Re: Basic functions of cnc required by Gcode   was Universal Stepper...

Yep they are in there. The handbook mirrors Tom's exaustive (i didn't say
exausting) description of all of the functions of the new six axis
interpreter. Look for RS274*** in the Table of Contents.

A more compact listing of cannonical commands can be found in some of the
code but they tend to get mixed up with other NML cannonical commands as well.

Ray

>    From: "ballendo" <ballendo@...>
>
> Paul,
>
> You may find it helpful to look at the "canonical" commands list as
> used by EMC. You can find it/them on the NIST site. (I don't know if
> they are in the linuxcnc.org handbook? Ray? Paul?) These are
> the "base level" instructions put out by the EMC G code interpreter.