Getting help¶
Have a specific question or problem with NEST?¶
Check out the troubleshooting section for common issues.
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Getting help on the command line interface¶
The
helpdesk()
command will launch the documentation pages on your browser.To access the High-level Python API reference material you can use the commands:
# list all functions and attributes dir(nest) # Get docstring for function in Python ... help('nest.FunctionName') # ... or in IPython nest.FunctionName?
Model information¶
To get a list of available neuron models, use:
nest.node_models
To get a list of available synapse models, use:
nest.synapse_models
To get details on model equations and parameters, use:
nest.help('model_name')