Re: help() function screen output

2015-01-31 Thread Terry Reedy
On 1/31/2015 4:13 AM, Steven D'Aprano wrote: Jacob Kruger wrote: Using python 3.4 32 bit on windows 7 64 bit machine, and when, for example, type in something like the following in interpreter window: help(str) It will populate the screen with one full screen of information, with a prompt of -

Re: help() function screen output

2015-01-31 Thread Jacob Kruger
- Original Message - > Specifically, the last two lines show: Display next page Display next line which is, I suspect, what you're after here. (If you're interested, the code for all this is in the pydoc module (Lib\pydoc.py) in the getpager() function. TJG -- https://mail.pytho

Re: help() function screen output

2015-01-31 Thread Jacob Kruger
- Original Message - From: "Steven D'Aprano" Newsgroups: comp.lang.python To: Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2015 11:13 AM Subject: Re: help() function screen output Jacob Kruger wrote: Using python 3.4 32 bit on windows 7 64 bit machine, and when, for example, type in

Re: help() function screen output

2015-01-31 Thread Tim Golden
On 31/01/2015 08:17, Jacob Kruger wrote: Using python 3.4 32 bit on windows 7 64 bit machine, and when, for example, type in something like the following in interpreter window: help(str) It will populate the screen with one full screen of information, with a prompt of --more-- to hit enter, or so

Re: help() function screen output

2015-01-31 Thread Steven D'Aprano
Jacob Kruger wrote: > Using python 3.4 32 bit on windows 7 64 bit machine, and when, for > example, type in something like the following in interpreter window: > help(str) > > It will populate the screen with one full screen of information, with a > prompt of --more-- to hit enter, or something t

help() function screen output

2015-01-31 Thread Jacob Kruger
Using python 3.4 32 bit on windows 7 64 bit machine, and when, for example, type in something like the following in interpreter window: help(str) It will populate the screen with one full screen of information, with a prompt of --more-- to hit enter, or something to continue displaying informati