Javadoc style python manual?

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Thanks for all replies regard with this question!
I think I will get used to python help system:)
Maybe I will look into epydoc, too...

-Xiong

Michele Simionato 写道：

> Ben Sizer wrote:
> > Michele Simionato wrote:
> > > Ben Sizer wrote:
> > > > I agree that the Python docs aren't quite as effective as reference
> > > > material due to the lack of simple function and method lists though.
> > >
> > > http://docs.python.org/lib/modindex.html, pydoc and ipython are more
> > > than enough for me.
> >
> > modindex is comprehensive but too 'flat'. Sometimes you want to see all
> > of one object's methods and properties listed together.
> >
> > I was unaware of pydoc until this thread; its existence seems to be
> > buried, somewhat. Looking at pydoc.org (assuming that is a good example
> > of it in use), it looks more like what the original poster and I might
> > want, but sadly it's still very inconsistent, with many things
> > undescribed.
> >
> > --
> > Ben Sizer
>
> Don't miss IPython, too.
>
> $ ipython
> Python 2.4.1 (#2, Aug 25 2005, 18:20:57)
> Type "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>
> IPython 0.6.15 -- An enhanced Interactive Python.
> ?       -> Introduction to IPython's features.
> %magic  -> Information about IPython's 'magic' % functions.
> help    -> Python's own help system.
> object? -> Details about 'object'. ?object also works, ?? prints more.
>
> In [1]: import email.FeedParser
>
> In [2]: email.FeedParser.FeedParser?
> Type:           classobj
> String Form:    email.FeedParser.FeedParser
> Namespace:      Interactive
> File:           /usr/lib/python2.4/email/FeedParser.py
> Docstring:
>     A feed-style parser of email.
>
> Constructor information:
> Definition:     email.FeedParser.FeedParser(self, _factory=<class
> email.Message.Message at 0xb77f5ddc>)
> Docstring:
>     _factory is called with no arguments to create a new message obj
>
>
> In [3]: help(email.FeedParser.FeedParser)
> Help on class FeedParser in module email.FeedParser:
>
> class FeedParser
>  |  A feed-style parser of email.
>  |
>  |  Methods defined here:
>  |
>  |  __init__(self, _factory=<class email.Message.Message>)
>  |      _factory is called with no arguments to create a new message
> obj
>  |
>  |  close(self)
>  |      Parse all remaining data and return the root message object.
>  |
>  |  feed(self, data)
>  |      Push more data into the parser.
>
>
> In [4]: email.FeedParser.FeedParser??
> Type:           classobj
> String Form:    email.FeedParser.FeedParser
> Namespace:      Interactive
> File:           /usr/lib/python2.4/email/FeedParser.py
> Source:
> class FeedParser:
>     """A feed-style parser of email."""
>
>     def __init__(self, _factory=Message.Message):
>         """_factory is called with no arguments to create a new message
> obj"""
>         self._factory = _factory
>         self._input = BufferedSubFile()
>         self._msgstack = []
>         self._parse = self._parsegen().next
>         self._cur = None
>          ...
>
> Unfortunately, the nice colors of IPython are lost in the post :-(
> 
>                       Michele Simionato