Question

Where can I find proper documentation on the Python objects Gtk, Gdk,… from gi.repository ?
I’m stuck with using dir() and it’s of the utmost annoyance…

To sum it up: heelp!

(NOTE: the pygtk doc is too outdated, I’m using pygobject)

Answer 1

I haven’t found online documentation but you can use the help command from python interactive prompt, like:

>>> import gi
>>> help(gi)

Help on package gi:

NAME
    gi

FILE
    /usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/gtk-2.0/gi/__init__.py

DESCRIPTION
...