well as the newer all-browser mode mandated as of because this book' audience is both users of the latest-and-greatest as well as the masses still using older tried-and-true pythonswe'll explore both schemes here as we dokeep in mind that the way these schemes differ pertains only to the top level of their user interfaces their documentation displays are nearly identicaland under either regime pydoc can also be used to generate both text in consoleand html files for later viewing in whatever manner you wish python and laterpydoc' all-browser mode as of python the original gui client mode of pydocpresent in and earlier releasesis no longer available this mode is present through python with the "module docsstart button entry on windows and earlierand via the pydoc - command line this gui mode was reportedly deprecated in though you had to look closely to notice--it works fine and without warning on on my machine in thoughthis mode goes away altogetherand is replaced with pydoc - command linewhich instead spawns both locally running documentation serveras well as web browser that functions as both search engine client and page display the browser is initially opened on module index page with enhanced functionality there are additional ways to use pydoc ( to save the html page to file for later viewingas described ahead)so this is relatively minor operational change to launch the newer browser-only mode of pydoc in python and latera commandline like any of the following sufficethey all use the - python command-line argument for convenience to locate pydoc' module file on your module import search path the first assumes python is on your system paththe second employs python ' new windows launcherand the third gives the full path to your python if the other two schemes won' work see appendix for more on -mand appendix for coverage of the windows launcher :\codepython - pydoc - server ready at server commands[ ]rowser[ ]uit serverq server stopped :\codepy - - pydoc - server ready at server commands[ ]rowser[ ]uit serverq server stopped :\codec:\python \python - pydoc - server ready at server commands[ ]rowser[ ]uit serverq server stopped python documentation sources