[issue9739] Output of help(...) is wider than 80 characters

2019-03-15 Thread Mark Lawrence
Change by Mark Lawrence : -- nosy: -BreamoreBoy ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe:

[issue9739] Output of help(...) is wider than 80 characters

2014-06-19 Thread Mark Lawrence
Mark Lawrence added the comment: @Terry is this something you could take on? -- nosy: +BreamoreBoy versions: +Python 3.5 -Python 3.2 ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue9739 ___

[issue9739] Output of help(...) is wider than 80 characters

2014-06-19 Thread Terry J. Reedy
Terry J. Reedy added the comment: Perhaps after the Google Summer of Code project is done (mid-August). -- ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue9739 ___

[issue9739] Output of help(...) is wider than 80 characters

2010-09-05 Thread Case Van Horsen
Case Van Horsen cas...@gmail.com added the comment: I edited the doc string for math.modf since an indent of 8 spaces is used for the doc string with help(math). An indent of 4 spaces is used with help(math.modf). I've attached a new patch for just the math module that includes the return

[issue9739] Output of help(...) is wider than 80 characters

2010-09-03 Thread Terry J. Reedy
Terry J. Reedy tjre...@udel.edu added the comment: Although this is not a problem in IDLE where the window can easily be expanded beyond 80 chars, I am in favor of the idea for other uses. The command line interpreter on Windows defaults to 80 chars and is not so easy to change, and one must

[issue9739] Output of help(...) is wider than 80 characters

2010-09-02 Thread Amaury Forgeot d'Arc
Amaury Forgeot d'Arc amaur...@gmail.com added the comment: Aren't there tools that extract only the first line of help? -- assignee: - d...@python components: +Documentation -Extension Modules nosy: +amaury.forgeotdarc, d...@python ___ Python

[issue9739] Output of help(...) is wider than 80 characters

2010-09-02 Thread Giampaolo Rodola'
Changes by Giampaolo Rodola' g.rod...@gmail.com: -- nosy: +giampaolo.rodola ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue9739 ___ ___

[issue9739] Output of help(...) is wider than 80 characters

2010-09-02 Thread Case Van Horsen
Case Van Horsen cas...@gmail.com added the comment: According to PEP 7, the first line of the doc string should contain the signature of the function, then there should be a blank line, and then the rest of the doc string. There may be tools that extract the signature line. The patch just

[issue9739] Output of help(...) is wider than 80 characters

2010-09-01 Thread Case Van Horsen
New submission from Case Van Horsen cas...@gmail.com: In several modules, the output of help(some_module) is wider than 80 characters. This results in extra line wrapping and incorrect formatting of the help text. I've attached a single patch (doc_width1.diff) that corrects the issue for