Support keyword and topics help in cli(). Fixes #715782.
diff --git a/Lib/pydoc.py b/Lib/pydoc.py
index fe114fd..abafc0e 100755
--- a/Lib/pydoc.py
+++ b/Lib/pydoc.py
@@ -2116,7 +2116,7 @@
else:
writedoc(arg)
else:
- doc(arg)
+ help.help(arg)
except ErrorDuringImport, value:
print value
@@ -2126,9 +2126,11 @@
%s <name> ...
Show text documentation on something. <name> may be the name of a
- function, module, or package, or a dotted reference to a class or
- function within a module or module in a package. If <name> contains
- a '%s', it is used as the path to a Python source file to document.
+ Python keyword, topic, function, module, or package, or a dotted
+ reference to a class or function within a module or module in a
+ package. If <name> contains a '%s', it is used as the path to a
+ Python source file to document. If name is 'keywords', 'topics',
+ or 'modules', a listing of these things is displayed.
%s -k <keyword>
Search for a keyword in the synopsis lines of all available modules.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 07a5b57..1346c58 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -111,6 +111,8 @@
Tools/Demos
-----------
+- pydoc now offers help on keywords and topics.
+
- Tools/idle is gone; long live Lib/idlelib.
- diff.py is a new script for print file diffs in context, unified, or ndiff