summaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/docs/index.rst
blob: ca5e8870ffa4d97d691973e05dfcd83a9d8a5315 (plain)
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
.. cmd2 documentation master file, created by
   sphinx-quickstart on Wed Feb 10 12:05:28 2010.
   You can adapt this file completely to your liking, but it should at least
   contain the root `toctree` directive.

cmd2
====

A python package for building powerful command-line interpreter (CLI)
programs.  Extends the Python Standard Library's cmd_ package.


.. _`cmd2 project page`: https://github.com/python-cmd2/cmd2
.. _`project bug tracker`: https://github.com/python-cmd2/cmd2/issues

.. _cmd: http://docs.python.org/library/cmd.html#module-cmd

The basic use of ``cmd2`` is identical to that of cmd_.

1. Create a subclass of ``cmd2.Cmd``.  Define attributes and
   ``do_*`` methods to control its behavior.  Throughout this documentation,
   we will assume that you are naming your subclass ``App``::

     from cmd2 import Cmd
     class App(Cmd):
         # customized attributes and methods here

2. Instantiate ``App`` and start the command loop::

     app = App()
     app.cmdloop()

Resources
---------

* cmd_
* `project bug tracker`_
* `cmd2 project page`_
* `PyCon 2010 presentation <https://github.com/python-cmd2/cmd2/blob/master/docs/pycon2010/pycon2010.rst>`_,
  *Easy Command-Line Applications with cmd and cmd2*:
  :doc:`slides <pycon2010/pycon2010>`,
  `video <http://pyvideo.org/pycon-us-2010/pycon-2010--easy-command-line-applications-with-c.html>`_
These docs will refer to ``App`` as your ``cmd2.Cmd``
subclass, and ``app`` as an instance of ``App``.  Of
course, in your program, you may name them whatever
you want.

Contents:

.. toctree::
   :maxdepth: 2

   overview
   example
   freefeatures
   settingchanges
   unfreefeatures
   alternatives

Compatibility
=============

Tested and working with Python 2.7 and 3.3+.

Indices and tables
==================

* :ref:`genindex`
* :ref:`modindex`
* :ref:`search`