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In the IPython terminal, help(object) brings up a colored man page in a "less" window. Can help() also have interaction in jupyter qtconsole/notebook?


I was wondering if more interactive help(object) pages can be generated in qtconsole or notebook, like the ipython terminal console and the builtin python command-line tool. For example, some temporary popup encompassing the Qt window/browser tab (respectively) that can be scrolled and searched.

Anyone have any ideas?


Solution

  • IPython provides its own introspection/help tools with ?, so if you do object?, you should get similar output to help(object), and it will go into a pager area in current versions.