[issue9739] Output of help(...) is wider than 80 characters

2019-03-15 Thread Mark Lawrence
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[issue9739] Output of help(...) is wider than 80 characters

2014-06-19 Thread Terry J. Reedy
Terry J. Reedy added the comment: Perhaps after the Google Summer of Code project is done (mid-August). -- ___ Python tracker ___ ___ P

[issue9739] Output of help(...) is wider than 80 characters

2014-06-19 Thread Mark Lawrence
Mark Lawrence added the comment: @Terry is this something you could take on? -- nosy: +BreamoreBoy versions: +Python 3.5 -Python 3.2 ___ Python tracker ___ ___

[issue9739] Output of help(...) is wider than 80 characters

2010-09-05 Thread Case Van Horsen
Case Van Horsen added the comment: I edited the doc string for math.modf since an indent of 8 spaces is used for the doc string with help(math). An indent of 4 spaces is used with help(math.modf). I've attached a new patch for just the math module that includes the return type as part of sig

[issue9739] Output of help(...) is wider than 80 characters

2010-09-03 Thread Terry J. Reedy
Terry J. Reedy added the comment: Although this is not a problem in IDLE where the window can easily be expanded beyond 80 chars, I am in favor of the idea for other uses. The command line interpreter on Windows defaults to 80 chars and is not so easy to change, and one must be admin to make

[issue9739] Output of help(...) is wider than 80 characters

2010-09-02 Thread Case Van Horsen
Case Van Horsen added the comment: According to PEP 7, the first line of the doc string should contain the signature of the function, then there should be a blank line, and then the rest of the doc string. There may be tools that extract the signature line. The patch just decreases the line l

[issue9739] Output of help(...) is wider than 80 characters

2010-09-02 Thread Giampaolo Rodola'
Changes by Giampaolo Rodola' : -- nosy: +giampaolo.rodola ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http:/

[issue9739] Output of help(...) is wider than 80 characters

2010-09-01 Thread Amaury Forgeot d'Arc
Amaury Forgeot d'Arc added the comment: Aren't there tools that extract only the first line of help? -- assignee: -> d...@python components: +Documentation -Extension Modules nosy: +amaury.forgeotdarc, d...@python ___ Python tracker

[issue9739] Output of help(...) is wider than 80 characters

2010-09-01 Thread Case Van Horsen
New submission from Case Van Horsen : In several modules, the output of help(some_module) is wider than 80 characters. This results in extra line wrapping and incorrect formatting of the help text. I've attached a single patch (doc_width1.diff) that corrects the issue for math, cmath, tuple,