help [<topic> [<sub-topic> ... ] ]
The help command provides an easily-navigable source of information which is supplementary to that in this manual. To obtain information on any particular topic, type help followed by the name of the topic. For example:
help commands
provides information on PyXPlot’s commands. Some topics have subtopics; these are listed at the end of each help page. To view them, add further words to the end of your help request – an example might be:
help commands help
Information is arranged with general information about PyXPlot under the heading about, and information about PyXPlot’s commands under commands. Information about the format that input datafiles should take can be found under datafile. Other categories are self-explanatory.
To exit any help page, press the ‘q’ key.