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authorGeorg Brandl <georg@python.org>2012-06-24 15:24:26 (GMT)
committerGeorg Brandl <georg@python.org>2012-06-24 15:24:26 (GMT)
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Closes #15162: the meaning of "online" has shifted a bit in recent years, use "interactive" instead.
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#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""Generate Python documentation in HTML or text for interactive use.
-In the Python interpreter, do "from pydoc import help" to provide online
+In the Python interpreter, do "from pydoc import help" to provide
help. Calling help(thing) on a Python object documents the object.
Or, at the shell command line outside of Python:
@@ -1838,7 +1838,7 @@ has the same effect as typing a particular string at the help> prompt.
def intro(self):
self.output.write('''
-Welcome to Python %s! This is the online help utility.
+Welcome to Python %s! This is the interactive help utility.
If this is your first time using Python, you should definitely check out
the tutorial on the Internet at http://docs.python.org/%s/tutorial/.