kivymd.tools.argument_parser#

API - kivymd.tools.argument_parser#

class kivymd.tools.argument_parser.ArgumentParserWithHelp(prog=None, usage=None, description=None, epilog=None, parents=[], formatter_class=HelpFormatter, prefix_chars='-', fromfile_prefix_chars=None, argument_default=None, conflict_handler='error', add_help=True, allow_abbrev=True, exit_on_error=True)#

Object for parsing command line strings into Python objects.

Keyword Arguments:
  • prog – The name of the program (default:

    os.path.basename(sys.argv[0]))

  • usage – A usage message (default: auto-generated from arguments)

  • description – A description of what the program does

  • epilog – Text following the argument descriptions

  • parents – Parsers whose arguments should be copied into this one

  • formatter_class – HelpFormatter class for printing help messages

  • prefix_chars – Characters that prefix optional arguments

  • fromfile_prefix_chars – Characters that prefix files containing

    additional arguments

  • argument_default – The default value for all arguments

  • conflict_handler – String indicating how to handle conflicts

  • add_help – Add a -h/-help option

  • allow_abbrev – Allow long options to be abbreviated unambiguously

  • exit_on_error – Determines whether or not ArgumentParser exits with

    error info when an error occurs

parse_args(self, args=None, namespace=None)#
error(self, message)#

error(message: string)

Prints a usage message incorporating the message to stderr and exits.

If you override this in a subclass, it should not return – it should either exit or raise an exception.

format_help(self)#