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+import pydoc
+import textwrap
+import sys
+
+# window has to be a global so that the main bpython.py can load it and
+# alter its state and share it with the interpreter being used for the
+# actual user input, I couldn't think of another way of doing this.
+window = None
+
+def _help( query ):
+    """Wrapper for the regular help() function but with a ghetto
+    PAGER since curses + less = :(
+    """
+    doc = pydoc.TextDoc()
+    rows, columns = window.getmaxyx()
+    rows -= 3
+    columns -= 1
+    output = doc.document( query )
+    if not output:
+        output = "No help found for %s" % query
+
+    output = output.replace('\t', '    ')
+
+    if '\n' in output:
+        output = output.replace('\n\n', '\n')
+        output = output.split('\n')
+    else:
+        output = [output]
+
+    paragraphs = []
+    for o in output:
+        paragraphs.append( textwrap.wrap( o, columns ) )
+
+    i = 0
+    for j, paragraph in enumerate( paragraphs ):
+        for line in paragraph:
+            sys.stdout.write( line + '\n' )
+            i += 1
+# This is a little unclear, but it just waits for a
+# keypress when the a page worth of text has been
+# displayed and returns if 'q' is pressed:
+            if not i % rows and not wait_for_key():
+                return
+
+def wait_for_key():
+    """Block until a key is pressed for the ghetto paging."""
+
+    q = True
+    window.addstr("Press any key, q to cancel.")
+    while True:
+        c = window.getch()
+        if c and c == ord('q'):
+            q = False
+        if c:
+            break
+    clear_line()
+    return q
+
+def clear_line():
+    y = window.getyx()[0]
+    window.move(y, 0)
+    window.clrtoeol()