Ctrl-C now stops a running text script instead of just the current script command

Author: kmvanbrunt

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 ## 1.0.2 (TBD, 2020)
 * Enhancements
     * `do_shell()` now saves the return code of the command it runs in `self.last_result` for use in pyscripts
+    * Ctrl-C now stops a running text script instead of just the current script command
 
 ## 1.0.1 (March 13, 2020)
 * Bug Fixes

cmd2/cmd2.py

@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ def __init__(self, completekey: str = 'tab', stdin=None, stdout=None, *,
 
         # Attributes which should NOT be dynamically settable via the set command at runtime
         self.default_to_shell = False  # Attempt to run unrecognized commands as shell commands
-        self.quit_on_sigint = False  # Quit the loop on interrupt instead of just resetting prompt
+        self.quit_on_sigint = False  # Ctrl-C at the prompt will quit the program instead of just resetting prompt
         self.allow_redirection = allow_redirection  # Security setting to prevent redirection of stdout
 
         # Attributes which ARE dynamically settable via the set command at runtime
@@ -1584,11 +1584,15 @@ def parseline(self, line: str) -> Tuple[str, str, str]:
         statement = self.statement_parser.parse_command_only(line)
         return statement.command, statement.args, statement.command_and_args
 
-    def onecmd_plus_hooks(self, line: str, *, add_to_history: bool = True, py_bridge_call: bool = False) -> bool:
+    def onecmd_plus_hooks(self, line: str, *, add_to_history: bool = True,
+                          raise_keyboard_interrupt: bool = False, py_bridge_call: bool = False) -> bool:
         """Top-level function called by cmdloop() to handle parsing a line and running the command and all of its hooks.
 
         :param line: command line to run
         :param add_to_history: If True, then add this command to history. Defaults to True.
+        :param raise_keyboard_interrupt: if True, then KeyboardInterrupt exceptions will be raised. This is used when
+                                         running commands in a loop to be able to stop the whole loop and not just
+                                         the current command. Defaults to False.
         :param py_bridge_call: This should only ever be set to True by PyBridge to signify the beginning
                                of an app() call from Python. It is used to enable/disable the storage of the
                                command's stdout.
@@ -1681,14 +1685,18 @@ def onecmd_plus_hooks(self, line: str, *, add_to_history: bool = True, py_bridge
                     if py_bridge_call:
                         # Stop saving command's stdout before command finalization hooks run
                         self.stdout.pause_storage = True
-
+        except KeyboardInterrupt as e:
+            if raise_keyboard_interrupt:
+                raise e
         except (Cmd2ArgparseError, EmptyStatement):
             # Don't do anything, but do allow command finalization hooks to run
             pass
         except Exception as ex:
             self.pexcept(ex)
         finally:
-            return self._run_cmdfinalization_hooks(stop, statement)
+            stop = self._run_cmdfinalization_hooks(stop, statement)
+
+        return stop
 
     def _run_cmdfinalization_hooks(self, stop: bool, statement: Optional[Statement]) -> bool:
         """Run the command finalization hooks"""
@@ -1711,13 +1719,16 @@ def _run_cmdfinalization_hooks(self, stop: bool, statement: Optional[Statement])
         except Exception as ex:
             self.pexcept(ex)
 
-    def runcmds_plus_hooks(self, cmds: List[Union[HistoryItem, str]], *, add_to_history: bool = True) -> bool:
+    def runcmds_plus_hooks(self, cmds: List[Union[HistoryItem, str]], *, add_to_history: bool = True,
+                           stop_on_keyboard_interrupt: bool = True) -> bool:
         """
         Used when commands are being run in an automated fashion like text scripts or history replays.
         The prompt and command line for each command will be printed if echo is True.
 
