diff -r c685f4e12916 -r d19766190e17 src/eric7/WebBrowser/WebBrowserArgumentsCreator.py
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+++ b/src/eric7/WebBrowser/WebBrowserArgumentsCreator.py Mon Nov 13 19:18:38 2023 +0100
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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+# Copyright (c) 2023 Detlev Offenbach <detlev@die-offenbachs.de>
+#
+
+"""
+Module implementing a function to create an argparse.Namespace object for the web
+browser.
+"""
+
+import argparse
+import sys
+
+
+def createArgparseNamespace(argv=None):
+ """
+ Function to create an argparse.Namespace object.
+
+ @param argv list of command line arguments to be parsed
+ @type list of str
+ @return created argument parser object
+ @rtype argparse.ArgumentParser
+ """
+ from eric7.UI.Info import Version
+
+ # 1. create the argument parser
+ parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
+ description="Web Browser application of the eric tool suite.",
+ epilog="Copyright (c) 2002 - 2023 Detlev Offenbach <detlev@die-offenbachs.de>.",
+ )
+
+ # 2. add the arguments
+ parser.add_argument(
+ "-V",
+ "--version",
+ action="version",
+ version="%(prog)s {0}".format(Version),
+ help="show version information and exit",
+ )
+ parser.add_argument(
+ "--config",
+ metavar="config_dir",
+ help="use the given directory as the one containing the config files",
+ )
+ parser.add_argument(
+ "--settings",
+ metavar="settings_dir",
+ help="use the given directory to store the settings files",
+ )
+ parser.add_argument(
+ "--name",
+ metavar="browser name",
+ default="",
+ help="name to be used for the browser instance",
+ )
+ parser.add_argument(
+ "--new-tab",
+ metavar="URL",
+ action="append",
+ help="open a new tab for the given URL",
+ )
+ parser.add_argument(
+ "--private",
+ action="store_true",
+ help="start the browser in private browsing mode",
+ )
+ parser.add_argument(
+ "--qthelp",
+ action="store_true",
+ help="start the browser with support for QtHelp",
+ )
+ parser.add_argument(
+ "--quiet",
+ action="store_true",
+ help="don't show any startup error messages",
+ )
+ parser.add_argument(
+ "--search",
+ metavar="searchword",
+ help="search for the given word",
+ )
+ parser.add_argument(
+ "--shutdown",
+ action="store_true",
+ help="shut down the browser instance",
+ )
+ parser.add_argument(
+ "--single",
+ action="store_true",
+ help="start the browser as a single application",
+ )
+ parser.add_argument(
+ "home",
+ nargs="?",
+ default="",
+ metavar="file | URL",
+ help="open a file or URL",
+ )
+
+ # 3. create the Namespace object by parsing the command line
+ if argv is None:
+ argv = sys.argv[1:]
+ args = parser.parse_args(argv)
+ return args
