Removed the pre 2.3 commandline stuff as we don't support those older versions anyway.

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 29 deletions

diff --git a/markdown/commandline.py b/markdown/commandline.py
index 78dfc5a..7acc06d 100644
--- a/markdown/commandline.py
+++ b/markdown/commandline.py
@@ -2,47 +2,20 @@
 COMMAND-LINE SPECIFIC STUFF
 =============================================================================
 
-The rest of the code is specifically for handling the case where Python
-Markdown is called from the command line.
 """
 
 import markdown
 import sys
+import optparse
 import logging
 from logging import DEBUG, INFO, WARN, ERROR, CRITICAL
 
-EXECUTABLE_NAME_FOR_USAGE = "python markdown"
-""" The name used in the usage statement displayed for python versions < 2.3.
-(With python 2.3 and higher the usage statement is generated by optparse
-and uses the actual name of the executable called.) """
-
-OPTPARSE_WARNING = """
-Python 2.3 or higher required for advanced command line options.
-For lower versions of Python use:
-
-      %s INPUT_FILE > OUTPUT_FILE
-
-""" % EXECUTABLE_NAME_FOR_USAGE
-
 def parse_options():
     """
     Define and parse `optparse` options for command-line usage.
     """
 
-    try:
-        optparse = __import__("optparse")
-    except:
-        if len(sys.argv) == 2:
-            return {'input': sys.argv[1],
-                    'output': None,
-                    'safe': False,
-                    'extensions': [],
-                    'encoding': None }, CRITICAL
-        else:
-            print OPTPARSE_WARNING
-            return None, None
-
-    parser = optparse.OptionParser(usage="%prog INPUTFILE [options]", 
+    parser = optparse.OptionParser(usage="%prog [options] INPUTFILE", 
                                    version="%%prog %s" % markdown.version)
     parser.add_option("-f", "--file", dest="filename", default=sys.stdout,
                       help="write output to OUTPUT_FILE",