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Title: pydoc needs readline completion
Type: enhancement Stage:
Components: None Versions:
process
Status: closed Resolution: duplicate
Dependencies: Superseder: help() with readline support
View: 726204
Assigned To: Nosy List: belopolsky, georg.brandl, rnd0110
Priority: normal Keywords:

Created on 2001-08-07 11:19 by rnd0110, last changed 2022-04-10 16:04 by admin. This issue is now closed.

Messages (3)
msg61063 - (view) Author: Roman Suzi (rnd0110) Date: 2001-08-07 11:19
When in the interactive mode, it could be nice to have
readline-completer support in "help>" prompt too,
history shared with the main ">>>"-prompt. For example,
Pdb has that.
Why not pydoc?
msg63634 - (view) Author: Alexander Belopolsky (belopolsky) * (Python committer) Date: 2008-03-17 12:22
This was duplicated in issue726204 and fixed in r37026.
msg63723 - (view) Author: Georg Brandl (georg.brandl) * (Python committer) Date: 2008-03-17 19:27
Closing as duplicate, then.
History
Date User Action Args
2022-04-10 16:04:17adminsetgithub: 34911
2008-03-17 19:27:33georg.brandlsetstatus: open -> closed
resolution: duplicate
superseder: help() with readline support
messages: + msg63723
nosy: + georg.brandl
2008-03-17 12:22:32belopolskysetnosy: + belopolsky
messages: + msg63634
2001-08-07 11:19:03rnd0110create