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1 .. cmd2 documentation master file, created by
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2 sphinx-quickstart on Wed Feb 10 12:05:28 2010.
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3 You can adapt this file completely to your liking, but it should at least
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4 contain the root `toctree` directive.
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6 cmd2
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7 ====
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9 A python package for building powerful command-line interpreter (CLI)
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10 programs. Extends the Python Standard Library's cmd_ package.
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13 .. _`cmd2 project page`: http://www.assembla.com/wiki/show/python-cmd2
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14 .. _`project bug tracker`: http://trac-hg.assembla.com/python-cmd2/report/1
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16 .. _cmd: http://docs.python.org/library/cmd.html#module-cmd
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18 .. _`PyCon 2010 presentation`: http://catherinedevlin.pythoneers.com/presentations/cmd_cmd2/pycon2010.html
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20 The basic use of ``cmd2`` is identical to that of cmd_.
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22 1. Create a subclass of ``cmd2.Cmd``. Define attributes and
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23 ``do_*`` methods to control its behavior. Throughout this documentation,
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24 we will assume that you are naming your subclass ``App``::
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26 from cmd2 import Cmd
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27 class App(Cmd):
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28 # customized attributes and methods here
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30 2. Instantiate ``App`` and start the command loop::
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32 app = App()
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33 app.cmdloop()
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35 Resources
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36 ---------
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38 * cmd_
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39 * `project bug tracker`_
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40 * `cmd2 project page`_
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41 * `PyCon 2010 presentation`_: Easy Command-Line Applications with cmd and cmd2
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43 These docs will refer to ``App`` as your ``cmd2.Cmd``
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44 subclass, and ``app`` as an instance of ``App``. Of
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45 course, in your program, you may name them whatever
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46 you want.
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48 Contents:
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50 .. toctree::
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51 :maxdepth: 2
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53 overview
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54 example
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55 freefeatures
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56 settingchanges
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59 Indices and tables
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60 ==================
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62 * :ref:`genindex`
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63 * :ref:`modindex`
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