[issue21625] Make help() beginner helpful when no PAGER or LESS variable

Nagarajan added the comment: I would request us to think about a couple more options while this is under consideration... Do we want to also add the flags -X and -F to the less options? The -X flag gets less to show its output inline, instead of a separate screen. The advantage here is

[issue21625] Make help() beginner helpful when no PAGER or LESS variable

Change by Zackery Spytz : -- keywords: +patch nosy: +ZackerySpytz nosy_count: 7.0 -> 8.0 pull_requests: +20657 stage: needs patch -> patch review pull_request: https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/21520 ___ Python tracker

[issue21625] Make help() beginner helpful when no PAGER or LESS variable

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: I recently opened Python in a Mac Terminal (bash) window, tried help(ob), and being a beginner in this situation, had the same terrible frustrating experience. I am leaving this open to implement David Murray's suggestion and changed the title accordingly.