[issue15162] help() says This is the online help utility. even though it isn't

2012-06-24 Thread Ramchandra Apte

New submission from Ramchandra Apte maniandra...@gmail.com:

help() says This is the online help utility. even though it isn't.
I think this sentence should be hanged to This is the offline help utility.

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components: Library (Lib)
messages: 163782
nosy: ramchandra.apte
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: help() says This is the online help utility. even though it isn't
type: behavior
versions: Python 2.7, Python 3.2, Python 3.3, Python 3.4

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[issue15162] help() says This is the online help utility. even though it isn't

2012-06-24 Thread Georg Brandl

Georg Brandl ge...@python.org added the comment:

Not sure offline is more true here; maybe integrated is better.

Also not sure the sentence deserves the death penalty.

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[issue15162] help() says This is the online help utility. even though it isn't

2012-06-24 Thread Antoine Pitrou

Antoine Pitrou pit...@free.fr added the comment:

interactive then?

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[issue15162] help() says This is the online help utility. even though it isn't

2012-06-24 Thread R. David Murray

R. David Murray rdmur...@bitdance.com added the comment:

Oh you youngsters.  Offline doesn't mean not on the Internet, it means not 
on a computer :)

Yes, interactive would be clearer.

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[issue15162] help() says This is the online help utility. even though it isn't

2012-06-24 Thread Roundup Robot

Roundup Robot devn...@psf.upfronthosting.co.za added the comment:

New changeset 1ff29f3b8da7 by Georg Brandl in branch 'default':
Closes #15162: the meaning of online has shifted a bit in recent years, use 
interactive instead.
http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/1ff29f3b8da7

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resolution:  - fixed
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