part igetting started with python using help python is computer languagenot human language as resultyou won' speak it fluently at first if you think about it for momentit makes sense that you won' speak python fluently (and as with most human languagesyou won' know every command even after you do become fluenthaving to discover python commands little at time is the same thing that happens when you learn to speak another human language if you normally speak english and try to say something in germanyou find that you must have some sort of guide to help you along otherwiseanything you say is gibberish and people will look at you quite oddly even if you manage to say something that makes senseit may not be what you want you might go to restaurant and order hot hubcaps for dinner when what you really wanted was steak likewisewhen you try to speak pythonyou need guide to help you fortu natelypython is quite accommodating and provides immediate help to keep you from ordering something you really don' want the help provided inside python works at two levelshelp modein which you can browse the available commands direct helpin which you ask about specific command there isn' correct way to use help -just the method that works best for you at particular time the following sections describe how to obtain help getting into help mode when you first start pythonyou see display similar to the one shown in figure - notice that python provides you with four commands at the outset (which is actually your first piece of help information)help copyright credits license all four commands provide you with helpof sortabout python for examplethe copyright(command tells you about who holds the right to copylicenseor otherwise distribute python the credits(command tells you