Commands Taught in the Psychology Soar Tutorial

Last substantially modified: 16-Jan-98 -FER

Exercise 1 and Running Soar

pwd -- print out the working directory (on menu).
cd <file> -- change the directory.
source <file> -- load a file of productions into Soar (on menu or as alias 's').
d -- run Soar until 1 decision cycle (on menu).
d forever -- run Soar until it halts or you halt it with C-c or menu item.
d N -- run Soar ahead N decision cycles.
paddle-. -- interrupt Soar when it is running on the Macintosh (C-c on Unix and on menu).
init-soar -- reset the Soar goal stack (also available as 'is' or 'i' or on menu).
run N -- run Soar N elaboration cycles

Exercise 2

excise -all -- excise all the productions loaded into Soar (also on menu).
p [obj] -- print out a Soar object (also on mouse).
help [cmd] -- show help text for command CMD.
ps -- print out the current goal stack (also on menu and monitor).
alias -- define an alias with an argument, without an argument list aliases.

Exercise 3

help -all -- show all the help topics.
watch productions -on -- print out when productions fire.
watch wmes -on -- print out when wmes enter or leave.
watch phases -on -- print out when the phase changes.
watch wmes preferences -on -- printout preferences for wmes when they change.
pwatch [prod] -- printout when production PROD fires.

Exercise 4

# -- character to comment out a line.
preferences [ID ATTRIBUTE] -- show the preferences for the ATTRIBUTE slot of state ID. (also partially on monitor).

Exercise 5 & 6

m or matches -- show the productions that match and will fire in the next cycle (on the menu).
e N -- run the decision process through N elaboration cycles, or with no argument, 1 cycle.
matches PROD -- show how PROD matches (or doesn't match) current working memory.

Exercise 7

learn <-on -bottom-up> -- sets or reports learning with optional args (menu).
watch learning -print -- print out when chunks are learned.
excise -chunks -- excise any learned productions.
indifferent-selectio -- set how tied objects are chosen.

Exercise 8

watch 3 -- set watch to trace most things.
excise < prod1 prod2 ... > -- remove (unload) the productions from Soar.