--- a/bzconsole/command.py	Mon Dec 17 11:29:43 2012 -0800
+++ b/bzconsole/command.py	Mon Dec 17 11:34:38 2012 -0800
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@
 from optparse import OptionParser
 from pprint import pprint
 
+def read_dotfile(self):
+    """read information from ~/.bz"""
+
 class Undefined(object):
   def __init__(self, default):
     self.default=default
@@ -43,9 +46,9 @@
         OptionParser.add_option(self, *args, **kwargs)
 
     def print_help(self):
-        
+
         OptionParser.print_help(self)
-        
+
         # short descriptions for commands
         command_descriptions = [dict(name=i,
                                      description=self.commands[i]['doc'].strip().split('\n',1)[0])
@@ -61,7 +64,7 @@
 
     def parse(self, args=sys.argv[1:]):
         """global parse step"""
-        
+
         self.options, args = self.parse_args(args)
 
         # help/sanity check -- should probably be separated
@@ -96,7 +99,7 @@
 
         # setup
         options = {}
-        dotfile = os.path.join(os.environ['HOME'], '.' + self.get_prog_name())
+        dotfile = os.path.join(os.environ['HOME'], '.bz')
         if os.path.exists(dotfile):
             f = file(dotfile)
             for line in f.readlines():
@@ -187,7 +190,7 @@
         Parse a docstring and get at the section describing arguments
         - decoration: decoration character
         - delimeter: delimter character
-        
+
         Yields a tuple of the stripped docstring and the arguments help
         dictionary
         """