Add support for Python 3.14 and remove support for Python 3.8

.github/CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ The tables below list all prerequisites along with the minimum required version
 
 | Prerequisite                                        | Minimum Version |
 | --------------------------------------------------- | --------------- |
-| [python](https://www.python.org/downloads/)         | `3.8`           |
+| [python](https://www.python.org/downloads/)         | `3.9`           |
 | [pyperclip](https://github.com/asweigart/pyperclip) | `1.8.2`         |
 | [wcwidth](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/wcwidth)     | `0.2.12`        |
 

.github/workflows/build.yml

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest, windows-latest]
-        python-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
+        python-version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13", "3.14-dev"]
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4 # https://github.com/actions/checkout

.pre-commit-config.yaml

@@ -8,15 +8,17 @@ repos:
       - id: trailing-whitespace
 
   - repo: https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff-pre-commit
-    rev: "v0.9.3"
+    rev: "v0.11.10"
     hooks:
       - id: ruff-format
         args: [--config=pyproject.toml]
+      - id: ruff-check
+        args: [--config=pyproject.toml]
 
   - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/mirrors-prettier
     rev: "v3.1.0"
     hooks:
       - id: prettier
         additional_dependencies:
-          - prettier@3.4.2
-          - prettier-plugin-toml@2.0.1
+          - prettier@3.5.3
+          - prettier-plugin-toml@2.0.5

README.md

@@ -30,14 +30,21 @@ when using cmd.
 ![system schema](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/python-cmd2/cmd2/master/.github/images/graph.drawio.png)
 
 When creating solutions developers have no shortage of tools to create rich and smart user interfaces.
-System administrators have long been duct taping together brittle workflows based on a menagerie of simple command line tools created by strangers on github and the guy down the hall.
+System administrators have long been duct taping together brittle workflows based on a menagerie of simple command line
+tools created by strangers on github and the guy down the hall.
 Unfortunately, when CLIs become significantly complex the ease of command discoverability tends to fade quickly.
-On the other hand, Web and traditional desktop GUIs are first in class when it comes to easily discovering functionality.
-The price we pay for beautifully colored displays is complexity required to aggregate disperate applications into larger systems.
-`cmd2` fills the niche between high [ease of command discovery](https://clig.dev/#ease-of-discovery) applications and smart workflow automation systems.
-
-The `cmd2` framework provides a great mixture of both worlds. Application designers can easily create complex applications and rely on the cmd2 library to offer effortless user facing help and extensive tab completion.
-When users become comfortable with functionality, cmd2 turns into a feature rich library enabling a smooth transition to full automation. If designed with enough forethought, a well implemented cmd2 application can serve as a boutique workflow tool. `cmd2` pulls off this flexibility based on two pillars of philosophy:
+On the other hand, Web and traditional desktop GUIs are first in class when it comes to easily discovering
+functionality.
+The price we pay for beautifully colored displays is complexity required to aggregate disperate applications into larger
+systems.
+`cmd2` fills the niche between high [ease of command discovery](https://clig.dev/#ease-of-discovery) applications and
+smart workflow automation systems.
+
+The `cmd2` framework provides a great mixture of both worlds. Application designers can easily create complex
+applications and rely on the cmd2 library to offer effortless user facing help and extensive tab completion.
+When users become comfortable with functionality, cmd2 turns into a feature rich library enabling a smooth transition to
+full automation. If designed with enough forethought, a well implemented cmd2 application can serve as a boutique
+workflow tool. `cmd2` pulls off this flexibility based on two pillars of philosophy:
 
 - Tab Completion
 - Automation Transition
@@ -46,7 +53,8 @@ When users become comfortable with functionality, cmd2 turns into a feature rich
 
 <a href="https://imgflip.com/i/63h03x"><img src="https://i.imgflip.com/63h03x.jpg" title="made at imgflip.com" width="70%" height="%70"/></a>
 
-Deep extensive tab completion and help text generation based on the argparse library create the first pillar of 'ease of command discovery'. The following is a list of features in this category.
+Deep extensive tab completion and help text generation based on the argparse library create the first pillar of 'ease of
+command discovery'. The following is a list of features in this category.
 
 - Great tab completion of commands, subcommands, file system paths, and shell commands.
 - Custom tab completion for user designed commands via simple function overloading.
@@ -57,7 +65,8 @@ Deep extensive tab completion and help text generation based on the argparse lib
 
 <a href="https://imgflip.com/i/66t0y0"><img src="https://i.imgflip.com/66t0y0.jpg" title="made at imgflip.com" width="70%" height="70%"/></a>
 
-cmd2 creates the second pillar of 'ease of transition to automation' through alias/macro creation, command line argument parsing and execution of cmd2 scripting.
+cmd2 creates the second pillar of 'ease of transition to automation' through alias/macro creation, command line argument
+parsing and execution of cmd2 scripting.
 
