PYTHON IS CRAP

[Alex Martelli]

"David Bolen" <db3l at fitlinxx.com> wrote in message
news:u4s4lggim.fsf at ctwd0143.fitlinxx.com...
> "Alex Martelli" <alex at magenta.com> writes:
>
>
> > (...)                    I'll typically have a few books open as I
> > craft Python as well (AND online references -- I particularly like the
> > .chm version of the Python docs, what with the Index and Search
> > tabs so handy:-).
>
> Actually, that hits one of the few things I wish Python did have
> closer to Perl - something like man pages and perldoc.  I know there
> are other alternatives for Python, but there are definitely times that
> I really miss being able to quickly look up reference information
> without involving a GUI (whether Windows help or a browser).  But I'm
> probably in the minority nowadays.

I think that one of the many forms Python docs are available in
is plain text -- and if not, lynx or other tools can easily turn the
HMTL into plaintext for you.  Then you can keep the .txt file
open in Emacs, VIM, or whatever, and textsearch at leisure.


Alex