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| -rwxr-xr-x | examples/arg_print.py | 9 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/examples/arg_print.py b/examples/arg_print.py index 20fa7c02..849cf386 100755 --- a/examples/arg_print.py +++ b/examples/arg_print.py @@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ This is intended to serve as a live demonstration so that developers can experiment with and understand how command and argument parsing is intended to work. + +It also serves as an example of how to create command aliases (shortcuts). """ import pyparsing import cmd2 @@ -19,8 +21,13 @@ class ArgumentAndOptionPrinter(cmd2.Cmd): # Uncomment this line to disable Python-style comments but still allow C-style comments # self.commentGrammars = pyparsing.Or([pyparsing.cStyleComment]) - # Make sure to call this super class __init__ after setting commentGrammars and not before + # Create command aliases which are shorter + self.shortcuts.update({'ap': 'aprint', 'op': 'oprint'}) + + # Make sure to call this super class __init__ *after* setting commentGrammars and/or updating shortcuts cmd2.Cmd.__init__(self) + # NOTE: It is critical that the super class __init__ method be called AFTER updating certain parameters which + # are not settable at runtime. This includes the commentGrammars, shortcuts, multilineCommands, etc. def do_aprint(self, arg): """Print the argument string this basic command is called with.""" |