[Edu-sig] Looking for a comprehensive Python and Tkinterdocumentation (like the Java documentation)

[David Handy]

On Thu, Mar 03, 2005 at 08:08:12AM -0800, Kirby Urner wrote:
> You can run pydoc as a server and hit it with your browser:
> 
> """
> Run "pydoc -p <port>" to start an HTTP server on a given port on the
> local machine to generate documentation web pages.
> """
> 
> However, I'm having trouble getting this to work in Python 2.4 on WinXP, per
> the traceback below:
> 
> D:\Python24\Lib>python pydoc.py -p 7887
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "pydoc.py", line 55, in ?
>     import sys, imp, os, re, types, inspect, __builtin__
>   File "D:\Python24\Lib\re.py", line 5, in ?
>     from sre import *
>   File "D:\Python24\Lib\sre.py", line 97, in ?
>     import sre_compile
>   File "D:\Python24\Lib\sre_compile.py", line 17, in ?
>     assert _sre.MAGIC == MAGIC, "SRE module mismatch"
> AssertionError: SRE module mismatch
> 
> 
> On the other hand, when I change to Python 2.3 and try the same thing, it
> works:
> 
> D:\Python24\Lib>cd..
> 
> D:\Python24>cd ..
> 
> D:\>cd python23
> 
> D:\Python23>cd lib
> 
> D:\Python23\Lib>python pydoc.py -p 7887
> pydoc server ready at http://localhost:7887/
> 
> Anyone able to get the 2.4 pydoc server working in Windows?
> 
> Kirby

It works great for me:

C:\Python24>python -m pydoc -p 3999
pydoc server ready at http://localhost:3999/

(Using the nice new -m flag to run a module from the command line.)

Just a thought - do you still have Python23 in your PATH? It looks like you
might be trying to run the 2.4 version of pydoc using the 2.3 version of
python.

David H.