notebook -- improve gap-mode help interface

[was]

On 7/26/07, Dan Christensen <jdc@uwo.ca> wrote:
> Some other minor issues about using GAP within the notebook, under
> 2.7.1.  I've put my entire worksheet in GAP mode using the menu at
> the top.  The following things don't work correctly:
> 0) If I type something that gives an error in GAP, the error
> message is buried in a python exception/backtrace.
> 
> 1) If I type "?SymmetricGroup" (which works within GAP), all I see
> is
> 
>    Help: Showing `Reference: SymmetricGroup'
>    Page from 104
> 
> It's similar with other "?foo" commands.
> 
> 2) If I type "SymmetricGroup?" and hit tab, it shows me help about
> sage's wrapped SymmetricGroup function.  I don't think this will
> be helpful for functions not wrapped by sage.

[kcrisman]

#5043 is conceivably related.

[iandrus]

I just tried with and without the patch for #5043 and 0 and 1 are unchanged. 2 works correctly, but it's not due to the patch at #5043.

[kcrisman]

​https://github.com/sagemath/sagenb/issues/317

[boothby]

Closing deprecated notebook tickets