>My idea of a good first move, after booting some Python GUI shell for >the first time, is to go dir(). > >IDLE 1.2b2 > > >>>>dir() >>>> >>>> >['__builtins__', '__doc__', '__name__'] > >Already the filling is: we're not alone. And what are those weird >__xxx__ things. They look strange. > Easy. Snake ribs ;) Art