Hi, this "For more information, type 'help(pylab)'" -message is really irritating.
Perhaps it can be removed. Or - maybe - it would be good, to have a menu entry "Pylab" in the help menu. If selected, it could open the online help and display the entry for pylab. Best regards: Uwe Fechner On Feb 28, 3:41 pm, Pierre Raybaut <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > Spyder's console is trying to emulate a classic text terminal with a > graphical user interface (the ultimate reference of GUI-based terminal > written with Qt would be "Konsole", but we are very far from this > because rewriting Konsole in pure Python/PyQt would be a Python > project in itself). That is not an easy task in terms of performances > and terminal features compatibility. It currently supports a lot of > classic terminal features like text coloring (ANSI escape codes) or > command history, but it does not support features related to screen > length, like the "more" feature which is capable of splitting the > displayed text in pages matching the screen length of the terminal. > > So that's why typing 'help(pylab)' will display the whole help > contents without pausing. > Anyway, the Spyder's console is far from being perfect but it's the > fastest and the most full featured GUI-based console written in Python > I've ever tried. > > But, note that typing 'help(something)' to get help on something is > typically a text-terminal approach. Here, with Spyder, you may use GUI- > based tools to get the documentation you need, which are much more > efficient in the context of a GUI-based development environment: > * the object inspector (see Spyder's documentation) > * the online documentation (hidden by default: see menu "View") > > HTH, > Pierre > > On Feb 27, 11:10 pm, DP <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hello: > > > I just tried 2.0.8 as a novice and typed 'help(pylab)' as indicated. > > Spyder is great at least for beginners in any case. > > > But contrary to bare ipython the printed text scrolls the 4000+ lines > > without > > pausing, which prevents to read most of the pylab help. > > > Dan > > > (Python 2.7.1 (r271:86832, Feb 27 2011, 08:49:33) on Mandriva cooker > > 64 bit) > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "spyder" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/spyderlib?hl=en.
