Re: Help System For Python Applications

2006-05-17 Thread bruno at modulix
BartlebyScrivener wrote: > At the commandline, run: > > pydoc -g > > In the interpreter: > > help("modulename") > > or help () > > for interactive. This is developper doc. I think the OP's talking about end-user doc. -- bruno desthuilliers python -c "print '@'.join(['.'.join([w[::-1] for w

Re: Help System For Python Applications

2006-05-16 Thread BartlebyScrivener
At the commandline, run: pydoc -g In the interpreter: help("modulename") or help () for interactive. Are you on Windows? Using ActivePython? Or the Python.org download? rd -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Help System For Python Applications

2006-05-16 Thread redefined . horizons
Thanks for the link Paul. It looks like you've done some good work on that module. I'll check it out. Scott Paul Boddie wrote: > bruno at modulix wrote: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > On a related note, is there a way to fire up Adobe's Acorbat Reader or > > > and Web Browser from Python

Re: Help System For Python Applications

2006-05-16 Thread Paul Boddie
bruno at modulix wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > On a related note, is there a way to fire up Adobe's Acorbat Reader or > > and Web Browser from Python and have the external application open a > > specified PDF or HTML file? (For example, I want to open the file > > "myhelp.pdf" in reader f

Re: Help System For Python Applications

2006-05-16 Thread redefined . horizons
Thanks for the responses. I'll check out the web browser module, and I'll make sure that I release any work ona help system to the community. Scott Huey bruno at modulix wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I did some searching for this topic, but couldn't find anything. A > > search of this lis

Re: Help System For Python Applications

2006-05-16 Thread bruno at modulix
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I did some searching for this topic, but couldn't find anything. A > search of this list only turned up an old post from 2002. > > I'd like to add a comprehesive help system to my Python Application. By > "comprehensive" I mean regular "read-like-a-book" help and context

Re: Help System For Python Applications

2006-05-16 Thread Harold Fellermann
I usually go for the webbrowser package that allows me to launch the systems webbrowser and opens my html help files. It is really simple: >>> import webbrowser >>> webbrowser.open("file:///path_to/help.html#topic") and thats all there is to do. - harold - -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/lis

Re: Help System For Python Applications

2006-05-16 Thread johnzenger
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On a related note, is there a way to fire up Adobe's Acorbat Reader or > and Web Browser from Python and have the external application open a > specified PDF or HTML file? (For example, I want to open the file > "myhelp.pdf" in reader from Python code.) The webbrowser m