Re: Newbie needs help. Setting PYTHONDOCS to read HTML.

2005-10-11 Thread Brett Hoerner
That's because the Python docs come zipped up within a folder, for example: python_docs.tar.bz2 has a folder inside it called Python-Docs-2.4.2. You need to have C:\Python24\Python-Docs-2.4.2\ as the value if thats where that folder is, or wherever you unzipped it. I, personally, just took all

Re: Newbie needs help. Setting PYTHONDOCS to read HTML.

2005-10-11 Thread moondusterone
Yes it did. And it worked! Thank you! moondusterone Brett Hoerner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] That's because the Python docs come zipped up within a folder, for example: python_docs.tar.bz2 has a folder inside it called Python-Docs-2.4.2. You

Newbie needs help. Setting PYTHONDOCS to read HTML.

2005-10-10 Thread moondusterone
I have installed Python 2.4.2 from Python.org. I type help() and I get basic help. In help, I type keywords and I get an error saying, Sorry, topic and keyword documentation is not available because the Python HTML documentation files could not be found. If you have installed them, please

Re: Newbie needs help. Setting PYTHONDOCS to read HTML.

2005-10-10 Thread Ivan Shevanski
You can still use it, but you can't use the help. I don't know but this has always been better than the help for me! =D-- -Ivan -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Newbie needs help. Setting PYTHONDOCS to read HTML.

2005-10-10 Thread Brett Hoerner
You can use Python regardless of the docs... of course. Not sure what you mean there. As far as setting an Environment Variable, though: (1) Right-Click My Computer, go to Properties (2) Go to the Advanced tab (3) Click Environment Variables (bottom middle-ish) (4) Under User Variables click

Re: Newbie needs help. Setting PYTHONDOCS to read HTML.

2005-10-10 Thread moondusterone
Brett, I did that and now when I enter keywords I get a list of words. And it says that I can enter any of the words to get more help. I enter class and I get could not read docs from C:/Python24/ref/if.html. Brett Hoerner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] You can