problems with documentation

2006-01-27 Thread bobueland
I'm using standard widows xp installation of Python 2.4.2. I tried to find some help for print and entered >>> help() and then chose help> print Sorry, topic and keyword documentation is not available because the Python HTML documentation files could not be found. If you have installed them, p

Re: problems with documentation

2006-01-27 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Set PYTHONDOCS to "C:\Python24\Doc\Python-Docs-2.4.2", and that should work. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: problems with documentation

2006-01-27 Thread bobueland
Thanks, that works :) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: problems with documentation

2006-01-27 Thread BartlebyScrivener
Specifically it's the TOPICS that I can't seem to get to work. The keywords and modules etc do work. But if I type, e.g., help("functions") it says, "No documentation found" If I type help("os") I get help on the os module. rpd -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: problems with documentation

2006-01-27 Thread BartlebyScrivener
Still doesn't work for me. I've tried everything. I think it's because PythonWin keeps trying to read the ActiveState .chm file, even if you download the html files and set the PYTHONDOCS variable. Oh well. rpd -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: problems with documentation

2006-01-28 Thread Ron Rogers Jr.
BartlebyScrivener wrote: > Specifically it's the TOPICS that I can't seem to get to work. The > keywords and modules etc do work. But if I type, e.g., > help("functions") it says, "No documentation found" If I type > help("os") I get help on the os module. > > rpd > The TOPICS seem to be case se