Using Windows XP and Python 2.7 I tried to run "pydoc" through the terminal. unfortunately it doesn't work.
Since I'm not allowed to post a screenshot (Newbie). Here is what it says (white on black)
What I type:
"C:\Python27>pydoc raw_input /"pydoc raw_input"
My result (It's German an it roughly translates to"The command "pydoc" is either spelled wrong or couldn't be found.):
Der Befehl "pydoc" ist entweder falsch geschrieben oder konnte nicht gefunden werden.
What am I doing wrong?
By the way, I just started to teach myself programming using Zed Shaws "Learn Python the Hard Way" and this is the first issue I really can't figure out using Google. I start to believe that it is Windows an not me... (being too broke to afford a Mac and to scared to learn Linux).
for me
% python -m pydoc <params here>
worked. python will look for pydoc.py
in the right directories without further ado.
pydoc
is actually a Python script (so, on Windows, you need to look for pydoc.py
), and it's not added to the Windows %PATH% by default (so you need to give a full pathname).
Try running c:\Python27\Lib\pydoc.py
from your command line.
Edit: For a graphical interface to Python's documentation, you might want to instead run c:\Python27\Tools\Scripts\pydocgui.pyw
(from the command line or from Windows Explorer). This starts pydoc's web server on your local PC so you can access the documentation through your web browser.
There's no pydoc
command in Windows. You'll need to specify the full path to pydoc.py
. For example to start the pydoc
GUI use:
python c:\Python26\lib\pydoc.py -g
If you want to add the pydoc
command, create a pydoc.bat
file with the following line in it:
@python c:\Python26\lib\pydoc.py %*
you can also type help()
when you are in the Python terminal which gets you to the same page...
http://docs.python.org/library/pydoc.html
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