Getting Help
------------

You can use Python's help infrastructure to get more information on any of
ChemApp for Python's components. You can do this in the Windows command prompt
or Linux console, outside the Python interpreter by typing the following:

.. code-block:: bash

   pydoc chemapp

This will yield the following result:

.. code-block:: none

   Help on package chemapp:

   NAME
       chemapp - ChemApp for Python.

   DESCRIPTION
       The purpose of this package is to make ChemApp thermochemical
       calculations available through a set of easy-to-use Python
       modules and classes. ChemApp is developed by GTT Technologies.
       For more information, please refer to the following web page:
       http://www.gtt-technologies.de/chemapp

       Python version:  3.12.7
       ChemApp version: 831.2.0

   PACKAGE CONTENTS
    basic
    core
    friendly

   DATA
       __copyright__ = 'Copyright 2021-2023, GTT Technologies GmbH'
       __email__ = 'info@gtt-technologies.de'
       __maintainer__ = 'GTT Technologies'
       __status__ = 'Production'

   VERSION
       8.3.1

   AUTHOR
       GTT Technologies

To exit the documentation viewer, press ``Shift+q`` in Windows, and ``q`` in
Linux. Here are a few more examples of how you can use ``pydoc`` to get help.

.. code-block:: bash

   # get help about the 'core' module
   pydoc chemapp.core

   # get help about the 'basic' module
   pydoc chemapp.basic

   # get help about the 'friendly' module
   pydoc chemapp.friendly

   # help about the 'tqce' function.
   pydoc chemapp.basic.tqce

All the help information that you are able to access in this way is also
available in the pdf documentation that is included with the ChemApp for Python
distribution package.