v5: options & downstream, more use of opt.act instead of opt.cmd

* opt.act.*.set==:on instead of opt.cmd =~/\S/

79 files changed, 1125 insertions, 652 deletions

diff --git a/lib/sisu/v5/cgi_pgsql.rb b/lib/sisu/v5/cgi_pgsql.rb
index 10aa23fd..be23f6d2 100644
--- a/lib/sisu/v5/cgi_pgsql.rb
+++ b/lib/sisu/v5/cgi_pgsql.rb
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ module  SiSU_CGI_PgSQL
   class SearchPgSQL < CGI_Common
     def initialize(opt,webserv)
       @opt,@webserv=opt,webserv
-      @cX=SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(opt.cmd).cX
+      @cX=SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(opt.act[:color_state][:set]).cX
       @env=SiSU_Env::InfoEnv.new('',opt)
       @sys=SiSU_Env::SystemCall.new
       @db=SiSU_Env::InfoDb.new
@@ -173,13 +173,13 @@ module  SiSU_CGI_PgSQL
               sudo chmod -v 755  /usr/lib/cgi-bin/#{@cgi_file_name}
           WOK
         end
-        SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,a).warn
+        SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(opt.act[:color_state][:set],a).warn
         a=<<-WOK
               #{@env.webserv_base_cgi(@opt)}/cgi-bin/#{@cgi_file_name}
         WOK
-        SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,a).print_blue
+        SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(opt.act[:color_state][:set],a).print_blue
         a="\n\t(to create and populate postgresql database see 'man sisu' and in particular the --pg option)\n\t[the database to be used for this directory (#{@db.psql.db}) will have to be created manually if it does not exist,\n\tusing postgresql tools directly: 'createdb #{@db.psql.db}' for a list of existing databases try 'psql --list']"
-        SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,a).txt_grey
+        SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(opt.act[:color_state][:set],a).txt_grey
       else puts 'failed in attempt to write #{@cgi_file_name} to present directory,  is directory writable?'
       end
     end
diff --git a/lib/sisu/v5/cgi_sqlite.rb b/lib/sisu/v5/cgi_sqlite.rb
index 8b47814c..d2d6eb28 100644
--- a/lib/sisu/v5/cgi_sqlite.rb
+++ b/lib/sisu/v5/cgi_sqlite.rb
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ module  SiSU_CGI_SQLite
   class SearchSQLite < CGI_Common
     def initialize(opt,webserv)
       @opt,@webserv=opt,webserv
-      @cX=SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(opt.cmd).cX
+      @cX=SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(opt.act[:color_state][:set]).cX
       @env=SiSU_Env::InfoEnv.new('',opt)
       @image_src="#{@env.url.webserv_cgi(@opt)}/_sisu/image_sys"
       @name_of={}
@@ -146,13 +146,13 @@ module  SiSU_CGI_SQLite
           WOK
         end
         b='(to create and populate sisu sqlite database see "man sisu" and in particular the -d flag)'
-        SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,a,b).warn
+        SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(opt.act[:color_state][:set],a,b).warn
         a=<<-WOK
 
               #{@env.webserv_base_cgi(@opt)}/cgi-bin/#{@cgi_file_name}
 
         WOK
-        SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,a).print_blue
+        SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(opt.act[:color_state][:set],a).print_blue
       else puts "failed in attempt to write #{@cgi_file_name} to present directory, is directory writable?"
       end
     end
diff --git a/lib/sisu/v5/composite.rb b/lib/sisu/v5/composite.rb
index 442cfada..822121ae 100644
--- a/lib/sisu/v5/composite.rb
+++ b/lib/sisu/v5/composite.rb
@@ -163,14 +163,18 @@ module SiSU_Assemble
     def insertions?
       data=@fns_array
       tuned_file,imagedir=[],[]
-      SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,'Composite Document',"[#{@opt.f_pth[:lng_is]}] #{@opt.fno}").grey_title_hi unless @opt.cmd =~/q/
+      SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],'Composite Document',"[#{@opt.f_pth[:lng_is]}] #{@opt.fno}").grey_title_hi unless @opt.act[:quiet][:set]==:on
       data.each do |para|
         if para =~/^<<\s+(\S+?\.ss[it])$/ \
         or para =~/^<<\{(\S+?\.ss[it])\}$/ \
         or para =~/^(?:<<\s*)\|(\S+?)\|@\|.+?\|(?:req(?:quire)?\b|\s*\})?/ \
         or para =~/^r\{(.+?)\}/ #depreciated
           loadfile=$1.strip
-          SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,'loading:',loadfile).txt_grey if @opt.cmd =~/[MVv]/
+          if (@opt.act[:verbose][:set]==:on \
+          || @opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on \
+          || @opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on)
+            SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],'loading:',loadfile).txt_grey
+          end
           tuned_file << if loadfile =~ /(?:https?|file):\/\/\S+?\.ss[ti]$/ # and NetTest
             imagedir = /((?:https?|file):\/\/\S+?)\/[^\/]+?\.ss[ti]$/.match(loadfile).captures.join + '/_sisu/image' #watch
             require 'uri'
@@ -190,7 +194,7 @@ module SiSU_Assemble
             file=insertion(loadfile,insert_array)
             file[:prepared]
           else
-            cX=SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd).cX
+            cX=SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set]).cX
             STDERR.puts "\t  #{cX.fuchsia}ERROR#{cX.off} #{cX.brown}#{@opt.fns}#{cX.off} #{cX.fuchsia}requires invalid or non-existent file:#{cX.off} #{cX.brown}#{loadfile}#{cX.off}"
             para
           end
@@ -229,19 +233,23 @@ module SiSU_Assemble
     def insertions?
       data=@fns_array
       tuned_file=[]
-      SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,'Composite Document',@opt.fno).grey_title_hi unless @opt.cmd =~/q/
+      SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],'Composite Document',@opt.fno).grey_title_hi unless @opt.act[:quiet][:set]==:on
       @ssm=[@opt.fns]
       data.each do |para|
         if para =~/^<<\s+(\S+?\.ss[it])$/
           loadfile=$1.strip
-          SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,'loading:',loadfile).txt_grey if @opt.cmd =~/[MVv]/
+          if (@opt.act[:verbose][:set]==:on \
+          || @opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on \
+          || @opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on)
+            SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],'loading:',loadfile).txt_grey
+          end
           tuned_file << if loadfile =~ /(?:https?|file):\/\/\S+?\.ss[ti]$/
             @ssm << loadfile
           elsif loadfile =~ /\.ss[ti]$/ \
           and FileTest.file?(loadfile)
             @ssm << loadfile
           else
-            cX=SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd).cX
+            cX=SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set]).cX
             STDERR.puts "\t  #{cX.fuchsia}ERROR#{cX.off} #{cX.brown}#{@opt.fns}#{cX.off} #{cX.fuchsia}requires invalid or non-existent file:#{cX.off} #{cX.brown}#{loadfile}#{cX.off}"
             para
           end
diff --git a/lib/sisu/v5/concordance.rb b/lib/sisu/v5/concordance.rb
index 060409b2..3ad394c7 100644
--- a/lib/sisu/v5/concordance.rb
+++ b/lib/sisu/v5/concordance.rb
@@ -79,23 +79,27 @@ module SiSU_Concordance
       begin
         @env,@md=@particulars.env,@particulars.md
         @env.url.output_tell
-        unless @md.opt.cmd =~/q/
-          tool=(@md.opt.cmd =~/[MVv]/) \
+        unless @md.opt.act[:quiet][:set]==:on
+          tool=(@md.opt.act[:verbose][:set]==:on \
+          || @md.opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on \
+          || @md.opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on) \
           ? "#{@env.program.web_browser} #{@md.file.output_path.html_concordance.dir}/#{@md.file.base_filename.html_concordance}"
           : "[#{@opt.f_pth[:lng_is]}] #{@opt.fno}"
-          @md.opt.cmd=~/[MVvz]/ \
-          ? SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,"Concordance",tool).green_hi_blue
-          : SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,'Concordance',tool).green_title_hi
+          (@md.opt.act[:verbose][:set]==:on \
+          || @md.opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on \
+          || @md.opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on) \
+          ? SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],"Concordance",tool).green_hi_blue
+          : SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],'Concordance',tool).green_title_hi
         end
         wordmax=@env.concord_max
         unless @md.wc_words.nil?
