--- a/cmd2.py	Sun Aug 21 02:22:13 2011 -0400
+++ b/cmd2.py	Sun Aug 21 02:39:43 2011 -0400
@@ -628,7 +628,7 @@
           - terminator: ;
         - terminator: ;        
         >>> print (c.parser.parseString('multiline command /* with comment in progress;').dump())
-        ['multiline', ' command']
+        ['multiline', ' command /* with comment in progress;']
         - multilineCommand: multiline
         >>> print (c.parser.parseString('multiline command /* with comment complete */ is done;').dump())
         ['multiline', 'command /* with comment complete */ is done', ';', '']
@@ -649,42 +649,34 @@
           - terminator: ['\n', '\n']
         - terminator: ['\n', '\n']
         >>> print (c.parser.parseString('multiline command "with term; ends" now\n\n').dump())
-        ['multiline', 'command ends', '\n', '\n']
+        ['multiline', 'command "with term; ends" now', '\n', '\n']
         - args: command "with term; ends" now
         - multilineCommand: multiline
-        - statement: ['multiline', '"with term; ends" now', '\n', '\n']
+        - statement: ['multiline', 'command "with term; ends" now', '\n', '\n']
           - args: command "with term; ends" now
           - multilineCommand: multiline
           - terminator: ['\n', '\n']
         - terminator: ['\n', '\n']
-        >>> print (c.parser.parseString('what if  "ending is in quotes" but').dump())
-        ['what', 'if  "ending is in quotes" but']
-        - args: if  "ending is in quotes" but
+        >>> print (c.parser.parseString('what if "quoted strings /* seem to " start comments?').dump())
+        ['what', 'if "quoted strings /* seem to " start comments?']
+        - args: if "quoted strings /* seem to " start comments?
         - command: what
-        - statement: ['what', 'if  "ending is in quotes" but']
-          - args: if  "ending is in quotes" but
-          - command: what
-        >>> print (c.parser.parseString('what if  "ending is in quotes"').dump())
-        ['what', 'if  "ending is in quotes"']
-        - args: if  "ending is in quotes"
-        - command: what
-        - statement: ['what', 'if  "ending is in quotes"']
-          - args: if  "ending is in quotes"
+        - statement: ['what', 'if "quoted strings /* seem to " start comments?']
+          - args: if "quoted strings /* seem to " start comments?
           - command: what
         '''
         outputParser = (pyparsing.Literal('>>') | (pyparsing.WordStart() + '>') | pyparsing.Regex('[^=]>'))('output')
         
         terminatorParser = pyparsing.Or([(hasattr(t, 'parseString') and t) or pyparsing.Literal(t) for t in self.terminators])('terminator')
-        terminatorParser.ignore(pyparsing.quotedString) #fail
         stringEnd = pyparsing.stringEnd ^ '\nEOF'
         self.multilineCommand = pyparsing.Or([pyparsing.Keyword(c, caseless=self.case_insensitive) for c in self.multilineCommands])('multilineCommand')
         oneLineCommand = (~self.multilineCommand + pyparsing.Word(self.legalChars))('command')
         pipe = pyparsing.Keyword('|', identChars='|')
         self.commentGrammars.ignore(pyparsing.quotedString).setParseAction(lambda x: '')
-        doNotParse = self.commentGrammars | commentInProgress 
+        doNotParse = self.commentGrammars | self.commentInProgress | pyparsing.quotedString
         afterElements = \
-            pyparsing.Optional(pipe + pyparsing.SkipTo(outputParser ^ stringEnd)('pipeTo')) + \
-            pyparsing.Optional(outputParser + pyparsing.SkipTo(stringEnd).setParseAction(lambda x: x[0].strip())('outputTo'))
+            pyparsing.Optional(pipe + pyparsing.SkipTo(outputParser ^ stringEnd, ignore=doNotParse)('pipeTo')) + \
+            pyparsing.Optional(outputParser + pyparsing.SkipTo(stringEnd, ignore=doNotParse).setParseAction(lambda x: x[0].strip())('outputTo'))
         if self.case_insensitive:
             self.multilineCommand.setParseAction(lambda x: x[0].lower())
             oneLineCommand.setParseAction(lambda x: x[0].lower())
@@ -693,11 +685,11 @@
         else:
             self.blankLineTerminator = (pyparsing.lineEnd + pyparsing.lineEnd)('terminator')
             self.blankLineTerminator.setResultsName('terminator')
-            self.blankLineTerminationParser = ((self.multilineCommand ^ oneLineCommand) + pyparsing.SkipTo(self.blankLineTerminator).setParseAction(lambda x: x[0].strip())('args') + self.blankLineTerminator)('statement')
-        self.multilineParser = (((self.multilineCommand ^ oneLineCommand) + pyparsing.SkipTo(terminatorParser, ignore=self.commentInProgress).setParseAction(lambda x: x[0].strip())('args') + terminatorParser)('statement') +
-                                pyparsing.SkipTo(outputParser ^ pipe ^ stringEnd).setParseAction(lambda x: x[0].strip())('suffix') + afterElements)
+            self.blankLineTerminationParser = ((self.multilineCommand ^ oneLineCommand) + pyparsing.SkipTo(self.blankLineTerminator, ignore=doNotParse).setParseAction(lambda x: x[0].strip())('args') + self.blankLineTerminator)('statement')
+        self.multilineParser = (((self.multilineCommand ^ oneLineCommand) + pyparsing.SkipTo(terminatorParser, ignore=doNotParse).setParseAction(lambda x: x[0].strip())('args') + terminatorParser)('statement') +
+                                pyparsing.SkipTo(outputParser ^ pipe ^ stringEnd, ignore=doNotParse).setParseAction(lambda x: x[0].strip())('suffix') + afterElements)
         self.multilineParser.ignore(self.commentInProgress)
-        self.singleLineParser = ((oneLineCommand + pyparsing.SkipTo(terminatorParser ^ stringEnd ^ pipe ^ outputParser).setParseAction(lambda x:x[0].strip())('args'))('statement') +
+        self.singleLineParser = ((oneLineCommand + pyparsing.SkipTo(terminatorParser ^ stringEnd ^ pipe ^ outputParser, ignore=doNotParse).setParseAction(lambda x:x[0].strip())('args'))('statement') +
                                  pyparsing.Optional(terminatorParser) + afterElements)
         #self.multilineParser = self.multilineParser.setResultsName('multilineParser')
         #self.singleLineParser = self.singleLineParser.setResultsName('singleLineParser')
@@ -707,9 +699,8 @@
             self.multilineParser |
             self.singleLineParser |
             self.blankLineTerminationParser | 
-            self.multilineCommand + pyparsing.SkipTo(stringEnd)
+            self.multilineCommand + pyparsing.SkipTo(stringEnd, ignore=doNotParse)
             )
-        #self.parser.ignore(pyparsing.quotedString).ignore(self.commentGrammars)
         self.parser.ignore(self.commentGrammars)
         
         inputMark = pyparsing.Literal('<')
@@ -721,8 +712,7 @@
         # as in "lesser than"
         self.inputParser = inputMark + pyparsing.Optional(inputFrom) + pyparsing.Optional('>') + \
                            pyparsing.Optional(fileName) + (pyparsing.stringEnd | '|')
-        #self.inputParser.ignore(pyparsing.quotedString).ignore(self.commentGrammars).ignore(self.commentInProgress)               
-        self.inputParser.ignore(self.commentGrammars).ignore(self.commentInProgress)               
+        self.inputParser.ignore(self.commentInProgress)               
     
     def preparse(self, raw, **kwargs):
         return raw