[vtkusers] how to get python documentation easier

[Cory Quammen]

On Tue, Jan 8, 2019 at 5:43 AM Franks <masterwangzx at gmail.com> wrote:

> I am using python to create my vtk project. But I found that there are less
> resources for python than c++. I want to read the documentation for python.
>
> 1. I use help() in python. It is somehow helpful. But it is inconvenient to
> see the documentation in the console.
>
> Yes, this can be a bit verbose. To see what methods are available, I find
`dir()` to be useful and less verbose.


> 2. The ducumentation downloaded in the official website is helpful. But I
> found a problem. It can't expand list by mouse click.
> <
> http://vtk.1045678.n5.nabble.com/file/t342588/TIM%E5%9B%BE%E7%89%8720190108180449.png
> >


Yes, that's from a missing JavaScript file. We'll get it fixed.

3. I use the vtk installed by pip. It has a problem that my ide(pycharm) can
> not prompt the inherited function. I must know the parent class name and it
> prompt the function name.
>
>   reader = vtk.vtkJPEGReader()
>   # reader.SetFileName()  this can not be prompted
>   vtk.vtkImageReader2.SetFileName(reader, '')
>

I'm not sure about that one.

Best,
Cory


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