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Add some more info about pydoc. (Can you see I'm excited?)

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Guido van Rossum 2001-03-02 14:05:59 +00:00
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@ -71,7 +71,8 @@ Standard library
for interactively converting docstrings to HTML or text.
Tools/scripts/pydoc, which is now automatically installed into
<prefix>/bin, uses pydoc.py to display documentation; try running
'pydoc' for the instructions.
"pydoc -h" for instructions. "pydoc -g" pops up a small GUI that
lets you browse the module docstrings using a web browser.
- New library module difflib.py, primarily packaging the SequenceMatcher
class at the heart of the popular ndiff.py file-comparison tool.
@ -81,6 +82,10 @@ Standard library
Windows changes
- A new entry in the Start menu, "Module Docs", runs "pydoc -g" -- a
small GUI that lets you browse the module docstrings using your
default web browser.
- Import is now case-sensitive. PEP 235 (Import on Case-Insensitive
Platforms) is implemented. See