print help content in a Command Prompt

[Chris]

On Feb 25, 11:15 am, bkamr... at gmail.com wrote:
> Hi,
> This is a basic problem, but I want to print help content in a Command
> Prompt in WinXP and scrolling back to see the first lines. If I start
> a command prompt and run python, and then for example,
>
> >>> help(list)
>
> it starts showing the help, which can be controlled by page or raw
> using Spacebar or Enter but after this ends, it seems that I can't
> scroll back to see again the first lines.
> In the  Command Prompt Properties, layout tab, my Screen buffer size
> is Width:80, Height:3000 and windows size 80x40 (W&H).
>
> Any idea...? thanks in advance!!
> /Ben

With an 80x300 Buffer on a 80x25 Window Size I can see the help
perfectly fine just by scrolling up on the scrollbar... It seems
rather odd that your prompt would act any differently.