On Feb 25, 12:59 pm, Necmettin Begiter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 25 February 2008 Monday 11:15:14 tarihinde [EMAIL PROTECTED] şunları yazmıştı: > > > Hi, > > This is a basic problem, but I want to print help content in a Command > > Prompt in WinXP and scrolling back to see the first lines. If I start > > a command prompt and run python, and then for example, > > > >>> help(list) > > > it starts showing the help, which can be controlled by page or raw > > using Spacebar or Enter but after this ends, it seems that I can't > > scroll back to see again the first lines. > > In the Command Prompt Properties, layout tab, my Screen buffer size > > is Width:80, Height:3000 and windows size 80x40 (W&H). > > > Any idea...? thanks in advance!! > > /Ben > > Try PgUp when in Python help view. > > Try "python -c 'help(list)'" to get the help without Python prompt.
Even this doesn't help. But I think I've found a reason for this. If I change the "start in" directory to C:\WINDOWS\system32\ (this is where the cmd.exe file is located), then the printed text doesn't get hide. Don't ask me why... Thanks anyway, /Ben -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
