Re: redirection of help output to a separate buffer in comint (python)

[Sam Steingold]

yep, thanks!

On Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 10:59 AM, Vitalie Spinu <address@hidden> wrote:
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> Isn't this python-x.el package?
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>  Vitalie
>
>>> On Wed, Mar 30 2016 10:03, Sam Steingold wrote:
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>> Hi,
>
>> When I type "help('foo')" in the Python interaction buffer, the help
>> output appears in the "*Help(Python)*" buffer instead of the comint
>> buffer itself (and, yes, this is the desired behavior).
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>> However, I cannot figure out what code implements it.
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>> E.g., when I do
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>> (defun python-describe-at-point (symbol process)
>>   (interactive (list (python-info-current-symbol)
>>                      (python-shell-get-process)))
>>   (comint-send-string process (concat "help('" symbol "')\n")))
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>> the help is displayed in the comint buffer, not the *Help(Python)*
>> buffer.
>
>> Any pointers would be appreciated.
>
>> Thanks.
>
>> PS. I thought that `comint-redirect-*' would be used, but it appears
>> that it is not.



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