[Python-bugs-list] [ python-Bugs-642168 ] help() fails for some builtin topics

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Bugs item #642168, was opened at 2002-11-22 02:54
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Category: Documentation
Group: Python 2.3
>Status: Closed
>Resolution: Fixed
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Matthias Klose (doko)
>Assigned to: Neal Norwitz (nnorwitz)
Summary: help() fails for some builtin topics

Initial Comment:
[seen with 2.2.2 and current CVS]

Python's help() function can display some manual
sections, in addition 
to the docstrings of various modules and functions. 
However, for 
some (not all) things this fails. 

Python 2.2.2 (#4, Oct 15 2002, 04:21:28) 
[GCC 2.95.4 20011002 (Debian prerelease)] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for
more information.

help> and
could not read docs from
/usr/share/doc/python2.2-doc/html/ref/lambda.html

help> topics

Here is a list of available topics.  Enter any topic
name to get more
help.

ASSERTION           DEBUGGING           LITERALS
SEQUENCEMETHODS1
ASSIGNMENT          DELETION            LOOPING
SEQUENCEMETHODS2
ATTRIBUTEMETHODS    DICTIONARIES        MAPPINGMETHODS
     SEQUENCES
ATTRIBUTES          DICTIONARYLITERALS  MAPPINGS      
     SHIFTING
AUGMENTEDASSIGNMENT ELLIPSIS            METHODS       
     SLICINGS
BACKQUOTES          EXCEPTIONS          MODULES
SPECIALATTRIBUTES
BASICMETHODS        EXECUTION           NAMESPACES
SPECIALIDENTIFIERS
BINARY              EXPRESSIONS         NONE
SPECIALMETHODS
BITWISE             FILES               NUMBERMETHODS
STRINGMETHODS
BOOLEAN             FLOAT               NUMBERS       
     STRINGS
CALLABLEMETHODS     FORMATTING          OBJECTS       
     SUBSCRIPTS
CALLS               FRAMEOBJECTS        OPERATORS     
     TRACEBACKS
CLASSES             FRAMES              PACKAGES      
     TRUTHVALUE
CODEOBJECTS         FUNCTIONS           POWER
TUPLELITERALS
COERCIONS           IDENTIFIERS         PRECEDENCE    
     TUPLES
COMPARISON          IMPORTING           PRINTING      
     TYPEOBJECTS
COMPLEX             INTEGER             PRIVATENAMES  
     TYPES
CONDITIONAL         LISTLITERALS        RETURNING     
     UNARY
CONVERSIONS         LISTS               SCOPING       
     UNICODE

help> spam
no Python documentation found for 'spam'

help> TRUTHVALUE

Related help topics: if, while, and, or, not, BASICMETHODS

help> COERCIONS

help> UNICODE
could not read docs from
/usr/share/doc/python2.2-doc/html/ref/unicode.html




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>Comment By: Neal Norwitz (nnorwitz)
Date: 2003-02-07 15:57

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Fixed for UNICODE (same as string), and/or/not (same as
BOOLEANS).  I don't know of any other problems, so I'm
closing this bug.

Checked in as:
  * Lib/pydoc.py 1.76 and 1.56.8.8

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