General Syntax Rules¶

The command line syntax is used to create valid expressions out of keywords.

General Rules¶

The general rules are:

• All objects have a default function which is used if no function is given.
• Most functions have a default object or an object type which is used if no object is given.
• Objects are arranged in a hierarchical tree structure.
• If an object does not support the function applied, the function will be passed on to a child or parent object.

Terminology¶

• [Square brackets]:
  Description of a non-literal content.
• (Parentheses):
  Description of an optional content.
• "Quotation marks":
  Quotation marks are used to enter a definite name or content. If the line ends after the word in quotation marks, the quotation marks at the end may be omitted. If the name or content is not a keyword and does not contain special characters, the quotation marks can be left out altogether.
• Capitalization:
  The console does not distinguish between upper case and lower case. Capitalization is used to improve readability only.

In this chapter¶

• Helping keywords
• Object keywords
• Function keywords

Source: key_cs_general_syntax_rules.html (grandMA2 manual v3.9)