           if @md.wc_words < wordmax
             SiSU_Concordance::Source::Words.new(@particulars).songsheet
           else
-            SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@md.opt.cmd,"concordance skipped, large document has over #{wordmax} words (#{@md.wc_words})").warn unless @md.opt.cmd =~/q/
+            SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@md.opt.act[:color_state][:set],"concordance skipped, large document has over #{wordmax} words (#{@md.wc_words})").warn unless @md.opt.act[:quiet][:set]==:on
           end
         else
-          SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@md.opt.cmd,"wc (word count) is off, concordance will be processed for all files including those over the max set size of: #{wordmax} words").warn unless @md.opt.cmd =~/q/
+          SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@md.opt.act[:color_state][:set],"wc (word count) is off, concordance will be processed for all files including those over the max set size of: #{wordmax} words").warn unless @md.opt.act[:quiet][:set]==:on
           SiSU_Concordance::Source::Words.new(@particulars).songsheet
         end
       rescue
@@ -365,7 +369,10 @@ WOK
           # special cases endnotes and header levels 1 - 3
         end
         @file_concordance << %{</div></body>\n</html>} # footer
-        SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@md.opt.cmd,@md.fns,"#{@md.file.output_path.html_concordance.dir}/#{@md.file.base_filename.html_concordance}").flow if @md.opt.cmd =~/[MV]/
+        if @md.opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on \
+        || @md.opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on
+          SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@md.opt.act[:color_state][:set],@md.fns,"#{@md.file.output_path.html_concordance.dir}/#{@md.file.base_filename.html_concordance}").flow
+        end
       end
     end
   end
diff --git a/lib/sisu/v5/conf.rb b/lib/sisu/v5/conf.rb
index 8fe2af32..9418ff21 100644
--- a/lib/sisu/v5/conf.rb
+++ b/lib/sisu/v5/conf.rb
@@ -96,29 +96,29 @@ module SiSU_Initialize
       @pwd,@home=Dir.pwd,@env.path.home
     end
     def make_homepage
-      SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,'invert','Make homepage','').colorize unless @opt.cmd =~/q/
+      SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],'invert','Make homepage','').colorize unless @opt.act[:quiet][:set]==:on
       SiSU_Env::CreateSite.new(@opt.cmd).homepage
     end
     def cp_local_images
-      SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,'invert','Copy images','').colorize unless @opt.cmd =~/q/
+      SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],'invert','Copy images','').colorize unless @opt.act[:quiet][:set]==:on
       SiSU_Env::CreateSite.new(@opt.cmd).cp_local_images
       SiSU_Env::CreateSite.new(@opt.cmd).cp_webserver_images_local #this should not have been necessary
       SiSU_Env::CreateSite.new(@opt.cmd).cp_base_images #base images (nav etc.) used by all html
     end
     def cp_external_images
-      SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,'invert','Copy external images','').colorize if @opt.cmd =~/V/
+      SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],'invert','Copy external images','').colorize if @opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on
       SiSU_Env::CreateSite.new(@opt.cmd).cp_external_images
     end
     def cp_webserver_images
-      SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,'invert','Copy webserver/output file images','').colorize unless @opt.cmd =~/q/
+      SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],'invert','Copy webserver/output file images','').colorize unless @opt.act[:quiet][:set]==:on
       SiSU_Env::CreateSite.new(@opt.cmd).cp_webserver_images
     end
     def css
-      SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,'invert','Configuring CSSs','').colorize unless @opt.cmd =~/q/
+      SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],'invert','Configuring CSSs','').colorize unless @opt.act[:quiet][:set]==:on
       SiSU_Env::CreateSite.new(@opt.cmd).cp_css
     end
     def dtd
-      SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,'invert','Configuring DTDs','').colorize unless @opt.cmd =~/q/
+      SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],'invert','Configuring DTDs','').colorize unless @opt.act[:quiet][:set]==:on
       @rxng=SiSU_Relaxng::RelaxNG.new
       @path.each { |d| FileUtils::mkdir_p(d[1]) unless FileTest.directory?(d[1]) }
       #ugly code, sort later
diff --git a/lib/sisu/v5/constants.rb b/lib/sisu/v5/constants.rb
index 05996d8b..d89a391a 100644
--- a/lib/sisu/v5/constants.rb
+++ b/lib/sisu/v5/constants.rb
@@ -63,20 +63,20 @@
 #Ax,Xx,Mx,Rx,Hx,Dx,Px,Ep,Db,Gt,Tex=Array.new(11){{}}
 YEAR='2013'
 Sfx={
-  txt: '.txt',
-  html: '.html',
-  xhtml: '.xhtml',
-  xml: '.xml',
-  xml_sax: '.sax.xml',
-  xml_dom: '.dom.xml',
-  epub: '.epub',
+  txt:        '.txt',
+  html:       '.html',
+  xhtml:      '.xhtml',
+  xml:        '.xml',
+  xml_sax:    '.sax.xml',
+  xml_dom:    '.dom.xml',
+  epub:       '.epub',
   epub_xhtml: '.xhtml',
-  odt: '.odt',
-  pdf: '.pdf',
-  manpage: '.1',
-  info: '.info',
-  texinfo: '.texinfo',
-  sql: '.sql.db',
+  odt:        '.odt',
+  pdf:        '.pdf',
+  manpage:    '.1',
+  info:       '.info',
+  texinfo:    '.texinfo',
+  sql:        '.sql.db',
 }
 Ax={
   tab:                       "\t",
@@ -344,8 +344,8 @@ puts %{-\t#{__FILE__}::#{__LINE__}::#{caller}:\n"#{name}"}
 p "\t" + txt.obj + " << #{__FILE__} #{__LINE__} >>"
 p (__FILE__ + ' ' + __LINE__.to_s + '--> ' + dob.inspect) if dob.is==:heading
 data.each {|o| p (__FILE__ + ' ' + __LINE__.to_s + '--> ' + o.inspect) if o.is==:heading}
-puts "#{__FILE__} #{__LINE__} #{para}" if @opt.cmd =~/M/
-puts "#{__FILE__} #{__LINE__} #{t_o}" if @opt.cmd =~/M/
+puts "#{__FILE__} #{__LINE__} #{para}" if @opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on
+puts "#{__FILE__} #{__LINE__} #{t_o}" if @opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on
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diff --git a/lib/sisu/v5/dal.rb b/lib/sisu/v5/dal.rb
index 0a2a35b1..0c245599 100644
--- a/lib/sisu/v5/dal.rb
+++ b/lib/sisu/v5/dal.rb
@@ -268,10 +268,12 @@ module SiSU_DAL
   protected
     def create_dal
       dal_array=[]
-      unless @opt.cmd =~/q/
-        tell=(@opt.cmd=~/[vVM]/) \
-        ? SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,'Document Abstraction')
-        : SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,'Document Abstraction',"[#{@opt.f_pth[:lng_is]}] #{@opt.fno}")
+      unless @opt.act[:quiet][:set]==:on
+        tell=(@opt.act[:verbose][:set]==:on \
+        || @opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on \
+        || @opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on) \
+        ? SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],'Document Abstraction')
+        : SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],'Document Abstraction',"[#{@opt.f_pth[:lng_is]}] #{@opt.fno}")
         tell.blue_title_hi
       end
       fn=(@fnx && @fnx =~/\.ss[tmi]$/) \
@@ -284,10 +286,16 @@ module SiSU_DAL
       @md=SiSU_Param::Parameters::Instructions.new(meta,@opt).extract
       meta=nil
       dal=SiSU_DAL::Make.new(fn,@md,file_array).song
-      if @opt.cmd =~/[vM]/
+      if (@opt.act[:verbose][:set]==:on \
+      || @opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on \
+      || @opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on)
         cf=SiSU_Env::CreateFile.new(fn)
-        SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,@opt.fns,"~meta/#{@opt.fns}.meta").output if @opt.cmd =~/v/i
-        SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,"dal -> #{cf.meta}").txt_grey if @opt.cmd =~/M/
+        if (@opt.act[:verbose][:set]==:on \
+        || @opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on)
+          SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],@opt.fns,"~meta/#{@opt.fns}.meta").output
+        elsif @opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on
