[Python-Dev] Re: More pydoc questions

[Greg Ewing]

pinard@iro.umontreal.ca (=?iso-8859-1?q?Fran=E7ois?= Pinard):

> It works pretty well, as many printer filters know how to interpret such
> overstrike when meant to bold or underline.

Interesting - I hadn't known that. I guess it's not
quite so silly as it might look, then.

Still, there ought to be a way of getting plain
output unadorned by such tricks from the help
system.

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