configuration file support [moved]

[trentm]

This is Issue 2 moved from a Google Code project.
Added by 2008-04-08T09:57:03.000Z by [email protected].
Please review that bug for more context and additional comments, but update this bug.

Original labels: Type-Enhancement, Priority-High, Usability

Original description

I thought it would be nice to have simple configuration file support for
cmdln too.  The attached patch is a first crack at providing such
functionality.