+          SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],"dal -> #{cf.meta}").txt_grey
+        end
       end
       dal.each {|s| dal_array << s}
       dal_array
@@ -383,7 +391,7 @@ module SiSU_DAL
       end
     end
     def hard_output
-      if @md.opt.cmd =~/M/
+      if @md.opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on
         filename_meta=@cf.metaverse.file_meta
         @data.each {|o| filename_meta.puts o.inspect.sub(/:0x[0-9a-f]{8}\s/,': ')} #to make diffing easier
         filename_txt=@cf.metaverse.file_txt
@@ -430,7 +438,7 @@ module SiSU_DAL
     end
     def idx_html_hard_output
       if @md.book_idx \
-      and @md.opt.cmd =~/M/
+      and @md.opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on
         filename_meta=@cf.file_meta_idx_html
         if @data.is_a?(Array)
           @data.each {|s| p s.inspect + "\n" unless s.is_a?(String)}
@@ -488,7 +496,8 @@ module SiSU_DAL
       data,book_index_rel,book_index_rel_html_seg,html_idx,xhtml_idx=SiSU_DAL_BookIndex::BookIndex.new(@md,data,@env).indexing_song if @md.book_idx  # dal_idx.rb
       data=SiSU_DAL_Endnotes::Endnotes.new(@md,data,endnote_array).endnotes                                              # dal_endnotes.rb
       outputdata=data
-      if @md.opt.cmd =~/[mM]/
+      if (@md.opt.act[:dal][:set]==:on \
+      || @md.opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on)
         SiSU_DAL::Output.new(@fn,@md,outputdata).hard_output
         SiSU_DAL::Output.new(@fn,@md,outputdata).make_marshal_content
         SiSU_DAL::Output.new(@fn,@md,metadata).make_marshal_metadata
diff --git a/lib/sisu/v5/dal_doc_str.rb b/lib/sisu/v5/dal_doc_str.rb
index 87e5c908..4b31c066 100644
--- a/lib/sisu/v5/dal_doc_str.rb
+++ b/lib/sisu/v5/dal_doc_str.rb
@@ -952,7 +952,7 @@ module SiSU_DAL_DocumentStructureExtract
       hs=[0,false,false,false]
       t={ lv: @s[0], status: 'open' }
       tuned_file << tags(t)
-      if @md.opt.cmd =~/V/
+      if @md.opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on
         puts "\nXML sisu structure outline --->\n"
         puts "<#{@s[0]}>"
       end
@@ -963,7 +963,7 @@ module SiSU_DAL_DocumentStructureExtract
           when 1
             tuned_file << tag_close(o.ln,hs)
             tuned_file << tag_open(o,@s)
-            if @md.opt.cmd =~/V/
+            if @md.opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on
               puts_tag_close(o.ln,hs)
               puts_tag_open(o,@s)
             end
@@ -971,7 +971,7 @@ module SiSU_DAL_DocumentStructureExtract
           when 2
             tuned_file << tag_close(o.ln,hs)
             tuned_file << tag_open(o,@s)
-            if @md.opt.cmd =~/V/
+            if @md.opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on
               puts_tag_close(o.ln,hs)
               puts_tag_open(o,@s)
             end
@@ -979,7 +979,7 @@ module SiSU_DAL_DocumentStructureExtract
           when 3
             tuned_file << tag_close(o.ln,hs)
             tuned_file << tag_open(o,@s)
-            if @md.opt.cmd =~/V/
+            if @md.opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on
               puts_tag_close(o.ln,hs)
               puts_tag_open(o,@s)
             end
@@ -987,7 +987,7 @@ module SiSU_DAL_DocumentStructureExtract
           when 4
             tuned_file << tag_close(o.ln,hs)
             tuned_file << tag_open(o,@s)
-            if @md.opt.cmd =~/V/
+            if @md.opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on
               puts_tag_close(o.ln,hs)
               puts_tag_open(o,@s)
             end
@@ -995,7 +995,7 @@ module SiSU_DAL_DocumentStructureExtract
           when 5
             tuned_file << tag_close(o.ln,hs)
             tuned_file << tag_open(o,@s)
-            if @md.opt.cmd =~/V/
+            if @md.opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on
               puts_tag_close(o.ln,hs)
               puts_tag_open(o,@s)
             end
@@ -1003,7 +1003,7 @@ module SiSU_DAL_DocumentStructureExtract
           when 6
             tuned_file << tag_close(o.ln,hs)
             tuned_file << tag_open(o,@s)
-            if @md.opt.cmd =~/V/
+            if @md.opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on
               puts_tag_close(o.ln,hs)
               puts_tag_open(o,@s)
             end
@@ -1012,7 +1012,7 @@ module SiSU_DAL_DocumentStructureExtract
         end
         tuned_file << o
       end
-      puts_tag_close(0,hs) if @md.opt.cmd =~/V/
+      puts_tag_close(0,hs) if @md.opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on
       tuned_file << tag_close(0,hs)
       tuned_file=tuned_file.flatten
     end
diff --git a/lib/sisu/v5/dal_idx.rb b/lib/sisu/v5/dal_idx.rb
index 86ef06f8..be8a0211 100644
--- a/lib/sisu/v5/dal_idx.rb
+++ b/lib/sisu/v5/dal_idx.rb
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ module SiSU_DAL_BookIndex
             @t=idx[:sst_rel].index(idx[:sst_rel].last)
             @q=idx[:html].index(idx[:html].last)
             @r=idx[:xhtml].index(idx[:xhtml].last)
-            print "\n" + x + ', ' if @md.opt.cmd =~/V/
+            print "\n" + x + ', ' if @md.opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on
           elsif x.is_a?(Array)
             p 'array error? -->'
             print x
@@ -202,13 +202,13 @@ module SiSU_DAL_BookIndex
                   idx[:sst_rel][@t]=idx[:sst_rel][@t] + %{#{Mx[:lnk_o]}#{a[:range]}#{Mx[:lnk_c]}#{Mx[:rel_o]}#{a[:ocn]}#{Mx[:rel_c]}, }
                   idx[:html][@q]=idx[:html][@q] + %{<a href="#{a[:seg]}.html##{a[:ocn]}">#{a[:range]}</a>, }
                   idx[:xhtml][@q]=idx[:xhtml][@q] + %{<a href="#{a[:seg]}.xhtml#o#{a[:ocn]}">#{a[:range]}</a>, }
-                  print a[:range] + ', ' if @md.opt.cmd =~/V/
+                  print a[:range] + ', ' if @md.opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on
                 elsif a[:ocn]
                   idx[:sst_rel_html_seg][@o]=idx[:sst_rel_html_seg][@o] + %{#{Mx[:lnk_o]}#{a[:ocn]}#{Mx[:lnk_c]}#{Mx[:rel_o]}#{a[:seg]}.html##{a[:ocn]}#{Mx[:rel_c]}, }
                   idx[:sst_rel][@t]=idx[:sst_rel][@t] + %{#{Mx[:lnk_o]}#{a[:ocn]}#{Mx[:lnk_c]}#{Mx[:rel_o]}#{a[:ocn]}#{Mx[:rel_c]}, }
                   idx[:html][@q]=idx[:html][@q] + %{<a href="#{a[:seg]}.html##{a[:ocn]}">#{a[:ocn]}</a>, }
                   idx[:xhtml][@q]=idx[:xhtml][@q] + %{<a href="#{a[:seg]}.xhtml#o#{a[:ocn]}">#{a[:ocn]}</a>, }
-                  print a[:ocn] + ', ' if @md.opt.cmd =~/V/
+                  print a[:ocn] + ', ' if @md.opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on
                 else p 'error'
                 end
               end
@@ -223,20 +223,20 @@ module SiSU_DAL_BookIndex
                   idx[:html][@q]=idx[:html][@q] + %{\n<p class="book_index_lev2">#{k}, }
                   c=clean_xml(k.dup)
                   idx[:xhtml][@r]=idx[:xhtml][@r] + %{\n<p class="book_index_lev2">#{c}, }
-                  print "\n\t" + k + ', ' if @md.opt.cmd =~/V/
+                  print "\n\t" + k + ', ' if @md.opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on
                   y.each do |z|
                     if z[:range]
                       idx[:sst_rel_html_seg][@o]=idx[:sst_rel_html_seg][@o] + %{#{Mx[:lnk_o]}#{z[:range]}#{Mx[:lnk_c]}#{Mx[:rel_o]}#{z[:seg]}.html##{z[:ocn]}#{Mx[:rel_c]}, }
                       idx[:sst_rel][@t]=idx[:sst_rel][@t] + %{#{Mx[:lnk_o]}#{z[:range]}#{Mx[:lnk_c]}#{Mx[:rel_o]}#{z[:ocn]}#{Mx[:rel_c]}, }
                       idx[:html][@q]=idx[:html][@q] + %{<a href="#{z[:seg]}.html##{z[:ocn]}">#{z[:range]}</a>, }
                       idx[:xhtml][@q]=idx[:xhtml][@q] + %{<a href="#{z[:seg]}.xhtml#o#{z[:ocn]}">#{z[:range]}</a>, }
-                      print z[:range] + ', ' if @md.opt.cmd =~/V/
+                      print z[:range] + ', ' if @md.opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on
                     elsif z[:ocn]
                       idx[:sst_rel_html_seg][@o]=idx[:sst_rel_html_seg][@o] + %{#{Mx[:lnk_o]}#{z[:ocn]}#{Mx[:lnk_c]}#{Mx[:rel_o]}#{z[:seg]}.html##{z[:ocn]}#{Mx[:rel_c]}, }
                       idx[:sst_rel][@t]=idx[:sst_rel][@t] + %{#{Mx[:lnk_o]}#{z[:ocn]}#{Mx[:lnk_c]}#{Mx[:rel_o]}#{z[:ocn]}#{Mx[:rel_c]}, }
