> Hi all, > > I'm a week or so into having switched from WinXP to linux (ubuntu > breezy). There is a lot to learn about the differences in the OS'es > and that's just fine.
Excellent! Another Ubuntu Breezy user here. If there's anything Ubuntu I can help you with, drop me an e-mail and I'll do what I can to help. > But, a couple of things have been in my way with Python. Most notably, > I don't know how one browses the documentation. On Windows, I just > fired up the .chm (I think cmh--at any rate, the compiled help file.) Yeah, chm. Incidentally, there's a chm reader for Linux. Very primative, but it works in a pinch. Look for 'xchm' in the Universe repository. > I have installed the docs on the linux side and they can be found by > python: > > >>> help() > <snip welcome msg> > help> NONE Nah, that's part of core Python. Nothing to do with the 'python-doc' package you installed. > I assume there is some linux facility for documentation browsing that > beats importing modules and accessing docstrings. I'd work it out > eventually, but a timesaving pointer would be appreciated. Firefox! file:///usr/share/doc/python2.4/html/index.html The python-doc package is just an offline version of http://www.python.org/doc/2.4.2/ You can also probably find a copy of the book 'Dive into Python' here: file:///usr/share/doc/diveintopython/html/index.html I know Hoary installed it by default. Not sure about Breezy, since I just did a dist-upgrade from Hoary. As a rule, with Ubuntu (and most other Linux distros), the documentation goes under /usr/share/doc/<whatever>. But you can always check to see exactly what a package has put where. From the command-line, just type 'dpkg -L python-doc'. Hope that helps, -- Seen in the release notes for ACPI-support 0.34: 'The "I do not wish to discuss it" release * Add workaround for prodding fans back into life on resume * Add sick evil code for doing sick evil things to sick evil screensavers' _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
