Contents

• Introduction
  • Description of the command interpreter
  • Changes
  
  
• Installation
  • On Unix systems
  • Internationalization
  
  
• Initialization file
  • Internal parameters
  • Running modes
  • External parameters
  • Data, results and command directories
  • Definition of objects
  • Definition of structures
  • Command names
  • Greeting message
  • Messages
  • Initial program
  • Inclusion of files
  • Colors
  • Help files
  • Programs
  • User defined sections of the initialization file
  
  
• Programming with the interpreter
  • Introduction
  • Parameters
  • Numeric evaluation of expressions
  • String variables
  • Substitutions
  • Conditions
  • Command files
  • Programs
  • Monitor files
  • Return values of commands
  
  
• Commands
  • Introduction
  • Structure of commands
  
  
• Objects and structures
  • Object types
  • Objects
  • How to create and access objects
  • Aliases of object types
  • Objects of undefined data type
  • Destruction of objects
  • Storage of objects
  • Structure types
  • Structures
  • How to create and access structures
  • Destruction of structures
  • Dependancy
  
  
• Expression evaluator
  • Variables
  • Functions
  • User defined functions
  • Objects
  • Speed considerations
  • Numerical expressions as arguments
  • Additional expression evaluators
  
  
• Question files
• Help files
  • Structure of help files
  • Colors in help files
  
  
• Threads
  • Creation of threads
  • Local and global variables
  • Mutexes
  • Programming with threads
  
  
• List of available commands
• Other useful functions in the command interpreter
  • Memory management
  • Useful functions in the command interpreter library
  
  
• Complex numbers
  • Representation of complex numbers
  • Functions using complex numbers
  
  
• Tutorial
  • How to use the interpreter
  • Examples of main files
  • Non interactive use of the command interpreter
  
  
• Index