                       idx[:html][@q]=idx[:html][@q] + %{<a href="#{z[:seg]}.html##{z[:ocn]}">#{z[:ocn]}</a>, }
                       idx[:xhtml][@q]=idx[:xhtml][@q] + %{<a href="#{z[:seg]}.xhtml#o#{z[:ocn]}">#{z[:ocn]}</a>, }
-                      print z[:ocn] + ', ' if @md.opt.cmd =~/V/
+                      print z[:ocn] + ', ' if @md.opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on
                     else p 'error'
                     end
                   end
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ module SiSU_DAL_BookIndex
           end
         end
       end
-      print "\n" if @md.opt.cmd =~/V/
+      print "\n" if @md.opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on
       idx
     end
     def screen_print(the_idx)
diff --git a/lib/sisu/v5/dal_images.rb b/lib/sisu/v5/dal_images.rb
index 1141447d..33a5e627 100644
--- a/lib/sisu/v5/dal_images.rb
+++ b/lib/sisu/v5/dal_images.rb
@@ -78,8 +78,10 @@ module SiSU_DAL_Images
           @rmgk=false
         end
       else
-        if @md.opt.cmd =~/[vVM]/
-          SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@md.opt.cmd,'*WARN* use of RMagick is not enabled in sisurc.yml').warn
+        if (@md.opt.act[:verbose][:set]==:on \
+        || @md.opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on \
+        || @md.opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on)
+          SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@md.opt.act[:color_state][:set],'*WARN* use of RMagick is not enabled in sisurc.yml').warn
         end
       end
       data.each do |dob|
@@ -104,8 +106,10 @@ module SiSU_DAL_Images
                       img=Magick::ImageList.new("#{image_path}/#{image}")
                       img_col,img_row=img.columns,img.rows
                     else
-                      if @md.opt.cmd =~/[vVM]/
-                        SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@md.opt.cmd,'*WARN* RMagick not present, will attempt to use imagemagick (identify) directly').warn
+                      if (@md.opt.act[:verbose][:set]==:on \
+                      || @md.opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on \
+                      || @md.opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on)
+                        SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@md.opt.act[:color_state][:set],'*WARN* RMagick not present, will attempt to use imagemagick (identify) directly').warn
                       end
                       imgk=SiSU_Env::SystemCall.new.imagemagick
                       gmgk=SiSU_Env::SystemCall.new.graphicksmagick
@@ -142,7 +146,7 @@ module SiSU_DAL_Images
                 end
               else
                 images=dob.obj.scan(m) do |image|
-                  SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@md.opt.cmd,'*WARN* where image dimensions have not been provided RMagick or imagemagick is required',image).warn #unless @opt.cmd =~/q/
+                  SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@md.opt.act[:color_state][:set],'*WARN* where image dimensions have not been provided RMagick or imagemagick is required',image).warn unless @md.opt.act[:quiet][:set]==:on
                 end
               end
             end
diff --git a/lib/sisu/v5/dal_numbering.rb b/lib/sisu/v5/dal_numbering.rb
index 1b835d37..96f4134b 100644
--- a/lib/sisu/v5/dal_numbering.rb
+++ b/lib/sisu/v5/dal_numbering.rb
@@ -288,7 +288,9 @@ module SiSU_DAL_Numbering
       tags={}
       art_filename_auto=1
       @counter=1
-      if not @md.seg_autoname_safe and @md.opt.cmd =~/[MV]/
+      if not @md.seg_autoname_safe \
+      and (@md.opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on \
+      || @md.opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on)
         puts 'manual segment names, numbers used as names, risk warning (segmented html)'
       end
       ocn_html_seg=[]
@@ -311,7 +313,9 @@ module SiSU_DAL_Numbering
               dob.name=possible_seg_name
               dob.tags=[dob.name,dob.tags].flatten if dob.name !~/^\d+$/
               @md.seg_names << possible_seg_name
-            else puts 'warn, there may be a conflicting numbering scheme' if @md.opt.cmd =~/[VM]/
+            elsif (@md.opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on \
+            or @md.opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on)
+              puts 'warn, there may be a conflicting numbering scheme'
             end
           end
           if dob.ln==4 \
@@ -407,7 +411,10 @@ module SiSU_DAL_Numbering
     end
     def set_heading_top(data)                                                          #% make sure no false positives
       unless @md.set_heading_top
-        puts "\tdocument contains no top level heading, (will have to manufacture one)" if @md.opt.cmd =~/[MV]/
+        if (@md.opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on \
+        or @md.opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on)
+          puts "\tdocument contains no top level heading, (will have to manufacture one)"
+        end
         @tuned_file=[]
         data.each do |t_o|
           unless @md.set_heading_top
@@ -431,7 +438,10 @@ module SiSU_DAL_Numbering
     end
     def set_heading_seg(data)                                                          #% make sure no false positives
       unless @md.set_heading_seg
-        puts "\tdocument contains no segment level, (will have to manufacture one)" if @md.opt.cmd =~/[MV]/
+        if (@md.opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on \
+        or @md.opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on)
+          puts "\tdocument contains no segment level, (will have to manufacture one)"
+        end
         @tuned_file=[]
         data.each do |dob|
           unless @md.set_heading_seg
@@ -452,7 +462,10 @@ module SiSU_DAL_Numbering
     end
     def set_header_title(data)                                                         #% make sure no false positives
       unless @md.set_header_title
-        puts "\t no document title provided, (will have to manufacture one)" if @md.opt.cmd =~/[MV]/
+        if (@md.opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on \
+        or @md.opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on)
+          puts "\t no document title provided, (will have to manufacture one)"
+        end
         @tuned_file=[]
         data.each do |t_o|
           unless @md.set_header_title
diff --git a/lib/sisu/v5/db_create.rb b/lib/sisu/v5/db_create.rb
index e2d1f916..15cf8586 100644
--- a/lib/sisu/v5/db_create.rb
+++ b/lib/sisu/v5/db_create.rb
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ module SiSU_DbCreate
     @@dl=nil
     def initialize(opt,conn,file,sql_type='pg')
       @opt,@conn,@file,@sql_type=opt,conn,file,sql_type
-      @cX=SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd).cX
+      @cX=SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set]).cX
       @comment=(@sql_type=='pg') \
       ? (SiSU_DbCreate::Comment.new(@conn,@sql_type))
       : nil
@@ -84,9 +84,13 @@ module SiSU_DbCreate
     def create_db
       @env=SiSU_Env::InfoEnv.new(@opt.fns)
       tell=(@sql_type=='sqlite') \
-      ? SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,'Create SQLite db tables in:',%{"#{@file}"})
-      : SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,'Create pgSQL db tables in:',%{"#{Db[:name_prefix]}#{@env.path.stub_pwd}"})
-      tell.dark_grey_title_hi if @opt.cmd =~/[vVM]/
+      ? SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],'Create SQLite db tables in:',%{"#{@file}"})
+      : SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],'Create pgSQL db tables in:',%{"#{Db[:name_prefix]}#{@env.path.stub_pwd}"})
+      if (@opt.act[:verbose][:set]==:on \
+      || @opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on \
+      || @opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on)
+        tell.dark_grey_title_hi
+      end
       SiSU_Env::SystemCall.new.create_pg_db(@env.path.stub_pwd) if @sql_type=='pg' #watch use of path.stub_pwd instead of stub
     end
     def output_dir?
