optparse global

[Skip Montanaro]

    Ashton> This does not seem to work. I still get the default value
    Ashton> 5007...

Hmmm...  Works for me (Python from CVS):

    % python testme.py 
    5007
    % python testme.py -p 5006
    5006
    % python testme.py -p5006
    5006

The only change from what you posted was to add

    from optparse import OptionParse

to txd.py.

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