#14034: added the argparse tutorial. Patch by Tshepang Lekhonkhobe.

Doc/howto/index.rst

@@ -27,4 +27,5 @@ Currently, the HOWTOs are:
    unicode.rst
    urllib2.rst
    webservers.rst
+   argparse.rst
 

Doc/library/argparse.rst

@@ -12,6 +12,12 @@
 
 --------------
 
+.. sidebar:: Tutorial
+
+   This page contains the API reference information. For a more gentle
+   introduction to Python command-line parsing, have a look at the
+   :ref:`argparse tutorial <argparse-tutorial>`.
+
 The :mod:`argparse` module makes it easy to write user-friendly command-line
 interfaces. The program defines what arguments it requires, and :mod:`argparse`
 will figure out how to parse those out of :data:`sys.argv`.  The :mod:`argparse`

Misc/ACKS

@@ -550,6 +550,7 @@ Joerg Lehmann
 Robert Lehmann
 Petri Lehtinen
 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton
+Tshepang Lekhonkhobe
 Marc-Andre Lemburg
 John Lenton
 Christopher Tur Lesniewski-Laas

Misc/NEWS

@@ -220,6 +220,11 @@ Documentation
 
 - Issue #8799: Fix and improve the threading.Condition documentation.
 
+Documentation
+-------------
+
+- Issue #14034: added the argparse tutorial.
+
 
 What's New in Python 3.2.3 release candidate 2?
 ===============================================