Re: [Py2exe-users] Way to include Python's builtin help in a py2exe app?

[David G. <d.l...@gm...>]

I wasn't able to figure this out (I found I was able to successfully import
help from pydoc and call help, but it couldn't find the docstring, even
when I included the source file in the executable's directory, so if you
know how, I'd still like to know) but putting a copy of the source in dist
did give me the idea for the following successful-but-inelegant workaround:
I added os.system('copy myapp.py dist\*') to the end of my setup.py, then
in my app I check sys.argv[0] for substring 'exe' and if present, I open
the source in a file object and then just spit it out line by line 'til it
reaches the end of the docstring.  As I said, not very elegant, but it
serves my purpose.  Thanks for reading.

DG


On Fri, Aug 2, 2013 at 2:19 PM, David Goldsmith <d.l...@gm...>wrote:

> Hi!  I: am running Python 2.7.3 and py2exe 0.6.9 in 64-bit Windows 7; did
> "due diligence" before posting this; and know that Python's built-in help
> "is intended for interactive use."  Nevertheless, using the code:
>
>     if len(sys.argv)-1:
>         if sys.argv[1].lower()=='help':
>             help('myapp')
>             return
>
> I have my application successfully using Python's builtin help such that
> if I type at a DOS prompt:
>
>     python myapp.py "help"
>
> it replies the same as if I typed help('myapp') in the Python
> interpreter.  Also, my app builds and runs fine using py2exe...except this
> help functionality:
>
>     myapp.exe "help"
>
> returns "NameError: name 'help' undefined".  I tracked this down to py2exe
> not importing "site.py" (the automatically imported module that imports a
> wrapped version of pydoc.help) which I can understand, since its name
> implies that it probably imports deployment-specific data.  Nevertheless, I
> tried various ways to "work around" this "limitation," all unsuccessful, so
> I've decided to post here: is there some way to include for py2exe either
> site.py or, preferably (since site.py appears to import many, many other
> things I don't need) pydoc, or even just pydoc.help, such that myapp.exe
> "help" will work the same as python myapp.py "help"?  Thanks!
>
> OlyDLG
>



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