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161 Commits

Author SHA1 Message Date
Anthony Sottile aaf6fc0982 bpo-26510: make argparse subparsers required by default (#3027)
This fixes a regression from Python 2.  To get optional subparsers,
use the new parameter ``add_subparsers(required=False)``.

Patch by Anthony Sottile.
2017-09-20 17:35:27 -04:00
Elena Oat 397c467c49 bpo-31330: Clarify that RawTextHelpFormatter collapses repeated newlines. (#3272)
Also provide a solution if the user wants to keep multiple blank lines.
2017-09-07 16:06:45 -04:00
R. David Murray 0f6b9d2306 bpo-14191 Add parse_intermixed_args. (#3319)
This adds support for parsing a command line where options and positionals are intermixed as is common in many unix commands. This is paul.j3's patch with a few tweaks.
2017-09-06 20:25:40 -04:00
R. David Murray 0c7983e4ad Clarify nature of parse_args 'args' argument. (#3292)
Patch by Paul.j3.  Includes an unrelated but useful addition to the
optparse porting section.
2017-09-04 16:17:26 -04:00
Martin Panter 536d70ed33 Fix grammar, typos and markup in documentation and code comments
* Indent versionchanged at method level, not class level
* Mark up ``--help`` to avoid generating an en dash
* Use forward slash in Unix command line with a dollar sign ($) prompt
2017-01-14 08:23:08 +00:00
Serhiy Storchaka ecf41da83e Issue #19795: Mark up None as literal text. 2016-10-19 16:29:26 +03:00
Berker Peksag 5493e4723a Issue #28455: Clarify example of overriding the convert_arg_line_to_args method
Patch by Mariatta Wijaya.
2016-10-17 06:14:17 +03:00
Martin Panter 0f0eac431f Issue #27993: Fix problems with plural objects in docs and comments 2016-09-07 11:04:41 +00:00
Martin Panter 1050d2d0c7 Issue #26462: Doc: reduce literal_block warnings, fix syntax highlighting.
Patch by Julien Palard.
2016-07-26 11:18:21 +02:00
Terry Jan Reedy fa089b9b0b Issue #22558: Add remaining doc links to source code for Python-coded modules.
Reformat header above separator line (added if missing) to a common format.
Patch by Yoni Lavi.
2016-06-11 15:02:54 -04:00
Serhiy Storchaka dba903993a Issue #23921: Standardized documentation whitespace formatting.
Original patch by James Edwards.
2016-05-10 12:01:23 +03:00
Martin Panter f5e60480b9 Issue #20598: Replace trivial split() calls with lists in argparse docs 2016-04-26 11:41:25 +00:00
Martin Panter 119e502277 Fix typos in code comments and documentation 2016-04-16 09:28:57 +00:00
Martin Panter b4912b8ed3 Issue #25314: Remove confused statement about const argument 2016-04-09 03:49:48 +00:00
Raymond Hettinger f9cddccf8c Issue #25314: store_true and store_false also create appropriate defaults. 2011-11-20 11:05:23 -08:00
Martin Panter d2ad5718ad Issue #25523: Further a-to-an corrections new in 3.5 2015-11-02 04:20:33 +00:00
Martin Panter 84835ab1cb Issue #25161: Merge full stops from 3.4 into 3.5 2015-10-10 10:44:25 +00:00
Martin Panter d21e0b52f1 Issue #25161: Add full stops in documentation; patch by Takase Arihiro 2015-10-10 10:36:22 +00:00
Senthil Kumaran b4760efbad Back porting changeset db302b88fdb6 to 3.4 branch, which fixed multiple documentation typos.
Related Issues:

