Merge pull request #751 from steffengraber/fix-issue-748

Fix #748: For nest.helpdesk() Python 2.7.8 and later is needed
nest · Jun 13, 2017 · d64921c · d64921c
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diff --git a/pynest/nest/lib/hl_api_helper.py b/pynest/nest/lib/hl_api_helper.py
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 import subprocess
 import os
 import re
+import sys
 
 from string import Template
 
@@ -458,6 +459,10 @@ def show_help_with_pager(hlpobj, pager):
     pager: str, optional
         pager to use, NO if you explicity do not want to use a pager
     """
+    if sys.version_info < (2, 7, 8):
+        print("NEST help is only available with Python 2.7.8 or later. \n")
+        return
+
     if 'NEST_INSTALL_DIR' not in os.environ:
         print(
             'NEST help needs to know where NEST is installed.'

diff --git a/pynest/nest/lib/hl_api_info.py b/pynest/nest/lib/hl_api_info.py
@@ -63,6 +63,11 @@ def helpdesk():
 
     Use the system default browser.
     """
+    if sys.version_info < (2, 7, 8):
+        print("The NEST Helpdesk is only available with Python 2.7.8 or "
+              "later. \n")
+        return
+
     if 'NEST_DOC_DIR' not in os.environ:
         print(
             'NEST help needs to know where NEST is installed.'