Guido writes -
It has a GUI for this feature. Assuming you have Python 2.1.x or 2.2.x on Windows, go to the Start -> Programs -> Python x.x menu, and select "Module docs". Now type your search string in the text box and hit return. Double-click any of the resulting lines, and stand by for a webbrowser window to pop up.
For a refreshing change of pace I would like to agree with Guidio. It seems to me that Jason you come to the table with too many expectations (maybe from your Rebol experience) of how a help system "should" work, rather than spending the energy focusing on learning how the Python help system does work.. And I would agree with Guido, once that (minor) effort is made, all your expectations and more, from that point on, look like they will be met. And I would generalize that further. Have more confidence in Python. But fewer expectations coming in. Art