On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 3:03 PM, Steven D'Aprano <st...@pearwood.info> wrote: > Joel Goldstick wrote: >> >> Its really nice how python displays help from the docstrings of >> modules. I'd like to save this info to a file, and I realize I've >> never come across how to do that. > > > At the command prompt (not the Python interactive interpreter!), run the > pydoc command: > > pydoc math > > will display the documentation for help. > > pydoc -w math > > will write it to a file math.html. > > > To do the same thing from the interactive interpreter, start with: > > import pydoc > > and go from there. > > > > -- > Steven > > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
Hey Steven, thanks. I guess I was a little lazy in my research. I just discovered pydocs before I read your response. Its great! This is great motivation to write concise and complete docstrings. -- Joel Goldstick _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
