and laterwhich as of replaces the former gui client in earlier pythons however you run this command linethe effect is to start pydoc as locally running web server on dedicated (but by default arbitrary unusedportand pop up web browser to act as clientdisplaying page giving links to documentation for all the modules importable on your module search path (including the directory where pydoc is launchedpydoc' top-level web page interface is captured in figure - besides the module indexpydoc' web page also includes input fields at the top to request specific module' documentation page (getand search for related entries (search)which stand in for the prior interface' gui client fields you can also click on this page' links to go to the module index (the start page)topics (general python subjects)and keywords (overviews of statements and some expressionsnotice that the index page in figure - lists both modules and top-level scripts in the current directory--the book' :\codewhere pydoc was started by the earlier command lines pydoc is mostly intended for documenting importable modulesbut can sometimes be used to show documentation for scripts too selected file must be the documentation interlude