[issue37768] IDLE: Show help(object) output in a text viewer

Change by Tal Einat : -- pull_requests: +25150 pull_request: https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/26561 ___ Python tracker ___

[issue37768] IDLE: Show help(object) output in a text viewer

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: I should have said, 'who disable autosqueeze'. Anyway, an option to disable help autoview will make me more comfortable adding it. A similar change would be to add 'Squeeze & View' to the context menu. -- ___

[issue37768] IDLE: Show help(object) output in a text viewer

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: For myself, I only want this for 'large' outputs. I prefer something like the following left alone. >>> help('continue') The "continue" statement continue_stmt ::= "continue" "continue" may only occur syntactically nested in a

[issue37768] IDLE: Show help(object) output in a text viewer

Tal Einat added the comment: Raymond, I'm interested in your opinion on this. -- nosy: +rhettinger ___ Python tracker ___ ___

[issue37768] IDLE: Show help(object) output in a text viewer

Tal Einat added the comment: See PR GH-15140. -- ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe:

[issue37768] IDLE: Show help(object) output in a text viewer

Change by Tal Einat : -- keywords: +patch pull_requests: +14878 stage: needs patch -> patch review pull_request: https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/15140 ___ Python tracker

[issue37768] IDLE: Show help(object) output in a text viewer

New submission from Tal Einat : Currently, IDLE just writes the entire help message into the shell. If auto-squeezing is enabled, then long help messages are automatically squeezed, following which the help text can be viewed in a text viewer or expanded inline. This is still not great UX.