#issue21528
#issue24453
2015-06-14 17:35:37 -07:00
Berker Peksag a7edf1e57c Issue #23356: Simplify convert_arg_line_to_args example.
Patch by py.user.
2015-04-26 12:10:27 +03:00
Berker Peksag 8c99a6d604 Issue #23356: Simplify convert_arg_line_to_args example.
Patch by py.user.
2015-04-26 12:09:54 +03:00
Berker Peksag e7e497bdca Issue #23651: Fix typo in allow_abbrev docs.
Noticed by Nathan West.
2015-03-12 20:47:41 +02:00
Berker Peksag 8089cd642f Issue #14910: Add allow_abbrev parameter to argparse.ArgumentParser.
Patch by Jonathan Paugh, Steven Bethard, paul j3 and Daniel Eriksson.
2015-02-14 01:39:17 +02:00
Berker Peksag 7b6b3d771a Issue #22317: Document the action parameter in ArgumentParser.add_subparsers() docs.
Patch by Mike Short.
2015-01-20 06:46:49 +02:00
Berker Peksag 5a494f6ad8 Issue #22317: Document the action parameter in ArgumentParser.add_subparsers() docs.
Patch by Mike Short.
2015-01-20 06:45:53 +02:00
Berker Peksag 131caba074 Revert #22251 2014-09-28 00:01:55 +03:00
Berker Peksag 9c1dba2758 Revert #22251 2014-09-28 00:00:58 +03:00
Berker Peksag f7fee33104 Issue #22251: Fix ReST markup to avoid errors building docs. 2014-09-27 23:22:35 +03:00
Berker Peksag 3749404ba5 Issue #22251: Fix ReST markup to avoid errors building docs. 2014-09-27 23:21:35 +03:00
Berker Peksag 4f6355f861 Issue #17462: Add a paragraph about advantages of argparse over optparse.
Patch by Anastasia Filatova.
2014-09-26 15:35:02 +03:00
Berker Peksag 6c1f0ad665 Issue #17462: Add a paragraph about advantages of argparse over optparse.
Patch by Anastasia Filatova.
2014-09-26 15:34:26 +03:00
Terry Jan Reedy fa6e73bac9 Merge with 3.4 2014-08-23 22:22:07 -04:00
Terry Jan Reedy ee55826072 Issue #13540: add missing markup. 2014-08-23 22:21:47 -04:00
Raymond Hettinger 2b24884f18 merge 2014-08-03 23:44:59 -07:00
Raymond Hettinger c0de59bfc3 Fix markup. 2014-08-03 23:44:30 -07:00
Jason R. Coombs 1ab3dc92f2 Issue #13540: Merge changes from 3.4 2014-08-03 15:27:18 -04:00
Jason R. Coombs b3d4c212f7 Issue #13540: Merge changes from 3.3 2014-08-03 15:26:58 -04:00
Jason R. Coombs 89e186f24e Issue #13540: Merge changes from 3.2 2014-08-03 15:26:32 -04:00
Jason R. Coombs 79690ac1d0 Issue #13540: Update references to Action class to match syntax used for other classes in this file. 2014-08-03 14:54:11 -04:00
Jason R. Coombs eb0ef415d5 Issue #13540: Removed redundant documentation about Action instance attributes. Updated example and documentation per recommendations by Steven Bethard in msg149524. 2014-07-20 10:52:46 -04:00
Donald Stufft 8b852f111e Fix Issue #21528 - Fix documentation typos 2014-05-20 12:58:38 -04:00
R David Murray fced3ec2db whatsnew: argparse FileType accepts errors and encodings args. 2013-12-31 11:18:01 -05:00
Eli Bendersky b55c4d4539 Issue #19814: Clarify argparse's docs w.r.t prefix matching 2013-12-02 05:50:48 -08:00
Eli Bendersky f3114532e4 Issue #19814: Clarify argparse's docs w.r.t prefix matching 2013-12-02 05:49:54 -08:00
Georg Brandl fd11551710 merge with 3.3 2013-10-06 19:34:19 +02:00
Georg Brandl 29fc4bf5c7 Use the platform-independent way of calling a script from the shell: "python prog.py", not "prog.py"
Found by Micheal Wells on docs@.
2013-10-06 19:33:56 +02:00
Georg Brandl 94c1467bad merge with 3.3 2013-10-06 18:57:02 +02:00
Georg Brandl fc9a113418 Closes #11807: document argparse add_subparsers method better.
Patch by Filip Gruszczyński.
2013-10-06 18:51:39 +02:00
Georg Brandl 7caabe09aa merge with 3.3 2013-10-06 13:10:06 +02:00
Georg Brandl ed86ff868a Fix missing class name in markup. Found by Tanky Woo on docs@. 2013-10-06 13:09:59 +02:00