- document the termination condition for cmd.Cmd.cmdloop()

- document the use of the return value for cmd.Cmd.do_*() methods
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Fred Drake 2004-07-30 18:58:54 +00:00
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@ -60,6 +60,10 @@ the method \method{do_help()}. As another special case, a line
beginning with the character \character{!} is dispatched to the
method \method{do_shell()} (if such a method is defined).
This method will return when the \method{postcmd()} method returns a
true value. The \var{stop} argument to \method{postcmd()} is the
return value from the command's corresponding \method{do_*()} method.
If completion is enabled, completing commands will be done
automatically, and completing of commands args is done by calling
\method{complete_foo()} with arguments \var{text}, \var{line},
@ -83,7 +87,10 @@ Interpret the argument as though it had been typed in response to the
prompt. This may be overridden, but should not normally need to be;
see the \method{precmd()} and \method{postcmd()} methods for useful
execution hooks. The return value is a flag indicating whether
interpretation of commands by the interpreter should stop.
interpretation of commands by the interpreter should stop. If there
is a \method{do_*()} method for the command \var{str}, the return
value of that method is returned, otherwise the return value from the
\method{default()} method is returned.
\end{methoddesc}
\begin{methoddesc}{emptyline}{}