FunnelWeb V1 was implemented in Ada and runs on a VMS VAX. As such it has a full VMS DCL command line interface. Here is the ``.CLD'' file for the DCL command line interface.
! FUNNELWEB Command Definition ! ============================ ! Ross Williams. 28 April 1987. module command_table define verb dummy_command parameter p1 , label=input_file ,value(required,type=$file) qualifier include_files, label=include_files,value(type=$file) ,default qualifier output_files , label=output_files ,value(type=$file) ,default qualifier delete , label=delete ,default qualifier tex_file , label=tex_file ,value(type=$file) ,default qualifier listing_file , label=listing_file ,value(type=$file) ,default qualifier brief , label=brief,value(type=$number,default=5),default qualifier screen , label=screen ,value(type=$number,default=0) qualifier trace , label=trace qualifier file_spec , label=file_spec qualifier compare
As portability was a key goal of FunnelWeb V3, it was obvious that the command line interface would have to be redesigned. The design goals for the new command line interface were:
The result is described in the FunnelWeb User's Manual.