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| author | Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> | 2001-03-02 14:05:59 (GMT) |
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| committer | Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> | 2001-03-02 14:05:59 (GMT) |
| commit | e3955a8ce27ec8a1d74340d41bc8701723646efe (patch) | |
| tree | c2bcf293c78693ac22797eebe8db9fc96c5ad9db /Misc | |
| parent | 9d0fbdeaf73f5b94753923ef91173c87a0e933e2 (diff) | |
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Add some more info about pydoc. (Can you see I'm excited?)
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@@ -71,7 +71,8 @@ Standard library for interactively converting docstrings to HTML or text. Tools/scripts/pydoc, which is now automatically installed into <prefix>/bin, uses pydoc.py to display documentation; try running - 'pydoc' for the instructions. + "pydoc -h" for instructions. "pydoc -g" pops up a small GUI that + lets you browse the module docstrings using a web browser. - New library module difflib.py, primarily packaging the SequenceMatcher class at the heart of the popular ndiff.py file-comparison tool. @@ -81,6 +82,10 @@ Standard library Windows changes +- A new entry in the Start menu, "Module Docs", runs "pydoc -g" -- a + small GUI that lets you browse the module docstrings using your + default web browser. + - Import is now case-sensitive. PEP 235 (Import on Case-Insensitive Platforms) is implemented. See |