I'm not sure I'm using pydoc correctly. I only seem to get abbreviated
help rather than full documentation. It happens often enough that I think
I'm doing something wrong.
For example, I want to upgrade my scripts to use .format() from using %.
$ pydoc format
Help on built-in function format in module __builtin__:
format(...)
format(value[, format_spec]) -> string
Returns value.__format__(format_spec)
format_spec defaults to ""
Well, that just tells me that there is an entity called format_spec. I
want to know what format_spec actually IS so I can use it. I try:
$ pydoc -k format_spec
$
Nothing.
I found the answer using google, but that won't work if I'm offline. Am I
using pydoc correctly? Or is there a more complete language spec?
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