[issue14512] Pydocs module docs server not working on Windows.
New submission from Terry J. Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu>: 3.2.3rc2 and 3.3.0a2, freshly downloaded and installed, Win7, 64 bit Start Menue/Pythonxx/Module Docs Brings up tkinter pydoc box. [open browser] brings up *empty* localhost:7464 window. Search 'tkinter' and double-click tkinter entry or select and [go to selected] opens empty localhost:7464/tkinter.html window. This worked sometime last year on earlier 3.2, maybe on xp box. I thought there might be an issue already, but I searched for 'pydoc' and 'modole docs' and found nothing. ---------- assignee: docs@python components: Documentation, Installation, Library (Lib) messages: 157606 nosy: docs@python, georg.brandl, loewis, terry.reedy priority: normal severity: normal stage: needs patch status: open title: Pydocs module docs server not working on Windows. type: behavior versions: Python 3.2, Python 3.3 _______________________________________ Python tracker <report@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue14512> _______________________________________
Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan@gmail.com> added the comment: Hmm, we changed a few things with the way the back end server for pydoc works in 3.2. I didn't realise there was a Windows shortcut though, and I don't know how it gets generated. It sounds like it is still using the "-g" option, which is now deprecated. If you run "pydoc -b" from a command line window, does that work correctly? ("-g" should still work as well, even though it's deprecated, but knowing whether or not "-b" is also broken may help diagnose the problem) ---------- assignee: docs@python -> components: -Documentation nosy: +ncoghlan _______________________________________ Python tracker <report@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue14512> _______________________________________
Terry J. Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> added the comment: C:\Programs\Python32\Tools\Scripts>..\..\pythonw pydocgui.pyw -b has the same behavior I described. So does -g. The shortcut has been part of the Windows installation for many versions. It obviously uses pydocgui.py. C:\Programs\Python32\Lib>pydoc.py -b # starts one python.exe process # prints on the next lines in the command window Server ready at http://localhost:50695/ Server commands: [b]rowser, [q]uit server> # and opens blank localhost:50695 browser window after asking for permission for python to access local network (which I gave). 'b' at prompt opens another blank window. C:\Programs\Python32\Lib>pydoc.py -w difflib #prints wrote difflib.html #which it did, looking as expected when opened in browser, with lots of cross-links. So what it seems is not working in either case is opening the html page in the browser or connecting it to the server. C:\Programs\Python32\Lib>webbrowser.py python.org opens the page in *Internet Explorer* rather than Firefox (my default browser). pydoc tried to connect to the server in a new FF tab. When I re-ran pydoc and tried to open localhost:50695 in IE, it gave me the result of a Bing search (one help forum post), so neither browser can find anything at that url. ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <report@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue14512> _______________________________________
Terry J. Reedy added the comment: On current 3.3.4 and 3.4.0 start menus, clicking Module Docs does nothing that I can see except add a useless entry to the Frequent Programs list. I think the entry should be removed from the menu until it is made to work. All it does now is frustrate people and make Python look bad. ---------- nosy: +larry versions: +Python 3.4 -Python 3.2 _______________________________________ Python tracker <report@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue14512> _______________________________________
Harlquinth added the comment: We're also having the same issue here as well - I will delete the shortcut as a temporary fix! Thanks, Hq. ---------- nosy: +Harlquinth _______________________________________ Python tracker <report@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue14512> _______________________________________
Martin v. Löwis added the comment: Nick: the menu entry currently launches tools\scripts\pydocgui.pyw, with no command line options. ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <report@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue14512> _______________________________________
Roundup Robot added the comment: New changeset de81e0fe4905 by Martin v. Löwis in branch 'default': Issue #14512: Launch pydoc -b instead of pydocgui.pyw on Windows. http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/de81e0fe4905 ---------- nosy: +python-dev _______________________________________ Python tracker <report@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue14512> _______________________________________
Martin v. Löwis added the comment: cherry-picking request in Issue20834. I will personally not backport this to 3.3. ---------- resolution: -> fixed status: open -> closed _______________________________________ Python tracker <report@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue14512> _______________________________________
Martin v. Löwis added the comment: FTR: the server itself works fine for me. I don't see an empty window, but the proper library index. Terry, if the issue persists for you even after the change to pydoc -b, please submit *another* issue. ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <report@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue14512> _______________________________________
Roundup Robot added the comment: New changeset fa34ea4e9e47 by Martin v. Löwis in branch '3.4': Issue #14512: Launch pydoc -b instead of pydocgui.pyw on Windows. http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/fa34ea4e9e47 ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <report@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue14512> _______________________________________
Changes by Berker Peksag <berker.peksag@gmail.com>: ---------- stage: needs patch -> resolved _______________________________________ Python tracker <report@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue14512> _______________________________________
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