A better subject line would have been
Redirecting output interactive help(ob).
On 8/14/2017 4:47 AM, Friedrich Rentsch wrote:
I work interactively in an IDLE window most of the time and find
"help (...)" very useful to summarize things. The display comes up
directly (doesn't return a text, which I could edit, assign or store). I
suspect that there are ways to redirect the display, say to a file.
Help is added to the global namespace by importing 'site', which is done
by default (but can be suppressed). You could suggest on the tracker
that it be given a 'file=' option.
I have already thought about expanding the help options for IDLE.
1. Put output in a separate editor window, so it does not get in the way
of interactive work. Once that is done it could be edited and saved.
But: should this be optional? If so, how to invoke the option? I have
been waiting until we have tabbed windows, at which point, always
putting help output on a new tab would be sensible.
2. Help uses pydoc, which can produce html output. Render that instead
of plain text in a separate editor window (as down now with IDLE help).
Thanks for suggestions.
Currently, you can copy and paste into a fresh editor window.
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