@@ -97,12 +101,15 @@ module SiSU_DbCreate
     end
     def create_table
       def metadata_and_text
-        print %{
+        if (@opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on \
+        or @opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on)
+          print %{
           currently using sisu dbi module
           to be populated from document files
           create tables metadata_and_text
           data import through ruby transfer
-        } if @opt.cmd =~/[VM]/
+          }
+        end
         create_metadata_and_text=%{
           CREATE TABLE metadata_and_text (
             tid                  BIGINT PRIMARY KEY,
@@ -207,11 +214,14 @@ module SiSU_DbCreate
         @comment.psql.metadata_and_text if @comment
       end
       def doc_objects                                                 # create doc_objects base
-        print %{
+        if (@opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on \
+        or @opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on)
+          print %{
           to be populated from documents files
           create tables doc_objects
           data import through ruby transfer
-        } if @opt.cmd =~/[VM]/
+          }
+        end
         create_doc_objects=%{
           CREATE TABLE doc_objects (
             lid             BIGINT PRIMARY KEY,
@@ -250,11 +260,14 @@ module SiSU_DbCreate
         @comment.psql.doc_objects if @comment
       end
       def endnotes
-        print %{
+        if (@opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on \
+        or @opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on)
+          print %{
           to be populated from document files
           create tables endnotes
           data import through ruby transfer
-        } if @opt.cmd =~/[VM]/
+          }
+        end
         create_endnotes=%{
           CREATE TABLE endnotes (
             nid             BIGINT PRIMARY KEY,
@@ -273,11 +286,14 @@ module SiSU_DbCreate
         @comment.psql.endnotes if @comment
       end
       def endnotes_asterisk
-        print %{
+        if (@opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on \
+        or @opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on)
+          print %{
           to be populated from document files
           create tables endnotes_asterisk
           data import through ruby transfer
-        } if @opt.cmd =~/[VM]/
+          }
+        end
         create_endnotes_asterisk=%{
           CREATE TABLE endnotes_asterisk (
             nid             BIGINT PRIMARY KEY,
@@ -296,11 +312,14 @@ module SiSU_DbCreate
         @comment.psql.endnotes_asterisk if @comment
       end
       def endnotes_plus
-        print %{
+        if (@opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on \
+        or @opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on)
+          print %{
           to be populated from document files
           create tables endnotes_plus
           data import through ruby transfer
-        } if @opt.cmd =~/[VM]/
+          }
+        end
         create_endnotes_plus=%{
           CREATE TABLE endnotes_plus (
             nid             BIGINT PRIMARY KEY,
@@ -319,12 +338,15 @@ module SiSU_DbCreate
         @comment.psql.endnotes_plus if @comment
       end
       def urls                                                       # create doc_objects file links mapping
-        print %{
+        if (@opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on \
+        or @opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on)
+          print %{
           currently using sisu dbi module
           to be populated from doc_objects files
           create tables urls
           data import through ruby transfer
-        } if @opt.cmd =~/[VM]/
+          }
+        end
         create_urls=%{
           CREATE TABLE urls (
             metadata_tid    BIGINT REFERENCES metadata_and_text,
diff --git a/lib/sisu/v5/db_drop.rb b/lib/sisu/v5/db_drop.rb
index 252a311b..33029501 100644
--- a/lib/sisu/v5/db_drop.rb
+++ b/lib/sisu/v5/db_drop.rb
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ module SiSU_DbDrop
           end
         end
         def base                                                             #% drop base indexes
-          print "\n          drop documents common indexes\n" unless @opt.cmd =~/q/
+          print "\n          drop documents common indexes\n" unless @opt.act[:quiet][:set]==:on
           sql_arr=[
             %{DROP INDEX idx_title;},
             %{DROP INDEX idx_author;},
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ module SiSU_DbDrop
           conn_execute_array(sql_arr)
         end
         def text                                                             #% drop TEXT indexes, sqlite
-          print "\n          drop documents TEXT indexes\n" unless @opt.cmd =~/q/
+          print "\n          drop documents TEXT indexes\n" unless @opt.act[:quiet][:set]==:on
           sql_arr=[
             %{DROP INDEX idx_clean;},
             %{DROP INDEX idx_endnote},
diff --git a/lib/sisu/v5/db_import.rb b/lib/sisu/v5/db_import.rb
index bcb22de8..6edb0f99 100644
--- a/lib/sisu/v5/db_import.rb
+++ b/lib/sisu/v5/db_import.rb
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ module SiSU_DbImport
     attr_accessor :tp
     def initialize(opt,conn,file_maint,sql_type='pg')
       @opt,@conn,@file_maint,@sql_type=opt,conn,file_maint,sql_type
-      @cX=SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd).cX
+      @cX=SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set]).cX
       @env=SiSU_Env::InfoEnv.new(@opt.fns)
       @dal="#{@env.processing_path.dal}"
       @fnb=if @opt.fns.empty? \
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ module SiSU_DbImport
         ? @conn.execute( sql ).join.to_i
         : @conn.execute( sql ) { |x| x.fetch_all.flatten[0] }
       rescue
-        puts "#{__FILE__}:#{__LINE__}" if @opt.cmd =~/M/
+        puts "#{__FILE__}:#{__LINE__}" if @opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on
       end
       @col[:lid]=0 if @col[:lid].nil? or @col[:lid].to_s.empty?
       sql='SELECT MAX(nid) FROM endnotes'
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ module SiSU_DbImport
         : @id_n=@conn.execute( sql ) { |x| x.fetch_all.flatten[0] }
         @id_n ||=0
       rescue
-        puts "#{__FILE__}:#{__LINE__}" if @opt.cmd =~/M/
+        puts "#{__FILE__}:#{__LINE__}" if @opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on
       end
       @id_n =0 if @col[:lid].nil? or @col[:lid].to_s.empty?
