An optparse question

[Steve Holden]

T wrote:
> fuzzylollipop wrote:
> 
>>you can make the usage line anything you want.
>>
>>...
>>usage = 'This is a line before the usage line\nusage %prog [options]
>>input_file'
>>parser = OptionsParser(usage=usage)
>>parser.print_help()
>>...
>>
> 
> 
> No, that affects the string printed only *after* the "usage = " string.
>  What I would like to do is insert some string *before* the "usage = "
> string, which is right after the command I type at the command prompt.
> So I would like to make it look like this:
> 
> % myprog.py -h
> ************ THIS IS NEWLY INSERTED STRING ************
> usage: myprog.py [options] input_file
> 
> 
> options:
>   -h, --help             show this help message and exit
>   -v, --verbose        print program's version number and exit
>   -o FILE               Output file
> 
Do a Google search for "monkey patching". You probably want to 
monkey-patch the class's usage method.

regards
  Steve
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