# HG changeset patch
# User catherine.devlin@gmail.com
# Date 1314300296 14400
# Node ID bfbe4241bd6bd3b849e6da60c47b6e8acc5dbcb6
# Parent  742fd308f0c976c402903886716fe1e7832df040
custom double-redirector fixed

diff -r 742fd308f0c9 -r bfbe4241bd6b cmd2.py
--- a/cmd2.py	Sun Aug 21 02:39:43 2011 -0400
+++ b/cmd2.py	Thu Aug 25 15:24:56 2011 -0400
@@ -379,6 +379,7 @@
     debug = False
     locals_in_py = True
     kept_state = None
+    redirector = '>'                    # for sending output to file
     settable = stubbornDict('''
         prompt
         colors                Colorized output (*nix only)
@@ -665,7 +666,10 @@
           - args: if "quoted strings /* seem to " start comments?
           - command: what
         '''
-        outputParser = (pyparsing.Literal('>>') | (pyparsing.WordStart() + '>') | pyparsing.Regex('[^=]>'))('output')
+        #outputParser = (pyparsing.Literal('>>') | (pyparsing.WordStart() + '>') | pyparsing.Regex('[^=]>'))('output')
+        outputParser = (pyparsing.Literal(self.redirector *2) | \
+                       (pyparsing.WordStart() + self.redirector) | \
+                        pyparsing.Regex('[^=]' + self.redirector))('output')
         
         terminatorParser = pyparsing.Or([(hasattr(t, 'parseString') and t) or pyparsing.Literal(t) for t in self.terminators])('terminator')
         stringEnd = pyparsing.stringEnd ^ '\nEOF'
@@ -815,7 +819,7 @@
             self.kept_sys = Statekeeper(sys, ('stdout',))
             if statement.parsed.outputTo:
                 mode = 'w'
-                if statement.parsed.output == '>>':
+                if statement.parsed.output == 2 * self.redirector:
                     mode = 'a'
                 sys.stdout = self.stdout = open(os.path.expanduser(statement.parsed.outputTo), mode)                            
             else:
diff -r 742fd308f0c9 -r bfbe4241bd6b docs/freefeatures.rst
--- a/docs/freefeatures.rst	Sun Aug 21 02:39:43 2011 -0400
+++ b/docs/freefeatures.rst	Thu Aug 25 15:24:56 2011 -0400
@@ -76,6 +76,22 @@
     to paste buffer requires software to be installed on the operating
     system, pywin32_ on Windows or xclip_ on \*nix.
     
+If your application depends on mathematical syntax, ``>`` may be a bad
+choice for redirecting output - it will prevent you from using the
+greater-than sign in your actual user commands.  You can override your
+app's value of ``self.redirector`` to use a different string for output redirection::
+
+    class MyApp(cmd2.Cmd):
+        redirector = '->'
+        
+::
+
+    (Cmd) say line1 -> out.txt
+    (Cmd) say line2 ->-> out.txt
+    (Cmd) !cat out.txt
+    line1
+    line2
+
 .. _pywin32: http://sourceforge.net/projects/pywin32/
 .. _xclip: http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/xclip-linux-insert-files-command-output-intoclipboard/
   
diff -r 742fd308f0c9 -r bfbe4241bd6b example/example.py
--- a/example/example.py	Sun Aug 21 02:39:43 2011 -0400
+++ b/example/example.py	Thu Aug 25 15:24:56 2011 -0400
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
     multilineCommands = ['orate']
     Cmd.shortcuts.update({'&': 'speak'})
     maxrepeats = 3
+    redirector = '->'
     Cmd.settable.append('maxrepeats   Max number of `--repeat`s allowed')
 
     @options([make_option('-p', '--piglatin', action="store_true", help="atinLay"),