>>> import pydoc import sys sys.version
'2.4.2 (#67, Sep 28 2005, 12:41:11) [MSC v.1310 32 bit (Intel)]' pydoc sys
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
The documentation for pydoc says:
"Run "pydoc <name>" to show documentation on something."
What am I missing?
Thanks!
Chris 9 22652 ne********@cox. net wrote: import pydoc import sys sys.version '2.4.2 (#67, Sep 28 2005, 12:41:11) [MSC v.1310 32 bit (Intel)]' pydoc sys SyntaxError: invalid syntax The documentation for pydoc says: "Run "pydoc <name>" to show documentation on something."
What am I missing?
In the interpreter, just do help(sys)
or
help("sys")
if you didn't already import the module.
What you tried is what you would do on the command line. I'm not sure it
works on windows, though, but
python -m pydoc sys
Should work on both windows and unix.
Peter
Thanks for replying Peter, but none of your suggestions are working.
S:\projects\C2P C\src>python -m
Unknown option: -m
usage: python [option] ... [-c cmd | file | -] [arg] ...
I should also be able to run 'pydoc -g' to start a webserver.
I guess I will have to write the author of pydoc for an answer.
Chris ne********@cox. net wrote: Thanks for replying Peter, but none of your suggestions are working.
S:\projects\C2P C\src>python -m Unknown option: -m usage: python [option] ... [-c cmd | file | -] [arg] ...
The -m option was added in Python 2.4, you must have an older version (though your OP
shows 2.4.2...). Try
python c:\python23\Lib \pydoc.py sys
or whatever the correct path is to python on your system. I should also be able to run 'pydoc -g' to start a webserver.
python c:\python23\Lib \pydoc.py -g
or Start / Programs / Python 2.x / Module docs
Kent
I guess I will have to write the author of pydoc for an answer.
Chris
On Fri, 16 Dec 2005 07:23:57 -0800, newsposter wrote: import pydoc import sys sys.version '2.4.2 (#67, Sep 28 2005, 12:41:11) [MSC v.1310 32 bit (Intel)]' pydoc sys SyntaxError: invalid syntax
The documentation for pydoc says: "Run "pydoc <name>" to show documentation on something."
What am I missing?
Thanks! Chris
On a GNU/Linux distribution you can run in a shell the command 'pydoc -g'.
This start a little interface that start a little webserver, so it open an
webbrowser and go to a page where you easy find info about modules etc... ne********@cox. net wrote: Thanks for replying Peter, but none of your suggestions are working.
S:\projects\C2P C\src>python -m Unknown option: -m usage: python [option] ... [-c cmd | file | -] [arg] ...
I should also be able to run 'pydoc -g' to start a webserver.
Do you have multiple versions of Python on your computer?
The -m option only works with python2.4, so it seems Windows invoked a wrong
(older) Python version.
For older versions you can do
python c:\path\to\pydo c.py -g
Alternatively you can make sure you pick the right interpreter explicitly:
c:\path\to\pyth on2.4\python.ex e -m pydoc -g
I guess I will have to write the author of pydoc for an answer.
If none of the above works, be patient. Someone with a fresher Python on
Windows experience will eventually speak up :-)
Peter ne********@cox. net wrote: Thanks for replying Peter, but none of your suggestions are working.
S:\projects\C2P C\src>python -m Unknown option: -m usage: python [option] ... [-c cmd | file | -] [arg] ...
I should also be able to run 'pydoc -g' to start a webserver.
I guess I will have to write the author of pydoc for an answer.
if you look in the Python menu in the program menu, you'll find a
"module docs" entry that starts pydoc for you.
</F>
If it's just about displaying pydoc pages... SPE Python IDE has pydoc
built in. Just open any file and click on the pydoc tab, next to the
uml tab. Then you see the python documentation of that script, which is
generated on the fly, If you want to see documentation about the sys
module, just click in the upper right corner on the index link.
This works on Windows, Linux and Mac without a pain.
Stani
-- http://pythonide.stani.be
Thanks Peter. I do have two versions, with the older one existing for
compatibility with another application. Option -m works with 2.42. I
neglected to check this when I ran from the command-line.
Thanks,
Chris
Thanks! Yes, it brings up a documentation server, and serves up some
nicely formatted documentation. Learning learning...
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