       @col[:lv1]=@col[:lv2]=@col[:lv3]=@col[:lv4]=@col[:lv5]=@col[:lv6]=0
@@ -123,8 +123,12 @@ module SiSU_DbImport
     def marshal_load
       require_relative 'dal'                            # dal.rb
       @dal_array=SiSU_DAL::Source.new(@opt).get            # dal file drawn here
-      SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,"#{@db.psql.db}::#{@opt.fns}").puts_blue if @opt.cmd =~/vVM/
-      SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,'Marshal Load',@fnc).puts_grey if @opt.cmd =~/v/
+      if (@opt.act[:verbose][:set]==:on \
+      || @opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on \
+      || @opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on)
+        SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],"#{@db.psql.db}::#{@opt.fns}").puts_blue
+      end
+      SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],'Marshal Load',@fnc).puts_grey if @opt.act[:verbose][:set]==:on
 #%
       select_first_match=%{
         SELECT metadata_and_text.tid
@@ -141,7 +145,8 @@ module SiSU_DbImport
         t_d << db_import_documents(@dal_array)
         t_d << db_import_urls(@dal_array,@fnc)                              #import OID on/off
         t_d=t_d.flatten
-        if @opt.cmd =~/[MV]/
+        if (@opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on \
+        || @opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on)
           puts @conn.class if defined? @conn.class
           puts @conn.driver_name if defined? @conn.driver_name
           puts @conn.driver if defined? @conn.driver
@@ -178,7 +183,7 @@ module SiSU_DbImport
           sql=File.new(sqlfn,'w')
           t_d.each {|i| sql.puts i}
           p sqlfn
-          if @opt.cmd =~/M/
+          if @opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on
             puts sql
             p @conn.methods.sort
             puts "#{__FILE__}:#{__LINE__}"
@@ -191,7 +196,7 @@ module SiSU_DbImport
           sql=File.new(sqlfn,'w')
           t_d.each {|i| sql.puts i}
           p sqlfn
-          if @opt.cmd =~/M/
+          if @opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on
             puts sql
             p @conn.methods.sort
             puts "#{__FILE__}:#{__LINE__}"
@@ -230,7 +235,11 @@ module SiSU_DbImport
       book_idx_str
     end
     def db_import_metadata                                                       #% import documents - populate database
-      print %{ #{@cX.grey}import documents dbi_unit #{@cX.off} } if @opt.cmd =~/vVM/
+      if (@opt.act[:verbose][:set]==:on \
+      || @opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on \
+      || @opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on)
+        print %{ #{@cX.grey}import documents dbi_unit #{@cX.off} }
+      end
       @tp={}
       @md=SiSU_Param::Parameters.new(@opt).get
 #% sisutxt & fulltxt
@@ -259,10 +268,14 @@ module SiSU_DbImport
           end
           @@id_t=id_t if id_t
         rescue
-          puts "#{__FILE__} #{__LINE__}" if @opt.cmd =~/M/
+          puts "#{__FILE__} #{__LINE__}" if @opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on
         end
         @@id_t+=1 #bug related, needs to be performed once at start of file, but consider moving, as, placed here it means program will fail if document header lacks @title:
-        puts %{\n#{@cX.grey}Processing file number#{@cX.off}: #{@cX.green}#{@@id_t}#{@@cX.off}} if @opt.cmd =~/vVM/
+        if (@opt.act[:verbose][:set]==:on \
+        || @opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on \
+        || @opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on)
+          puts %{\n#{@cX.grey}Processing file number#{@cX.off}: #{@cX.green}#{@@id_t}#{@@cX.off}}
+        end
       end
       ################ CLEAR ##############
       SiSU_DbDBI::Test.new(self,@opt).verify                          #% import title names, filenames (tuple)
diff --git a/lib/sisu/v5/db_indexes.rb b/lib/sisu/v5/db_indexes.rb
index 265d5169..b3e2f45f 100644
--- a/lib/sisu/v5/db_indexes.rb
+++ b/lib/sisu/v5/db_indexes.rb
@@ -74,7 +74,10 @@ module SiSU_DbIndex
         end
       end
       def base
-        print "\n          create documents common indexes\n" if @opt.cmd =~/[VM]/
+        if (@opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on \
+        || @opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on)
+          print "\n          create documents common indexes\n"
+        end
         sql_arr=[
           %{CREATE INDEX idx_ocn ON doc_objects(ocn);},
           %{CREATE INDEX idx_digest_clean ON doc_objects(digest_clean);},
@@ -102,7 +105,10 @@ module SiSU_DbIndex
         conn_execute_array(sql_arr)
       end
       def text
-        print "\n          create documents TEXT indexes\n" if @opt.cmd =~/[VM]/
+        if (@opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on \
+        || @opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on)
+          print "\n          create documents TEXT indexes\n"
+        end
         sql_arr=[
           %{CREATE INDEX idx_clean ON doc_objects(clean);},
           %{CREATE INDEX idx_endnote ON endnotes(clean);}
diff --git a/lib/sisu/v5/db_load_tuple.rb b/lib/sisu/v5/db_load_tuple.rb
index bdaf285a..10282bdd 100644
--- a/lib/sisu/v5/db_load_tuple.rb
+++ b/lib/sisu/v5/db_load_tuple.rb
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ module SiSU_DbTuple
         @col[:lev]=0
       end
       @col[:ocn]=0 unless @col[:ocn].inspect=~/\d+/
-      @cX=SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd).cX
+      @cX=SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set]).cX
     end
     def tuple                                                                    #% import line
       sql_entry=if @col[:en_a]
@@ -88,19 +88,19 @@ module SiSU_DbTuple
         "INSERT INTO doc_objects (lid, metadata_tid, lev, lev_an, clean, body, book_idx, ocn, ocnd, ocns, seg, lev1, lev2, lev3, lev4, lev5, lev6, t_of, t_is, node, parent, digest_clean, digest_all) " +
         "VALUES (#{@col[:lid]}, #{@col[:tid]}, #{@col[:lev]}, '#{@col[:lev_an]}', '#{@col[:plaintext]}', '#{@col[:body]}', '#{@col[:book_idx]}', '#{@col[:ocn]}', '#{@col[:ocnd]}', '#{@col[:ocns]}', '#{@col[:seg]}', '#{@col[:lv1]}', '#{@col[:lv2]}', '#{@col[:lv3]}', '#{@col[:lv4]}', '#{@col[:lv5]}', '#{@col[:lv6]}', '#{@col[:t_of]}', '#{@col[:t_is]}', '#{@col[:node]}', '#{@col[:parent]}', '#{@col[:digest_clean]}', '#{@col[:digest_all]}');"
       end
-      if @opt.cmd =~/M/
-        if @opt.cmd =~/V/
+      if @opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on
+        if @opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on
           puts @file_maint.inspect
           puts sql_entry
         end
         @file_maint.puts sql_entry
       else
-        if @opt.cmd =~/V/
+        if @opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on
           puts sql_entry
           @file_maint.puts sql_entry
         end
       end
-      if @opt.cmd =~/v/
+      if @opt.act[:verbose][:set]==:on
         if @col[:lev].inspect =~/[12356789]/
           lev=case @col[:lev].inspect
           when /1/; ':A'
@@ -283,11 +283,13 @@ tid)
 #{@tp.column.links.tuple[1]}
 #{@id}
 );"
-      if @md.opt.cmd =~/M/
+      if @md.opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on
         puts "maintenance mode on: creating sql transaction file (for last transaction set (document) only):\n\t#{@file_maint.inspect}"
         @file_maint.puts sql_entry
       else
-        @file_maint.puts sql_entry if @md.opt.cmd =~/V/
+        if @md.opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on
+          @file_maint.puts sql_entry
+        end
       end
       sql_entry
     end
@@ -299,10 +301,12 @@ tid)
     def tuple
       sql_entry="INSERT INTO urls (#{@f[:txt]} #{@f[:html_toc]} #{@f[:html_doc]} #{@f[:xhtml]} #{@f[:xml_sax]} #{@f[:xml_dom]} #{@f[:odf]} #{@f[:pdf_p]} #{@f[:pdf_l]} #{@f[:concordance]} #{@f[:latex_p]} #{@f[:latex_l]} #{@f[:manifest]} #{@f[:digest]} #{@f[:markup]} #{@f[:sisupod]} metadata_tid) " +
       "VALUES (#{@u[:txt]} #{@u[:html_toc]} #{@u[:html_doc]} #{@u[:xhtml]} #{@u[:xml_sax]} #{@u[:xml_dom]} #{@u[:odf]} #{@u[:pdf_p]} #{@u[:pdf_l]} #{@u[:concordance]} #{@u[:latex_p]} #{@u[:latex_l]} #{@u[:manifest]} #{@u[:digest]} #{@u[:markup]} #{@u[:sisupod]} #{@id});"
-      if @opt.cmd =~/M/
+      if @opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on
         @file_maint.puts sql_entry
       else
-        @file_maint.puts sql_entry if @opt.cmd =~/V/
+        if @opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on
+          @file_maint.puts sql_entry
+        end
       end
       sql_entry
     end
@@ -314,10 +318,12 @@ tid)
     def tuple
       sql_entry="INSERT INTO #{@en[:type]} (nid, document_lid, nr, clean, body, ocn, ocnd, ocns, metadata_tid, digest_clean) " +
       "VALUES ('#{@en[:id]}', '#{@en[:lid]}', '#{@en[:nr]}', '#{@en[:txt]}', '#{@en[:body]}', '#{@en[:ocn]}', '#{@en[:ocnd]}', '#{@en[:ocns]}', '#{@en[:id_t]}', '#{@en[:hash]}');"
-      if @opt.cmd =~/M/
+      if @opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on
         @file_maint.puts sql_entry
       else
-        @file_maint.puts sql_entry if @opt.cmd =~/V/
+        if @opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on
+          @file_maint.puts sql_entry
+        end
       end
       sql_entry
     end
diff --git a/lib/sisu/v5/db_remove.rb b/lib/sisu/v5/db_remove.rb
index 2e65d51a..71be0ebc 100644
--- a/lib/sisu/v5/db_remove.rb
+++ b/lib/sisu/v5/db_remove.rb
@@ -112,11 +112,15 @@ module SiSU_DbRemove
             @conn.execute(s)
           end
         end
-        if @opt.cmd =~/M/
-          @file.puts sql_entry if @opt.cmd =~/M/
+        if @opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on
+          @file.puts sql_entry
         end
       else
-        SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,"no such file in database #{@db.psql.db}::#{@opt.fns}").puts_grey if @opt.cmd =~/vVM/
+        if (@opt.act[:verbose][:set]==:on \
+        || @opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on \
+        || @opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on)
+          SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,"no such file in database #{@db.psql.db}::#{@opt.fns}").puts_grey
+        end
       end
     end
   end
diff --git a/lib/sisu/v5/db_select.rb b/lib/sisu/v5/db_select.rb
index 879862b1..38251554 100644
--- a/lib/sisu/v5/db_select.rb
+++ b/lib/sisu/v5/db_select.rb
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ module SiSU_DbSelect
       file=if @opt.inspect =~/M/
         if @opt.fns and not @opt.fns.empty?