 - Flexible alias and macro creation for quick abstraction of commands.
 - Text file scripting of your application with `run_script` (`@`) and `_relative_run_script` (`@@`)
@@ -72,7 +81,7 @@ On all operating systems, the latest stable version of `cmd2` can be installed u
 pip install -U cmd2
 ```
 
-cmd2 works with Python 3.8+ on Windows, macOS, and Linux. It is pure Python code with few 3rd-party dependencies.
+cmd2 works with Python 3.9+ on Windows, macOS, and Linux. It is pure Python code with few 3rd-party dependencies.
 
 For information on other installation options, see
 [Installation Instructions](https://cmd2.readthedocs.io/en/latest/overview/installation.html) in the cmd2
@@ -94,7 +103,8 @@ The best way to learn the cmd2 api is to delve into the example applications loc
     - [example code](https://github.com/python-cmd2/talks/tree/master/PyOhio_2019/examples)
 - [Cookiecutter](https://github.com/cookiecutter/cookiecutter) Templates from community
     - Basic cookiecutter template for cmd2 application : https://github.com/jayrod/cookiecutter-python-cmd2
-    - Advanced cookiecutter template with external plugin support : https://github.com/jayrod/cookiecutter-python-cmd2-ext-plug
+    - Advanced cookiecutter template with external plugin
+      support : https://github.com/jayrod/cookiecutter-python-cmd2-ext-plug
 - [cmd2 example applications](https://github.com/python-cmd2/cmd2/tree/master/examples)
     - Basic cmd2 examples to demonstrate how to use various features
 - [Advanced Examples](https://github.com/jayrod/cmd2-example-apps)
@@ -111,19 +121,25 @@ import cmd2
 class FirstApp(cmd2.Cmd):
     """A simple cmd2 application."""
 
-  def do_hello_world(self, _: cmd2.Statement):
+
+def do_hello_world(self, _: cmd2.Statement):
     self.poutput('Hello World')
 
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     import sys
+
     c = FirstApp()
     sys.exit(c.cmdloop())
 
 ```
 
 ## Found a bug?
 
-If you think you've found a bug, please first read through the open [Issues](https://github.com/python-cmd2/cmd2/issues). If you're confident it's a new bug, go ahead and create a new GitHub issue. Be sure to include as much information as possible so we can reproduce the bug. At a minimum, please state the following:
+If you think you've found a bug, please first read through the
+open [Issues](https://github.com/python-cmd2/cmd2/issues). If you're confident it's a new bug, go ahead and create a new
+GitHub issue. Be sure to include as much information as possible so we can reproduce the bug. At a minimum, please state
+the following:
 
 - `cmd2` version
 - Python version

cmd2/argparse_custom.py

@@ -1252,6 +1252,9 @@ def __init__(
         conflict_handler: str = 'error',
         add_help: bool = True,
         allow_abbrev: bool = True,
+        exit_on_error: bool = True,
+        suggest_on_error: bool = False,
+        color: bool = False,
         *,
         ap_completer_type: Optional[Type['ArgparseCompleter']] = None,
     ) -> None:
@@ -1262,20 +1265,43 @@ def __init__(
                                   behavior on this parser. If this is None or not present, then cmd2 will use
                                   argparse_completer.DEFAULT_AP_COMPLETER when tab completing this parser's arguments
         """
-        super(Cmd2ArgumentParser, self).__init__(
-            prog=prog,
-            usage=usage,
-            description=description,
-            epilog=epilog,
-            parents=parents if parents else [],
-            formatter_class=formatter_class,  # type: ignore[arg-type]
-            prefix_chars=prefix_chars,
-            fromfile_prefix_chars=fromfile_prefix_chars,
-            argument_default=argument_default,
-            conflict_handler=conflict_handler,
-            add_help=add_help,
-            allow_abbrev=allow_abbrev,
-        )
+        # TODO: CHANGE so if Python >= 3.14 new args are passed
+        if sys.version_info[1] >= 14:
+            # Python >= 3.14 so pass new arguments to parent argparse.ArgumentParser class
+            super(Cmd2ArgumentParser, self).__init__(
+                prog=prog,
+                usage=usage,
+                description=description,
+                epilog=epilog,
+                parents=parents if parents else [],
+                formatter_class=formatter_class,  # type: ignore[arg-type]
+                prefix_chars=prefix_chars,
+                fromfile_prefix_chars=fromfile_prefix_chars,
+                argument_default=argument_default,
+                conflict_handler=conflict_handler,
+                add_help=add_help,
+                allow_abbrev=allow_abbrev,
+                exit_on_error=exit_on_error,
+                suggest_on_error=suggest_on_error,
+                color=color,
+            )
+        else:
+            # Python < 3.14, so don't pass new arguments to parent argparse.ArgumentParser class
+            super(Cmd2ArgumentParser, self).__init__(
+                prog=prog,
+                usage=usage,
+                description=description,
+                epilog=epilog,
+                parents=parents if parents else [],
+                formatter_class=formatter_class,  # type: ignore[arg-type]
+                prefix_chars=prefix_chars,
+                fromfile_prefix_chars=fromfile_prefix_chars,
+                argument_default=argument_default,
+                conflict_handler=conflict_handler,
+                add_help=add_help,
+                allow_abbrev=allow_abbrev,
+                exit_on_error=exit_on_error,
+            )
 
