cmdparse - advanced command line parser supporting commands

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News

2006-06-17 cmdparse 2.0.2 released!!!

Changes:

• Included two patches from Assaph Mehr: * partial command matching can now be used (see tutorial page) * now a banner for the help and version commands can be specified

2006-04-05 cmdparse 2.0.1 released!!!

Changes:

• Just a bug fix release for those using cmdparse with Rubygems. By issuing the command require_gem 'cmdparse' the cmdparse library gets automagically loaded.
• Minor documentation updates

2005-08-16 cmdparse 2.0.0 released!!!

This version is not compatible to previous versions of cmdparse as there have been major changes in the API. However, updating your code to use the new API is very easy!

Changes:

• Commands can now have subcommands which can have subcommands which can have subcommands…
• No need to implement a whole new class for simple commands anymore
• Default option parser library is optparse, however, any option parser library can be used after writing a small wrapper

2005-07-05 cmdparse 1.0.5 released!!!

Changes:

• added possibility to parse global options, command and local options separately

2005-06-16 cmdparse 1.0.4 released!!!

Changes:

• fix for older ruby versions
• fixed bug where exception was not caught

2005-06-09 cmdparse 1.0.3 released!!!

Changes:

• added optional graceful exception handling

2005-04-21 cmdparse 1.0.2 released!!!

Changes:

• splitted parsing of the arguments and executing the command into two methods

2005-04-13 cmdparse 1.0.1 released!!!

Changes:

• Improved HelpCommand: the global options -h and—help take an optional command name now
• Possibility to define a default command which is used when no command was specified
• A NoCommandGivenError is thrown when no command on the CLI and no default command was specified

And so

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