Commit b8c084e8 authored by Martin v. Löwis's avatar Martin v. Löwis

Support keyword and topics help in cli(). Fixes #715782.

parent 17fb5079
......@@ -2116,7 +2116,7 @@ def cli():
else:
writedoc(arg)
else:
doc(arg)
help.help(arg)
except ErrorDuringImport, value:
print value
......@@ -2126,9 +2126,11 @@ def cli():
%s <name> ...
Show text documentation on something. <name> may be the name of a
function, module, or package, or a dotted reference to a class or
function within a module or module in a package. If <name> contains
a '%s', it is used as the path to a Python source file to document.
Python keyword, topic, function, module, or package, or a dotted
reference to a class or function within a module or module in a
package. If <name> contains a '%s', it is used as the path to a
Python source file to document. If name is 'keywords', 'topics',
or 'modules', a listing of these things is displayed.
%s -k <keyword>
Search for a keyword in the synopsis lines of all available modules.
......
......@@ -111,6 +111,8 @@ Library
Tools/Demos
-----------
- pydoc now offers help on keywords and topics.
- Tools/idle is gone; long live Lib/idlelib.
- diff.py is a new script for print file diffs in context, unified, or ndiff
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