         self.set_ap_completer_type(ap_completer_type)  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
 

docs/overview/installation.md

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # Installation Instructions
 
-`cmd2` works on Linux, macOS, and Windows. It requires Python 3.8 or higher, [pip](https://pypi.org/project/pip), and [setuptools](https://pypi.org/project/setuptools). If you've got all that, then you can just:
+`cmd2` works on Linux, macOS, and Windows. It requires Python 3.9 or higher, [pip](https://pypi.org/project/pip),
+and [setuptools](https://pypi.org/project/setuptools). If you've got all that, then you can just:
 
 ```shell
 $ pip install cmd2
@@ -16,7 +17,9 @@ $ pip install cmd2
 
 ## Prerequisites
 
-If you have Python 3 >=3.8 installed from [python.org](https://www.python.org), you will already have [pip](https://pypi.org/project/pip) and [setuptools](https://pypi.org/project/setuptools), but may need to upgrade to the latest versions:
+If you have Python 3 >=3.9 installed from [python.org](https://www.python.org), you will already
+have [pip](https://pypi.org/project/pip) and [setuptools](https://pypi.org/project/setuptools), but may need to upgrade
+to the latest versions:
 
 On Linux or OS X:
 
@@ -32,7 +35,8 @@ C:\> python -m pip install -U pip setuptools
 
 ## Install from PyPI {: #pip_install }
 
-[pip](https://pypi.org/project/pip) is the recommended installer. Installing packages from [PyPI](https://pypi.org) with pip is easy:
+[pip](https://pypi.org/project/pip) is the recommended installer. Installing packages from [PyPI](https://pypi.org) with
+pip is easy:
 
 ```shell
 $ pip install cmd2
@@ -42,15 +46,17 @@ This will install the required 3rd-party dependencies, if necessary.
 
 ## Install from GitHub {: #github }
 
-The latest version of `cmd2` can be installed directly from the master branch on GitHub using [pip](https://pypi.org/project/pip):
+The latest version of `cmd2` can be installed directly from the master branch on GitHub
+using [pip](https://pypi.org/project/pip):
 
 ```shell
 $ pip install -U git+git://github.com/python-cmd2/cmd2.git
 ```
 
 ## Install from Debian or Ubuntu repos
 
-We recommend installing from [pip](https://pypi.org/project/pip), but if you wish to install from Debian or Ubuntu repos this can be done with apt-get.
+We recommend installing from [pip](https://pypi.org/project/pip), but if you wish to install from Debian or Ubuntu repos
+this can be done with apt-get.
 
 For Python 3:
 
@@ -78,13 +84,19 @@ If you wish to permanently uninstall `cmd2`, this can also easily be done with [
 
 ## readline Considerations
 
-Tab completion for `cmd2` applications is only tested against GNU Readline. It does not work properly with the [libedit](http://thrysoee.dk/editline/) library which is similar, but not identical to GNU Readline. `cmd2` will disable all tab-completion support if an incompatible version of `readline` is found.
+Tab completion for `cmd2` applications is only tested against GNU Readline. It does not work properly with
+the [libedit](http://thrysoee.dk/editline/) library which is similar, but not identical to GNU Readline. `cmd2` will
+disable all tab-completion support if an incompatible version of `readline` is found.
 
-When installed using `pip`, `uv`, or similar Python packaging tool on either `macOS` or `Windows`, `cmd2` will automatically install a compatiable version of readline.
+When installed using `pip`, `uv`, or similar Python packaging tool on either `macOS` or `Windows`, `cmd2` will
+automatically install a compatiable version of readline.
 
-Most `Linux` OSes come with a compatible version of readline. However, if you are using a tool like `uv` to install Python on your system and configure a virtual environment, `uv` installed versions of Python come with `libEdit`.
+Most `Linux` OSes come with a compatible version of readline. However, if you are using a tool like `uv` to install
+Python on your system and configure a virtual environment, `uv` installed versions of Python come with `libEdit`.
 
