Python/Perl Popularity (Re: A Mountain of Perl...)

[Hrvoje Niksic]

tom__98 at my-deja.com writes:

>  -- How can I browse the Python documentation without firing
>     up a web browser?

By using Info.  That's what I do, all the time.  Info has the added
nicety of being able to search through the whole documentation for a
keyword.

>     function or class quickly?  Is there any equivalent of
>     "perldoc -f split" or "perldoc Net::POP3"?

For the latter, I use `info python-lib' followed by `g poplib RET'.