Scriptor and interpreter

A method of editing a script having a sequence of commands, the method comprising:

• a) providing a script;
• b) selecting a command to be edited from said script, the selected command having an associated argument that sets the value of a variable;
• c) updating said associated argument of said selected command to change said value of said variable;
• wherein said script includes a second command that has a defined argument that corresponds to said variable but which does not equal the updated value of said variable;
• and
• d) regenerating said script to update said defined argument to equal said updated value of said variable.

A method of interpreting each command in a script having a sequence thereof written in a high-level scripting language, wherein said method checks syntax and argument consistency, the method comprising:

• a) providing a current command to be evaluated from said script, said command having a current argument;
• b) generating an ideal command from a set of permissible commands, said ideal command having an ideal argument that is consistent with preexisting values of variables identified in said script;
• c) comparing said current command against said ideal command;
• d) executing, if said step c) results in a match, said current command;
• e) returning, if said step c) results in a match, to said step 1) using a second command from said script;
• f) repeating, if said step c) does not result in a match, said steps b) and c) for additional ideal commands until a match is found or until said set of permissible commands has been exhausted;
• and
• g) executing, if a match is found via said step f), said current command.

A computer-readable medium having embodied thereon a program to be processed by a machine to debug an at least partially-completed script having a sequence of commands, wherein said computer-readable-medium-embodied program checks syntax and argument consistency, said computer-readable-medium-embodied program comprising:

• a first code segment to select a current command to be evaluated from said script, said command having a current argument;
• a second code segment to generate an ideal command from a set of permissible commands, said ideal command having an ideal argument that is consistent with preexisting values of variables identified in said script;
• a third code segment to compare said current command against said ideal command;
• a fourth code segment to return, if said third code segment achieves a match, to said first code segment using a second command from said script;
• and
• a fifth code segment to repeat, if said third codes segment does not achieve a match, said second and third codes segments for additional ideal commands until a match is found or until said set of permissible commands has been exhausted.

A computer-readable medium having embodied thereon a program to be processed by a machine to edit a script having a sequence of commands, said computer-readable-medium-embodied program comprising:

• a first code segment to select a command to be edited from said script, the selected command having an associated argument that sets the value of a variable;
• a second code segment to update the selected argument of the selected current command to change said value of said variable;
• wherein said script includes a second command that has a defined argument that corresponds to said variable, but which does not equal the updated value of said variable;
• and
• a third code segment to regenerate said script to update said defined argument to equal said updated value of said variable.

A computer readable medium having embodied thereon a program to be processed by a machine to interpret each command in a script having a sequence thereof written in a high-level scripting language, wherein said computer-readable-medium-embodied program checks syntax and argument consistency, said computer-readable-medium-embodied program comprising:

• a first code segment to provide a current command to be evaluated from said script, said command having a current argument;
• a second code segment to generate an ideal command from a set of permissible commands, said ideal command having an ideal argument that is consistent with preexisting values of variables identified in said script;
• a third code segment to compare said current command against said ideal command;
• a fourth code segment to execute, if said third code segment achieves a match, said current command;
• a fifth code segment to return, if said third codes segment achieves a match, to said first code segment using a second command from said script;
• a sixth code segment to repeat, if said third code segment does not achieve a match, said code second and third code segments for additional ideal commands until a match is found or until said set of permissible commands has been exhausted;
• and
• a seventh code segment to execute, if a match is found by said sixth code segment, and said current command.