-macOS comes with the [libedit](http://thrysoee.dk/editline/) library which is similar, but not identical, to GNU Readline. Tab completion for `cmd2` applications is only tested against GNU Readline. In this case you just need to install the `gnureadline` Python package which is statically linked against GNU Readline:
+macOS comes with the [libedit](http://thrysoee.dk/editline/) library which is similar, but not identical, to GNU
+Readline. Tab completion for `cmd2` applications is only tested against GNU Readline. In this case you just need to
+install the `gnureadline` Python package which is statically linked against GNU Readline:
 
 ```shell
 $ pip install -U gnureadline

plugins/ext_test/build-pyenvs.sh

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 # version numbers are: major.minor.patch
 #
 # this script will delete and recreate existing virtualenvs named
-# cmd2-3.8, etc. It will also create a .python-version
+# cmd2-3.9, etc. It will also create a .python-version
 #
 # Prerequisites:
 #   - *nix-ish environment like macOS or Linux
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 # virtualenvs will be added to '.python-version'. Feel free to modify
 # this list, but note that this script intentionally won't install
 # dev, rc, or beta python releases
-declare -a pythons=("3.8" "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12")
+declare -a pythons=("3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13")
 
 # function to find the latest patch of a minor version of python
 function find_latest_version {

plugins/ext_test/noxfile.py

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import nox
 
 
-@nox.session(python=['3.8', '3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12'])
+@nox.session(python=['3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12', '3.13'])
 def tests(session):
     session.install('invoke', './[test]')
     session.run('invoke', 'pytest', '--junit', '--no-pty')

plugins/ext_test/setup.py

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
     license='MIT',
     package_data=PACKAGE_DATA,
     packages=['cmd2_ext_test'],
-    python_requires='>=3.8',
+    python_requires='>=3.9',
     install_requires=['cmd2 >= 2, <3'],
     setup_requires=['setuptools >= 42', 'setuptools_scm >= 3.4'],
     classifiers=[
@@ -43,11 +43,12 @@
         'Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules',
         'Intended Audience :: Developers',
         'License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12',
+        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.13',
+        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.14',
     ],
     # dependencies for development and testing
     # $ pip install -e .[dev]

plugins/template/README.md

@@ -51,8 +51,10 @@ and an example app which uses the plugin:
 import cmd2
 import cmd2_myplugin
 
+
 class Example(cmd2_myplugin.MyPlugin, cmd2.Cmd):
     """An class to show how to use a plugin"""
+
     def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
         # code placed here runs before cmd2.Cmd or
         # any plugins initialize
@@ -259,7 +261,7 @@ $ pip install -e .[dev]
 This command also installs `cmd2-myplugin` "in-place", so the package points to
 the source code instead of copying files to the python `site-packages` folder.
 
-All the dependencies now have been installed in the `cmd2-3.8`
+All the dependencies now have been installed in the `cmd2-3.9`
 virtualenv. If you want to work in other virtualenvs, you'll need to manually
 select it, and install again::
 

plugins/template/build-pyenvs.sh

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 # version numbers are: major.minor.patch
 #
 # this script will delete and recreate existing virtualenvs named
-# cmd2-3.8, etc. It will also create a .python-version
+# cmd2-3.9, etc. It will also create a .python-version
 #
 # Prerequisites:
 #   - *nix-ish environment like macOS or Linux
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 # virtualenvs will be added to '.python-version'. Feel free to modify
 # this list, but note that this script intentionally won't install
 # dev, rc, or beta python releases
-declare -a pythons=("3.8" "3.9" "3.10" "3.11", "3.12")
+declare -a pythons=("3.9" "3.10" "3.11", "3.12", "3.13")
 
 # function to find the latest patch of a minor version of python
 function find_latest_version {

plugins/template/noxfile.py

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import nox
 
 
-@nox.session(python=['3.8', '3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12'])
+@nox.session(python=['3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12', '3.13'])
 def tests(session):
     session.install('invoke', './[test]')
     session.run('invoke', 'pytest', '--junit', '--no-pty')

plugins/template/setup.py

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     url='https://github.com/python-cmd2/cmd2-plugin-template',
     license='MIT',
     packages=['cmd2_myplugin'],
-    python_requires='>=3.8',
+    python_requires='>=3.9',
     install_requires=['cmd2 >= 2, <3'],
     setup_requires=['setuptools_scm'],
     classifiers=[
@@ -34,11 +34,12 @@
         'Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules',
         'Intended Audience :: Developers',
         'License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12',
+        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.13',
+        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.14',
     ],
     # dependencies for development and testing
     # $ pip install -e .[dev]