Python "help()" displays using "more" instead of "less" in Anaconda Prompt

Asked Oct 13 '21 at 15:47

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I am using Anaconda Prompt (using Windows 10) at my work environment and when I type help(str), it displays the help text using more and I can only navigate the message down page by page.

However at my home Linux environment, help(str) displays the text using less and I can freely move up/down and even search with /.

How can I change the behavior on my work environment so it is easier to navigate the help text? I am not familiar with Windows.

Thank you very much.

edited Oct 13 '21 at 15:49

asked Oct 13 '21 at 15:47

dhu

silly q: do you have `less` in your work anaconda env? – 2e0byo Oct 13 '21 at 15:48
I tried `less` on a file, it didn't work. But `more` works. So the problem is that Windows doesn't have `less`? – dhu Oct 13 '21 at 15:51
Windows doesn't have `less`. Not built-in, anyway. – BoarGules Oct 13 '21 at 15:55
@BoarGules, are you saying there is no way to achieve that? I can live with that if it is not possible. – dhu Oct 13 '21 at 15:56
there are a few approaches: run in git bash prompt (easiest), install coreutils, install cygwin – 2e0byo Oct 13 '21 at 16:36

Python "help()" displays using "more" instead of "less" in Anaconda Prompt

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