What should Python apps do when asked to show help?

[Ben Finney]

Random832 <random832 at fastmail.com> writes:

> On Fri, Apr 29, 2016, at 22:27, Rustom Mody wrote:
> > Instead it does some ½-assed fall-between-the-stools of both
>
> That doesn't answer the question of why, if you (Well, Ethan, but
> you're taking the same position here) hate pagers so much

That's not a question relevant here; nobody inthe discussion has a
position fairly characterised as “hate pagers so much”. So you're
arguing against a straw man.

Rather, the position being argued is that they *do* like pagers; they
like pagers enough that they want the existing ‘PAGER’ environment
variable setting to remain untouched. And, simulatenously, they want
Python's help to not use a pager at the interactive prompt.

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