[Tutor] getting 'more or less' online documentation

[lumbricus@gmx.net]

Hi!

> Hope this one isn't a howler. I did rtfm, so maybe it's mere fatigue
> that's
> preventing me from finding this. I'd like to know how to control how much
> text displays when printing a doc string to the screen--a la 'more' or
> 'less' utilities.

For a quick pager I usually do:
If "number of displayed lines" modulo "number of lines of VT",
wait for the "anykey".
But then there is no scrolling. For that you need curses.
 
> I know I can use the scroll bar--but how uncool... :^)
> 
> Using IDLE 0.8, Windows 2000, Python 2.2
> 
> James Alexander McCarney, technical writer, (450) 928-3386 x2262 

Good Luck!

J"o


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