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diff --git a/interfaces/email/interactive/becommands/help.py b/interfaces/email/interactive/becommands/help.py new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a8f346a --- /dev/null +++ b/interfaces/email/interactive/becommands/help.py @@ -0,0 +1,68 @@ +# Copyright (C) 2006-2009 Aaron Bentley and Panometrics, Inc. +# Thomas Gerigk <tgerigk@gmx.de> +# W. Trevor King <wking@drexel.edu> +# +# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify +# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by +# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or +# (at your option) any later version. +# +# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, +# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of +# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the +# GNU General Public License for more details. +# +# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along +# with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., +# 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA. +"""Print help for given subcommand""" +from libbe import cmdutil, utility +__desc__ = __doc__ + +def execute(args, manipulate_encodings=False): + """ + Print help of specified command (the manipulate_encodings argument + is ignored). + + >>> execute(["help"]) + Usage: be help [COMMAND] + <BLANKLINE> + Options: + -h, --help Print a help message + --complete Print a list of available completions + <BLANKLINE> + Print help for specified command or list of all commands. + <BLANKLINE> + """ + parser = get_parser() + options, args = parser.parse_args(args) + complete(options, args, parser) + if len(args) > 1: + raise cmdutil.UsageError("Too many arguments.") + if len(args) == 0: + print cmdutil.help() + else: + try: + print cmdutil.help(args[0]) + except AttributeError: + print "No help available" + +def get_parser(): + parser = cmdutil.CmdOptionParser("be help [COMMAND]") + return parser + +longhelp=""" +Print help for specified command or list of all commands. +""" + +def help(): + return get_parser().help_str() + longhelp + +def complete(options, args, parser): + for option, value in cmdutil.option_value_pairs(options, parser): + if value == "--complete": + # no argument-options at the moment, so this is future-proofing + raise cmdutil.GetCompletions() + if "--complete" in args: + cmds = [command for command,module in cmdutil.iter_commands()] + raise cmdutil.GetCompletions(cmds) |