help(string) commands not working on pyton 3.5

[eryksun]

On 10/14/15, Prasad Joshi <prajoshi at microsoft.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have installed the "Windows x86-64 executable
> installer<https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.5.0/python-3.5.0-amd64.exe>"
> on my desktop but I cannot get help ( ) or help (string) command working.
> What could be an issue?
>

It may help to know which version of Windows you're using -- XP,
Vista, 7, 8, or 10?

help() may work after switching to a plain pager:

    import pydoc
    pydoc.pager = pydoc.plainpager

in which case, check whether the following prints "test":

    pydoc.tempfilepager('test', 'more <')

If not, please reply with the traceback or error message, if any.