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Old Mar 21st, 2007, 3:39 PM   #12
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Originally Posted by kurt View Post
Hm... I'm actually refering to the ..erm.."intellisense" type of thing, where I can get the whole list of methods.

It saves me time in a sense that I do not need to open up the file, or refer to the API. I don't/can't memorize each method in a project that is so huge.
I keep "Python Command Line" open on the side.

>>> import os
>>> dir(os) 
[a list of all the methods of os here]
>>> help(os.system)
[description of function, list of parameters, and any additional notes that were left]

It may not be as fast, but it's perhaps even more useful.
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