# HG changeset patch
# User catherine.devlin@gmail.com
# Date 1311211433 14400
# Node ID 6ffa49335dcbaf4dcc082440b0935fed4c238785
# Parent  fc63f0aad0226543f4610a0ae18c72721e5f66b7
Python 3 installation instructions

diff -r fc63f0aad022 -r 6ffa49335dcb INSTALL.txt
--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/INSTALL.txt	Wed Jul 20 21:23:53 2011 -0400
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+cmd2 can be installed from PyPI by ``easy_install`` or ``pip``.
+
+Development trunk can be downloaded with mercurial::
+
+  hg clone http://hg.assembla.com/python-cmd2
+
+To install from the trunk, ``cd python-cmd2`` and run ``python setup.py install`` or ``python setup.py develop`` (requires setuptools).
+
+Python 3
+--------
+
+The Python 3 egg downloaded from PyPI or installed by ``pip`` or ``easy_install`` is ready to go.
+
+To install from source for Python 3::
+
+  2to3 -w cmd2.py
+  python3 setup.py install
+  
+
+  
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diff -r fc63f0aad022 -r 6ffa49335dcb cmd2.py
--- a/cmd2.py	Wed Jun 22 21:56:20 2011 -0400
+++ b/cmd2.py	Wed Jul 20 21:23:53 2011 -0400
@@ -221,6 +221,8 @@
                 can_clip = True
         except Exception: # hate a bare Exception call, but exception classes vary too much b/t stdlib versions
             pass
+    except Exception:
+        pass # something went wrong with xclip and we cannot use it
     if can_clip:    
         def get_paste_buffer():
             xclipproc = subprocess.Popen('xclip -o -sel clip', shell=True, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stdin=subprocess.PIPE)