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Bináris

23 Oct 2010 23 Oct '10

4:34 a.m.

If I type "replace.py -help" in the DOS command line of Windows, I can *just * scroll up to the top of the text after enlarging the window. But if I add one more line to the help, I can't scroll up any more. Is any paging facility included? (I want to improve help together with implementing save.) -- Bináris

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Antoine Delarue

23 Oct 23 Oct

2:10 p.m.

Try replace.py -help | more Le 23 oct. 2010 à 01:34, Bináris <wikiposta(a)gmail.com> a écrit :

If I type "replace.py -help" in the DOS command line of Windows, I can just scroll up to the top of the text after enlarging the window. But if I add one more line to the help, I can't scroll up any more. Is any paging facility included? (I want to improve help together with implementing save.) -- Bináris _______________________________________________ Pywikipedia-l mailing list Pywikipedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/pywikipedia-l

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Bináris

2:59 p.m.

Thanks, I have done this and works, but I would like to have a builtin solution for every user. As a temporary workaround I wrote this in the last line of docstring. 2010/10/23 Antoine Delarue <antoinedelarue(a)hotmail.com>

Try replace.py -help | more

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Merlijn van Deen

6:04 p.m.

Why would you want a built-in solution? There is a dedicated program to fix this problem on *every* operating system out there. Why would you want to build something yourself? Especially since a home-made implementation will probably break those programs. Best regards, Merlijn On 23 October 2010 11:59, Bináris <wikiposta(a)gmail.com> wrote:

Thanks, I have done this and works, but I would like to have a builtin solution for every user. As a temporary workaround I wrote this in the last line of docstring. 2010/10/23 Antoine Delarue <antoinedelarue(a)hotmail.com> Try

replace.py -help | more

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Bináris

8:07 p.m.

I understand you, and this is no personal problem for me, I can read the help. I just thought, once wikipedia.py has its own showHelp(), it would be elegant to handle the problem with that. Not the most important task. 2010/10/23 Merlijn van Deen <valhallasw(a)arctus.nl>

Why would you want a built-in solution? There is a dedicated program to fix this problem on *every* operating system out there. Why would you want to build something yourself? Especially since a home-made implementation will probably break those programs.

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