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Like Python's cmd module, but uses regex based handlers instead!

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rcmd.py
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Sort of like Python's built in "cmd" module, but with regex handlers.

## Basic usage

```python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
from rcmd import Rcmd

r = Rcmd(__name__)

# Note: this will match "foo!", and "foober" - use "foo$" if you want
# to avoid this sort of stuff. Regexes are like that, yeah?
@r.command(r"foo")
def foo(args):
print("Foo!")

@r.command(r"\d+!", with_cmd=True)
def fact(args, cmd):
print(cmd[:-1] + "?")

r.loop()
```

## Registering various handlers

Rcmd has a few handlers you can override (through decorators, of course!).

```python
@r.emptyline
def emptyline():
# Called when the user doesn't type anything.
pass

@r.default
def default(line):
# Called when nothing matches the user's line.
pass

@r.bang
def bang(args):
# Called when the user types "! [stuff]".
# Convenience since this is a handy addition.
pass

@r.question
def question(args):
# Called when the user types "? [stuff]"
# Convenience since this is a handy addition.
pass

@r.precmd
def precmd(line):
# Allows you to modify a line before it passes through
# the parser and matchers.
return line

@r.postcmd
def postcmd(stop, results, line):
# `stop` -> truthy values mean we'll stop next loop.
# `results` -> list of results any matching commands returned
# `line` -> the line the user entered
return stop, results

@r.preloop
def preloop():
# Called before the initial command loop starts.
pass

@r.postloop
def postloop():
# Called after the command loop finishes.
pass
```

## Example `help` command

This isn't built in because to each his own - you might want different things to me, so here's a basic structure you can work with.
This will let people do `help` and `help thing` (with optional `?` alias to help), and prints the `__doc__` of each command handler that _thing_ matches.

```python
@r.question
@r.command(r"help$")
def help(args):
def tidy_regex(regex):
return regex.lstrip("^").rstrip("$")

def create_help(regex, functions, matching=None):
if matching is not None and not regex.match(matching):
return None
out = [">>> {0}".format(tidy_regex(regex.pattern))]
for i, function in enumerate(functions, 1):
if function.__doc__:
out.append(textwrap.dedent(function.__doc__))
else:
out.append("{0}. No help provided. :( ({1})".format(i, function.__name__))
out.append("")
return "\n".join(out)

# No arguments provided, just list things.
if not args or len(args) != 1:
for regex, functions in r.handlers.iteritems():
print(create_help(regex, functions))
return

# Do a search for matching handlers.
cmd, matched = args[0], True
print('"{0}" would run:\n'.format(cmd))
for regex, functions in r.handlers.iteritems():
t = create_help(regex, functions, matching=cmd)
if t is None:
continue
matched = True
print(t)

if not matched:
print("nothing :(\n")
```

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