I type: pydoc raw_input The computer spits back: File "", line1 pydoc raw_input SyntaxError: invalid syntax (There is a carrot symbol under the "t" of input.) pydoc is an external tool made with Python, it is not a Python command you can run. However, Python does come with an internal tool that is nearly as powerful: help(). From the Python prompt, type: help(raw_input) and Enter, and you will get something very close to what pydoc would have given you. -- Steven ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
Re: [Tutor] 'pydoc' is not recognized as an internal or external command, ...
For what you're looking for you could use: >>>help(raw_input) In the python terminal,meaning type python first. For pydoc on ubuntu in the command line, pydoc -p 1234 and then take your browser to http://localhost:1234, you might need to select the work offline mode. On windows IIRC it's about the same. I can check if you need it. ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
[Tutor] 'pydoc' is not recognized as an internal or external command, ...
Hello All, I'm currently attempting to work my way through Zed Shaw's "Learn Python the Hard Way" (suggested by co-workers) and have come across an instruction to: 1. In Terminal where you normally run python to run your scripts, type: pydoc raw_input. Read what it says. So in a terminal, at the command prompt I type: pydoc raw_input. I'm going out on a limb here - I don't believe the following is what I was supposed to read: 'pydoc' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. The word pydoc is in single quotes. So, I go back to the terminal and type: python Then I type: pydoc raw_input The computer spits back: File "", line1 pydoc raw_input SyntaxError: invalid syntax (There is a carrot symbol under the "t" of input.) What I've done so far to figure it out: 1. Searching Google and here on the tutor mailing list. I cannot find this exact same phrase - there are many similar ones on the two pages of returned search results, but not the exact same phrase. I assume from the verbiage that I don't have "something" installed or I have installed "something" incorrectly but what exactly I cannot tell. 2. Searching this page: http://docs.python.org/library/pydoc.html This page contains lots of great information if you already know what you are doing but not information for how to start or troubleshoot "pydoc." For one as new as myself this might as well be in a dead language that has no Rosetta Stone. 3. Picked the brains of the co-workers who recommended the book - they are as confused as me as to why it's not working. They don't seem to have needed it. Any suggestions? Thank you, R. ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
