can you please use parent parser for defining --file option so we can potentially use this option in other subcommands.

create it as a separate variable see

can you please define the file_parser next to

Have something like this

self.parent_parsers['file'] = argparse.ArgumentParser(add_help=False)
self.parent_parsers['file'].add_argument("--file", action="store_true", help="Wrtie configuration file to a new file")

Then you can add the parent parser in the following line

by doing

    compiler_find = subparsers_compiler.add_parser(
        "find",
        help="Find compilers",
        parents=[self.parent_parsers['file']]
    )

Does that make sense?.

I assume I will have the following in the get_parser function:

parent_parser = {}
parent_parser["pager"] = argparse.ArgumentParser(add_help=False)
parent_parser["pager"].add_argument(
        "--pager", action="store_true", help="Enable PAGING when viewing result"
    )
parent_parser["file"] = argparse.ArgumentParser(add_help=False)
parent_parser["file"].add_argument(
        "--file", action="store_true", help="Wrtie configuration file to a new file"

And then pass parent_parser around to each menu method where needed.

If my understanding is correct, only in compiler_find will parent = [self.parent_parsers['file']].
All others that used to have parents=[parent_parser] params will become parent = [self.parent_parsers["pager"]]?

Thank you!!

yes except change parent_parser to self.parent_parser that way we dont need to pass variable around each method. Yes i think you understand the logic.

Depending on the subcommand you will have parents=[self.parent_parsers['pager'] where --pager option is inherited. Likewise, where --file is inherited you can do parents=[self.parent_parsers['file']]. In event multiple arguments need to be inherited to a sub-command we should be able to index the dict so parents=[self.parent_parsers['pager'], [self.parent_parsers['file']].

Also a tip when copying code in markdown you can use triple backticks to format code. If you want to format python code you can do ```python. Github supports syntax highlighting for several languages you should take a look at https://docs.github.com/en/get-started/writing-on-github/working-with-advanced-formatting/creating-and-highlighting-code-blocks#syntax-highlighting

yes the issue is right here i missed this, please remove action="store_true" we need argparse to hold value of the file not a true or false. This should fix the issue