read-command is the standard interface used to read a command line. stream is an extended input stream, and command-table is a command table designator. [annotate]

command-parser must be a function of two arguments, a command table and a stream. It reads a command from the user and returns a command object, or nil if an empty command line was read. The default value for command-parser is the value of *command-parser*. [annotate]

command-unparser must be a function of three arguments, a command table, a stream, and a command to "unparse". It prints a textual description of the command its supplied arguments onto the stream. The default value for command-unparser is the value of *command-unparser*. [annotate]

partial-command-parser must be a function of four arguments, a command table, a stream, a partial command, and a start position. The partial command is a command object with the value of *unsupplied-argument-marker* in place of any argument that needs to be filled in. The function reads the remaining, unsupplied arguments in any way it sees fit (for example, via an accepting-values dialog), and returns a command object. The start position is the original input-editor scan position of the stream, when the stream is an interactive stream. The default value for partial-command-parser is the value of *partial-command-parser*. [annotate]

command-parser, command-unparser, and partial-command-parser have dynamic extent. [annotate]

When use-keystrokes is true, the command reader will also process keystroke accelerators. (Implementations will typically use with-command-table-keystrokes and read-command-using-keystrokes to implement the case when use-keystrokes is true.) [annotate]

Input editing, while conceptually an independent facility, fits into the command processor via its use of accept. That is, read-command must be implemented by calling accept to read command objects, and accept itself makes use of the input editing facilities. [annotate]

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Binds keystroke-var to a sequence that contains all of the keystroke accelerators in command-table's menu, and then executes body in that context. command-table is a command table designator. body may have zero or more declarations as its first forms. [annotate]

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Reads a command from the user via command lines, the pointer, or a single keystroke, and returns either a command object, or a keyboard gesture object if the user typed a keystroke that is in keystrokes but does not have a command associated with it in command-table. [annotate]

keystrokes is a sequence of keyboard gesture names that are the keystroke accelerators. [annotate]

command-table, stream, command-parser, command-unparser, and partial-command-parser are as for read-command. [annotate]

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The default command-line parser. It reads a command name and the command's arguments as a command line from stream (with completion as much as is possible), and returns a command object. command-table is a command table designator that specifies the command table to use; the commands are read via the textual command-line name. [annotate]

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The default command-line unparser. It prints the command command as a command name and its arguments as a command line on stream. command-table is a command table designator that specifies the command table to use; the commands are displayed using the textual command-line name. [annotate]

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command-table stream partial-command start-position [annotate]

The default partial command-line parser. If the remaining arguments are at the end of the command line, it reads them as a command line, otherwise it constructs a dialog using accepting-values and reads the remaining arguments from the dialog. command-table is a command table designator. [annotate]

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The default menu-driven command parser. It uses only pointer clicks to construct a command. It relies on presentations of all arguments being visible. command-table and stream are as for command-line-parser. [annotate]

There is no menu-driven command unparser, since it makes no sense to unparse a completely menu-driven command. [annotate]

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command-table stream partial-command start-position [annotate]

The default menu-driven partial command parser. It uses only pointer clicks to fill in the command. Again, it relies on presentations of all arguments being visible. command-table is a command table designator. [annotate]

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Contains the currently active command parsing function. The default value is the function command-line-command-parser, which is the default command-line parser. [annotate]

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Contains the currently active command unparsing function. The default value is the function command-line-command-unparser, which is the default command-line unparser. [annotate]

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Contains the currently active partial command parsing function. The default value is the function command-line-read-remaining-arguments-for-partial-command. [annotate]

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The value of *unsupplied-argument-marker* is an object that can be uniquely identified as standing for an unsupplied argument in a command object. [annotate]

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The value of *numeric-argument-marker* is an object that can be uniquely identified as standing for a numeric argument in a command object. [annotate]

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This is a list of the characters that separate the command name from the command arguments in a command line. The standard set of command name delimiters must include #\Space. [annotate]

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This is a list of the characters that separate the command arguments from each other in a command line. The standard set of command argument delimiters must include #\Space. [annotate]

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