           @env=SiSU_Env::InfoEnv.new(@opt.fns) if @opt.fns
-          puts "\n#{@env.processing_path.sqlite}/#{@opt.fns}.sql" if @sql_type =~/sqlite/ and @opt.cmd =~/M/
+          puts "\n#{@env.processing_path.sqlite}/#{@opt.fns}.sql" if @sql_type =~/sqlite/ and @opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on
           @db=SiSU_Env::InfoDb.new
           @job="sqlite3 #{@db.sqlite.db} < #{@env.processing_path.sqlite}/#{@opt.fns}.sql"
           File.new("#{@env.processing_path.sqlite}/#{@opt.fns}.sql",'w+')
@@ -172,21 +172,21 @@ module SiSU_DbSelect
           db_exist?
           @sdb_import.marshal_load
           tell=case @sql_type
-          when /sqlite/; SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,"sqlite3 #{@db.sqlite.db} database?")
-          when /pg/;     SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,"pgaccess or psql #{@db.psql.db} database?")
+          when /sqlite/; SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],"sqlite3 #{@db.sqlite.db} database?")
+          when /pg/;     SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],"pgaccess or psql #{@db.psql.db} database?")
           else '???'
           end
-          tell.puts_grey if @opt.cmd =~/v/
+          tell.puts_grey if @opt.act[:verbose][:set]==:on
         when /^--update$/
           db_exist?
           @sdb_remove_doc.remove
           @sdb_import.marshal_load
           tell=case @sql_type
-          when /sqlite/; SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,"sqlite3 #{@db.sqlite.db} database?")
-          when /pg/;     SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,"pgaccess or psql #{@db.psql.db} database?")
+          when /sqlite/; SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],"sqlite3 #{@db.sqlite.db} database?")
+          when /pg/;     SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],"pgaccess or psql #{@db.psql.db} database?")
           else '???'
           end
-          tell.puts_grey if @opt.cmd =~/v/
+          tell.puts_grey if @opt.act[:verbose][:set]==:on
         when /^--remove$/
           db_exist?
           @sdb_remove_doc.remove
@@ -206,14 +206,14 @@ module SiSU_DbSelect
         when /^--(?:v\d+|dev)$/
         else
         end
-        if @opt.cmd =~/M/ \
+        if @opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on \
         and @opt.cmd  =~/d/
           puts @job
         end
       end
       if @opt.act[:psql][:set]==:on \
       and @opt.mod.inspect !~/--(?:createdb|init(?:ialize)?|create(?:all)?|createtables?|recreate|cr(eate)?lex|cr(eate)?metadata|import|update|remove|index|droptable(s)?|dropindex(es)?|dropall|drop)/
-        SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,"--pg requires further instruction").warn unless @opt.cmd =~/[q]/
+        SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],"--pg requires further instruction").warn unless @opt.act[:quiet][:set]==:on
       end
       begin
       rescue; @sdb.output_dir?
diff --git a/lib/sisu/v5/db_sqltxt.rb b/lib/sisu/v5/db_sqltxt.rb
index eb52f300..d678ef22 100644
--- a/lib/sisu/v5/db_sqltxt.rb
+++ b/lib/sisu/v5/db_sqltxt.rb
@@ -83,14 +83,14 @@ module SiSU_DbText
           and not @md.creator.author.empty?
             s=s.gsub(/@author/,@md.creator.author)
           else
-            SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new('v','WARNING Document Author information missing; provide @creator: :author:',@md.fnb).warn unless @md.opt.cmd.inspect =~/q/
+            SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new('v','WARNING Document Author information missing; provide @creator: :author:',@md.fnb).warn unless @md.opt.act[:quiet][:set]==:on
           end
           if defined? @md.title \
           and defined? @md.title.full \
           and not @md.title.full.empty?
             s=s.gsub(/@title/,@md.title.full)
           else
-            SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new('v','WARNING Document Title missing; provide @title:',@md.fnb).warn unless @md.opt.cmd.inspect =~/q/
+            SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new('v','WARNING Document Title missing; provide @title:',@md.fnb).warn unless @md.opt.act[:quiet][:set]==:on
           end
         end
         s=s.gsub(/^(?:_[1-9]\*?|_\*)\s+/m,'').
diff --git a/lib/sisu/v5/db_tests.rb b/lib/sisu/v5/db_tests.rb
index 5cc7c982..2e93ba11 100644
--- a/lib/sisu/v5/db_tests.rb
+++ b/lib/sisu/v5/db_tests.rb
@@ -64,14 +64,14 @@ module SiSU_DbTests
   class Test
     def initialize(info,opt)
       @ck,@opt=info,opt
-      unless @opt.cmd =~/q/
+      unless @opt.act[:quiet][:set]==:on
         puts @ck.tp[:fns]  if @ck.tp[:fns] and not @ck.tp[:fns].empty?
         puts @ck.tp[:title] if @ck.tp[:title] and not @ck.tp[:title].empty?
         puts @ck.tp[:creator] if @ck.tp[:creator] and not @ck.tp[:creator].empty?
