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-rw-r--r--cmd2/argparse_completer.py6
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/cmd2/argparse_completer.py b/cmd2/argparse_completer.py
index 3a66a45d..7e876258 100644
--- a/cmd2/argparse_completer.py
+++ b/cmd2/argparse_completer.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import argparse
import inspect
import numbers
import shutil
+import textwrap
from collections import deque
from typing import Dict, List, Optional, Union
@@ -622,6 +623,9 @@ class AutoCompleter(object):
:param arg_action: action being tab completed
:param completion_error: error that occurred
"""
+ # Indent all lines of completion_error
+ indented_error = textwrap.indent(str(completion_error), ' ')
+
error = ("\nError tab completing {}:\n"
- " {}\n".format(argparse._get_action_name(arg_action), str(completion_error)))
+ "{}\n".format(argparse._get_action_name(arg_action), indented_error))
self._print_message(style_error('{}'.format(error)))