root-argparse.py

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import argparse
 
def get_argparse():
   parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(add_help=False, prog='root',
   description = """ROOTs Object-Oriented Technologies.\n
root is an interactive interpreter of C++ code. It uses the ROOT  framework.  For  more information on ROOT, please refer to\n
An extensive Users Guide is available from that site (see below).
""")
   parser.add_argument('-b', help='Run in batch mode without graphics')
   parser.add_argument('-x', help='Exit on exceptions')
   parser.add_argument('-e', help='Execute the command passed between single quotes')
   parser.add_argument('-n', help='Do not execute logon and logoff macros as specified in .rootrc')
   parser.add_argument('-t', help='Enable thread-safety and implicit multi-threading (IMT)')
   parser.add_argument('-q', help='Exit after processing command line macro files')
   parser.add_argument('-l', help='Do not show the ROOT banner')
   parser.add_argument('-a', help='Show the ROOT splash screen')
   parser.add_argument('-config', help='print ./configure options')
   parser.add_argument('-h','-?', '--help', help='Show summary of options')
   parser.add_argument('--version', help='Show the ROOT version')
   parser.add_argument('--notebook', help='Execute ROOT notebook')
   parser.add_argument('--web', help='Display graphics in a default web browser')
   parser.add_argument('--web=<browser>', help='Display graphics in specified web browser')
   parser.add_argument('[dir]', help='if dir is a valid directory cd to it before executing')
   parser.add_argument('[data1.root...dataN.root]', help='Open the given ROOT files; remote protocols (such as http://) are supported')
   parser.add_argument('[file1.C...fileN.C]', help='Execute the ROOT macro file1.C ... fileN.C.\nCompilation flags as well as macro arguments can be passed, see format in https://root.cern/manual/root_macros_and_shared_libraries/')
   return parser