What should Python apps do when asked to show help?

[Gregory Ewing]

> Irmen de Jong <irmen.NOSPAM at xs4all.nl>:
> 
>>if sys.stdout.isatty():
>>    #....use a pager to display help text
>>else:
>>    #....print all help text normally

I think nowadays it's an anti-pattern for programs to
do their own pagination. Very often the "terminal" is
a GUI application with its own facilities for scrolling
and searching that are much nicer to use. I prefer the
program to just give me the output and get out of the
way. If I want a clunky tty-oriented pager I'll pipe
it to "more".

-- 
Greg