chapter 5Command Line Handling5--i section 5.1Input Modes 5--1 subsection 5.1.1Command Line Input 5--1 subsection 5.1.2Menus 5--1 section 5.2 Command Line Input Syntax 5--1 subsection 5.2.1Verb Syntax 5--2 subsection 5.2.2Qualifier Syntax 5--2 subsection 5.2.3Parameter Syntax 5--2 section 5.3 Verb Aliases Verb Priority and Group Locking 5--3 subsection 5.3.1Verb Aliases 5--3 subsection 5.3.2Verb Priority 5--3 subsection 5.3.3Group Locking 5--4 section 5.4 Specification of Verbs Qualifiers and Parameters 5--4 subsection 5.4.1Subprogram Interface 5--4 subsection 5.4.2Definition File 5--4 section 5.5 Asynchronous Input 5--5 section 5.6 Verb Parameter and Qualifier Definition Subprograms 5--6 subsection 5.6.1Assign Verb Group 5--7 subsection 5.6.2Deassign Drop a Verb Group 5--8 subsection 5.6.3Define a Verb Group 5--9 subsection 5.6.4Use a Verb Group 5--10 subsection 5.6.5Define Viewport for Group 5--11 subsection 5.6.6Lock Verb Group 5--12 subsection 5.6.7Unlock Verb Group 5--14 subsection 5.6.8Define Verb 5--15 subsection 5.6.9Drop a Verb from Verb Group 5--16 subsection 5.6.10Use Verb 5--17 subsection 5.6.11Define Parameter for Verb 5--18 subsection 5.6.12Drop a Parameter from Verb 5--21 subsection 5.6.13Use Parameter 5--22 subsection 5.6.14Define Qualifier on Verb 5--23 subsection 5.6.15Drop a Qualifier from Verb 5--26 subsection 5.6.16Define Action Routine for Verb 5--27 subsection 5.6.17Drop Action Routine for Verb 5--28 subsection 5.6.18Define Alias Name for Verb 5--29 subsection 5.6.19Drop Delete Alias Name s for Verb 5--30 subsection 5.6.20Define Verb Priority 5--31 subsection 5.6.21Define New Length for Verbs Parameters and Qualifiers 5--32 section 5.7 Command Line Decoding Subprograms 5--33 subsection 5.7.1Prompt for Verb 5--33 subsection 5.7.2Pickup next Qualifier 5--37 subsection 5.7.3Get Type of specified Parameter 5--39 subsection 5.7.4Get Type of specified Qualifier 5--41 subsection 5.7.5Test whether Parameters remain on Input Line 5--43