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authorTodd Leonhardt <todd.leonhardt@gmail.com>2018-09-30 11:17:04 -0400
committerTodd Leonhardt <todd.leonhardt@gmail.com>2018-09-30 11:17:04 -0400
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diff --git a/examples/arg_print.py b/examples/arg_print.py
index 4f0ca709..f2168126 100755
--- a/examples/arg_print.py
+++ b/examples/arg_print.py
@@ -2,13 +2,12 @@
# coding=utf-8
"""A simple example demonstrating the following:
1) How arguments and options get parsed and passed to commands
- 2) How to change what syntax get parsed as a comment and stripped from
- the arguments
+ 2) How to change what syntax gets parsed as a comment and stripped from the arguments
This is intended to serve as a live demonstration so that developers can
experiment with and understand how command and argument parsing work.
-It also serves as an example of how to create command aliases (shortcuts).
+It also serves as an example of how to create shortcuts.
"""
import argparse
@@ -18,7 +17,7 @@ class ArgumentAndOptionPrinter(cmd2.Cmd):
""" Example cmd2 application where we create commands that just print the arguments they are called with."""
def __init__(self):
- # Create command aliases which are shorter
+ # Create command shortcuts which are typically 1 character abbreviations which can be used in place of a command
self.shortcuts.update({'$': 'aprint', '%': 'oprint'})
# Make sure to call this super class __init__ *after* setting and/or updating shortcuts