         :param cmds: commands to run
         :param add_to_history: If True, then add these commands to history. Defaults to True.
+        :param stop_on_keyboard_interrupt: stop command loop if Ctrl-C is pressed instead of just
+                                           moving to the next command. Defaults to True.
         :return: True if running of commands should stop
         """
         for line in cmds:
@@ -1727,8 +1738,14 @@ def runcmds_plus_hooks(self, cmds: List[Union[HistoryItem, str]], *, add_to_hist
             if self.echo:
                 self.poutput('{}{}'.format(self.prompt, line))
 
-            if self.onecmd_plus_hooks(line, add_to_history=add_to_history):
-                return True
+            try:
+                if self.onecmd_plus_hooks(line, add_to_history=add_to_history,
+                                          raise_keyboard_interrupt=stop_on_keyboard_interrupt):
+                    return True
+            except KeyboardInterrupt as e:
+                if stop_on_keyboard_interrupt:
+                    self.perror(e)
+                    break
 
         return False
 
@@ -3238,8 +3255,10 @@ def py_quit():
                 # noinspection PyBroadException
                 try:
                     interp.runcode(py_code_to_run)
+                except KeyboardInterrupt as e:
+                    raise e
                 except BaseException:
-                    # We don't care about any exception that happened in the Python code
+                    # We don't care about any other exceptions that happened in the Python code
                     pass
 
             # Otherwise we will open an interactive Python shell
@@ -3269,9 +3288,6 @@ def py_quit():
                         if saved_cmd2_env is not None:
                             self._restore_cmd2_env(saved_cmd2_env)
 
-        except KeyboardInterrupt:
-            pass
-
         finally:
             with self.sigint_protection:
                 if saved_sys_path is not None:
@@ -3302,8 +3318,6 @@ def do_run_pyscript(self, args: argparse.Namespace) -> Optional[bool]:
             if selection != 'Yes':
                 return
 
-        py_return = False
-
         # Save current command line arguments
         orig_args = sys.argv
 
@@ -3314,9 +3328,6 @@ def do_run_pyscript(self, args: argparse.Namespace) -> Optional[bool]:
             # noinspection PyTypeChecker
             py_return = self.do_py('--pyscript {}'.format(utils.quote_string(args.script_path)))
 
-        except KeyboardInterrupt:
-            pass
-
         finally:
             # Restore command line arguments to original state
             sys.argv = orig_args
@@ -3629,7 +3640,12 @@ def _generate_transcript(self, history: List[Union[HistoryItem, str]], transcrip
                 self.stdout = utils.StdSim(self.stdout)
 
                 # then run the command and let the output go into our buffer
-                stop = self.onecmd_plus_hooks(history_item)
+                try:
+                    stop = self.onecmd_plus_hooks(history_item, raise_keyboard_interrupt=True)
+                except KeyboardInterrupt as e:
+                    self.perror(e)
+                    stop = True
+
                 commands_run += 1
 
                 # add the regex-escaped output to the transcript

docs/features/initialization.rst

@@ -146,8 +146,8 @@ override:
   everything available with **self_in_py**)
 - **quiet**: if ``True`` then completely suppress nonessential output (Default:
   ``False``)
-- **quit_on_sigint**: if ``True`` quit the main loop on interrupt instead of
-  just resetting prompt
+- **quit_on_sigint**: if ``True`` Ctrl-C at the prompt will quit the program
+  instead of just resetting prompt
 - **settable**: dictionary that controls which of these instance attributes
   are settable at runtime using the *set* command
 - **timing**: if ``True`` display execution time for each command (Default:

docs/features/misc.rst

@@ -104,10 +104,10 @@ method be called.
 Quit on SIGINT
 --------------
 
-On many shells, SIGINT (most often triggered by the user pressing Ctrl+C) only
-cancels the current line, not the entire command loop. By default, a ``cmd2``
-application will quit on receiving this signal. However, if ``quit_on_sigint``
-is set to ``False``, then the current line will simply be cancelled.
+On many shells, SIGINT (most often triggered by the user pressing Ctrl+C)
+while at the prompt only cancels the current line, not the entire command
+loop. By default, a ``cmd2`` application matches this behavior. However, if
+``quit_on_sigint`` is set to ``True``, the command loop will quit instead.
 
 ::