Re: [Tutor] python 3.4 documentation

2015-06-15 Thread Ben Finney
Alex Kleider writes: > >>> import csv > >>> help('csv') > ...and documentation of the modules appears in the pager! Yes. This is positive reinforcement for writing meaningful, standardised docstrings for every code object (module, class, function): the docstring is automatically available for br

Re: [Tutor] python 3.4 documentation

2015-06-15 Thread Alex Kleider
On 2015-06-14 20:49, Steven D'Aprano wrote: The Python interactive interpreter comes with a powerful interactive help system. At the Python prompt, you can enter: help() help("keyword") # e.g. "raise" help(any_object) to get help and documentation. Thank you for this tip. I sort of was

Re: [Tutor] python 3.4 documentation

2015-06-15 Thread Laura Creighton
In a message of Sun, 14 Jun 2015 19:59:00 -0700, Alex Kleider writes: >On 2015-06-14 17:13, Laura Creighton wrote: >> In a message of Sun, 14 Jun 2015 15:50:38 -0700, Alex Kleider writes: >>> On 2015-06-14 12:36, Hilton Fernandes wrote: Hello, Alex ! I believe that maybe in the page

Re: [Tutor] python 3.4 documentation

2015-06-14 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Sun, Jun 14, 2015 at 11:56:15AM -0700, Alex Kleider wrote: > I'm using python 3.4 on an ubuntu 14.4 LTS OS and frequently find myself > 'off line'. The Python interactive interpreter comes with a powerful interactive help system. At the Python prompt, you can enter: help() help("keyword")

Re: [Tutor] python 3.4 documentation

2015-06-14 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Mon, Jun 15, 2015 at 02:13:04AM +0200, Laura Creighton wrote: > In a message of Sun, 14 Jun 2015 15:50:38 -0700, Alex Kleider writes: > >On 2015-06-14 12:36, Hilton Fernandes wrote: > >> Hello, Alex ! > >> > >> I believe that maybe in the page > >> https://docs.python.org/3/download.html > > >

Re: [Tutor] python 3.4 documentation

2015-06-14 Thread Alex Kleider
On 2015-06-14 17:13, Laura Creighton wrote: In a message of Sun, 14 Jun 2015 15:50:38 -0700, Alex Kleider writes: On 2015-06-14 12:36, Hilton Fernandes wrote: Hello, Alex ! I believe that maybe in the page https://docs.python.org/3/download.html Thank you Hilton, Laura and Peter for pointing

Re: [Tutor] python 3.4 documentation

2015-06-14 Thread Laura Creighton
In a message of Sun, 14 Jun 2015 15:50:38 -0700, Alex Kleider writes: >On 2015-06-14 12:36, Hilton Fernandes wrote: >> Hello, Alex ! >> >> I believe that maybe in the page >> https://docs.python.org/3/download.html > >Thank you Hilton, Laura and Peter for pointing me in the right >direction. >Bei

Re: [Tutor] python 3.4 documentation

2015-06-14 Thread Alex Kleider
On 2015-06-14 12:36, Hilton Fernandes wrote: Hello, Alex ! I believe that maybe in the page https://docs.python.org/3/download.html Thank you Hilton, Laura and Peter for pointing me in the right direction. Being 'off line' will no longer be such a hardship.

Re: [Tutor] python 3.4 documentation

2015-06-14 Thread Laura Creighton
This is working for me https://docs.python.org/3.3/download.html Where do you find the broken link? That needs fixing. Laura ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinf

Re: [Tutor] python 3.4 documentation

2015-06-14 Thread Peter Otten
Alex Kleider wrote: > I'm using python 3.4 on an ubuntu 14.4 LTS OS and frequently find myself > 'off line'. > I'd like to download the standard library documentation to have at hand > on my hard drive. > I tried > prompt> wget -r https://docs.python.org/3/library/index.html > but links appear to

Re: [Tutor] python 3.4 documentation

2015-06-14 Thread Hilton Fernandes
Hello, Alex ! I believe that maybe in the page https://docs.python.org/3/download.html you will find what you're looking for. All the best, Hilton On Sun, Jun 14, 2015 at 3:56 PM, Alex Kleider wrote: > I'm using python 3.4 on an ubuntu 14.4 LTS OS and frequently find myself > 'off line'. > I'