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Re: How can I get/save Pandas DataFrame help content?

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Subject Re: How can I get/save Pandas DataFrame help content?
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On 2015-12-17 04:09, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> On Thursday 17 December 2015 13:48, Robert wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> When I use Enthought/Canopy, help(DataFrame) has so much content that it
>> exceeds the display buffer, i.e. its head is cut off as I go up to see it.
>
>
> Step 1: report this as a bug to Enthought and/or the Python bug tracker.
> help(DataFrame) should automatically choose a pager such as `less` on Linux
> or equivalent (`more` I think?) on Windows.

I suspect that he is using the embedded IPython console in the Canopy IDE, so 
it's more of an issue that help() knows that it's not in a true terminal so it 
doesn't page. If he had been using python at the terminal, help() would have 
indeed used the appropriate terminal pager.

Robert, in the IPython console, you can also use a special syntax to get the 
content. The IPython console widget does know how to page this:

   In [1]: pandas.DataFrame?

http://ipython.readthedocs.org/en/stable/interactive/reference.html#dynamic-object-information

-- 
Robert Kern

"I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma
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How can I get/save Pandas DataFrame help content? Robert <rxjwg98@gmail.com> - 2015-12-16 18:48 -0800
  Re: How can I get/save Pandas DataFrame help content? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-12-17 13:56 +1100
    Re: How can I get/save Pandas DataFrame help content? Robert <rxjwg98@gmail.com> - 2015-12-16 19:20 -0800
      Re: How can I get/save Pandas DataFrame help content? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-12-17 14:30 +1100
  Re: How can I get/save Pandas DataFrame help content? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2015-12-17 15:09 +1100
    Re: How can I get/save Pandas DataFrame help content? Robert Kern <robert.kern@gmail.com> - 2015-12-17 15:15 +0000
  Re: How can I get/save Pandas DataFrame help content? Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2015-12-17 10:27 +0100

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