       end
     end
     def verify
-      unless @opt.cmd =~/q/
+      unless @opt.act[:quiet][:set]==:on
         puts @ck.tp[:fns].length.to_s                + ' checklength ' + @ck.tp[:fns]                if @ck.tp[:fns]                and @ck.tp[:fns].length                >@ck.lt_filename
         puts @ck.tp[:title].length.to_s              + ' checklength ' + @ck.tp[:title]              if @ck.tp[:title]              and @ck.tp[:title].length              >@ck.lt_title
         puts @ck.tp[:subtitle].length.to_s           + ' checklength ' + @ck.tp[:subtitle]           if @ck.tp[:subtitle]           and @ck.tp[:subtitle].length           >@ck.lt_subtitle
diff --git a/lib/sisu/v5/dbi.rb b/lib/sisu/v5/dbi.rb
index cc2b614e..e59a09b7 100644
--- a/lib/sisu/v5/dbi.rb
+++ b/lib/sisu/v5/dbi.rb
@@ -77,22 +77,22 @@ module  SiSU_DBI
       or  @opt.mod.inspect =~/--(pg(?:sql)?|(?:sq)?lite)/
         @sql_type=if @opt.cmd=~/D/ \
         or @opt.mod.inspect =~/--pg(?:sql)?/
-          maintenance_check(@opt,__FILE__,__LINE__) if @opt.cmd.inspect =~/M/
+          maintenance_check(@opt,__FILE__,__LINE__) if @opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on
           'pg'
         elsif @opt.cmd =~/d/ \
         and @opt.mod.inspect =~/--(?:db[=-])?pg(?:sql)?/
-          maintenance_check(@opt,__FILE__,__LINE__) if @opt.cmd.inspect =~/M/
+          maintenance_check(@opt,__FILE__,__LINE__) if @opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on
           'pg'
         elsif @opt.cmd=~/d/ \
         or @opt.mod.inspect =~/--(?:sq)?lite/
-          maintenance_check(@opt,__FILE__,__LINE__) if @opt.cmd.inspect =~/M/
+          maintenance_check(@opt,__FILE__,__LINE__) if @opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on
           'sqlite'
         elsif @opt.cmd =~/d/ \
         and @opt.mod.inspect =~/--(?:db[=-])?(?:sq)?lite/
-          maintenance_check(@opt,__FILE__,__LINE__) if @opt.cmd.inspect =~/M/
+          maintenance_check(@opt,__FILE__,__LINE__) if @opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on
           'sqlite'
         else
-          maintenance_check(@opt,__FILE__,__LINE__) if @opt.cmd.inspect =~/M/
+          maintenance_check(@opt,__FILE__,__LINE__) if @opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on
           'sqlite'
         end
       end
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ module  SiSU_DBI
         @conn=@db.psql.conn_dbi
       rescue
         if @opt.mod.inspect=~/--(createall|create)/
-          cX=SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd).cX
+          cX=SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set]).cX
           puts <<-WOK
 manually create the database: "#{cX.green}#{@db.db}#{cX.off}" if it does not yet exist
   #{cX.yellow}createdb #{@db.db}#{cX.off}
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ manually create the database: "#{cX.green}#{@db.db}#{cX.off}" if it does not yet
       when /pg/;     read_psql
       when /sqlite/; read_sqlite
       end
-      SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,"DBI (#{@sql_type}) #{@opt.mod}",@opt.fno).dbi_title unless @opt.cmd =~/q/
+      SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],"DBI (#{@sql_type}) #{@opt.mod}",@opt.fno).dbi_title unless @opt.act[:quiet][:set]==:on
       begin
         SiSU_DbDBI::Case.new(@opt,@conn,@sql_type).cases
       rescue
diff --git a/lib/sisu/v5/dbi_discrete.rb b/lib/sisu/v5/dbi_discrete.rb
index fe921c85..957009b1 100644
--- a/lib/sisu/v5/dbi_discrete.rb
+++ b/lib/sisu/v5/dbi_discrete.rb
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ module  SiSU_DBI_Discrete                               #% database building
       if @opt.cmd =~/[d]/ \
       or  @opt.mod.inspect =~/--((?:sq)?lite)/
         @sql_type='sqlite'
-        maintenance_check(@opt,__FILE__,__LINE__) if @opt.cmd.inspect =~/M/
+        maintenance_check(@opt,__FILE__,__LINE__) if @opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on
       end
       @output_path=@md.file.output_path.sqlite_discrete.dir
       @filename=@md.file.base_filename.sqlite_discrete
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ module  SiSU_DBI_Discrete                               #% database building
       sdb_index=SiSU_DbDBI::Index.new(@opt,conn,@file,'sqlite')
       sdb.output_dir?
       begin
-        SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,'SQLite',"[#{@opt.f_pth[:lng_is]}] #{@opt.fno}").green_title_hi unless @opt.cmd =~/q/
+        SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],'SQLite',"[#{@opt.f_pth[:lng_is]}] #{@opt.fno}").green_title_hi unless @opt.act[:quiet][:set]==:on
         sdb.create_db
         sdb.create_table.metadata_and_text
         sdb.create_table.doc_objects
@@ -133,8 +133,8 @@ module  SiSU_DBI_Discrete                               #% database building
         db_exist?(db,conn)
         sdb_import=SiSU_DbDBI::Import.new(@opt,conn,@file_maint,'sqlite')
         sdb_import.marshal_load
-        tell=SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,"sqlite3 #{db.sqlite.db} database?")
-        tell.puts_grey if @opt.cmd =~/v/
+        tell=SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],"sqlite3 #{db.sqlite.db} database?")
+        tell.puts_grey if @opt.act[:verbose][:set]==:on
       rescue
         SiSU_Errors::Rescued.new($!,$@,'-d').location do
           __LINE__.to_s + ':' + __FILE__
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ module  SiSU_DBI_Discrete                               #% database building
     end
     def connect
       begin
-        SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,"DBI (#{@sql_type}) #{@opt.mod}",@opt.fns).dbi_title unless @opt.cmd =~/q/
+        SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],"DBI (#{@sql_type}) #{@opt.mod}",@opt.fns).dbi_title unless @opt.act[:quiet][:set]==:on
         @db.sqlite_discrete.conn_sqlite3
       rescue
         SiSU_Errors::Rescued.new($!,$@,@cf,@opt.fns).location do
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ module  SiSU_DBI_Discrete                               #% database building
       file=if @opt.inspect =~/M/
         if @opt.fns and not @opt.fns.empty?
           @env=SiSU_Env::InfoEnv.new(@opt.fns) if @opt.fns
-          puts "\n#{@env.processing_path.sqlite}/#{@opt.fns}.sql" if @sql_type =~/sqlite/ and @opt.cmd =~/M/
+          puts "\n#{@env.processing_path.sqlite}/#{@opt.fns}.sql" if @sql_type =~/sqlite/ and @opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on
           @db=SiSU_Env::InfoDb.new
           @job="sqlite3 #{@db.sqlite.db} < #{@env.processing_path.sqlite}/#{@opt.fns}.sql"
           File.new("#{@env.processing_path.sqlite}/#{@opt.fns}.sql",'w+')
diff --git a/lib/sisu/v5/digests.rb b/lib/sisu/v5/digests.rb
index ea2e81cd..e142ff11 100644
--- a/lib/sisu/v5/digests.rb
+++ b/lib/sisu/v5/digests.rb
@@ -76,14 +76,21 @@ module SiSU_DigestView
     def read
       begin
         @env,@md,@dal_array=@particulars.env,@particulars.md,@particulars.dal_array
-        unless @opt.cmd =~/q/
-          tool=(@opt.cmd =~/[MVv]/) \
+        unless @opt.act[:quiet][:set]==:on
+          tool=(@opt.act[:verbose][:set]==:on \
+          || @opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on \
+          || @opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on) \
           ? "#{@env.program.text_editor} file://#{@md.file.output_path.hash_digest.dir}/#{@md.file.base_filename.hash_digest}"
           : "[#{@opt.f_pth[:lng_is]}] #{@opt.fno}"
-          @opt.cmd=~/[MVvz]/ \
-          ? SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,"Document #{@dg} Digests",tool).green_hi_blue
-          : SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,"Document #{@dg} Digests",tool).green_title_hi
-          SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,@opt.fns,"file://#{@md.file.output_path.hash_digest.dir}/#{@md.file.base_filename.hash_digest}").flow if @opt.cmd =~/[MV]/
+          (@opt.act[:verbose][:set]==:on \
+          || @opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on \
+          || @opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on) \
+          ? SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],"Document #{@dg} Digests",tool).green_hi_blue
+          : SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],"Document #{@dg} Digests",tool).green_title_hi
+          if @opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on \
+          or @opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on
+            SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],@opt.fns,"file://#{@md.file.output_path.hash_digest.dir}/#{@md.file.base_filename.hash_digest}").flow
+          end
         end
         SiSU_DigestView::Source::Scroll.new(@particulars).songsheet
       rescue
@@ -118,23 +125,23 @@ module SiSU_DigestView
         output
       end
       def description(f,e='')
-        puts f + e.to_s if @md.opt.cmd =~/V/
+        puts f + e.to_s if @md.opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on
         @@description << f << e
       end
       def digests(f,e='')
-        puts f if @md.opt.cmd =~/V/
+        puts f if @md.opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on
         @@ds[:digests] << f + "\n"
       end
       def dal_structure_tree(f,e='')
-        puts f + e.to_s if @md.opt.cmd =~/V/
+        puts f + e.to_s if @md.opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on
         @@ds[:tree] << f << e
       end
       def dal_structure_summary(f,e='')
-        puts f + e.to_s if @md.opt.cmd =~/V/
+        puts f + e.to_s if @md.opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on
         @@ds[:summary] << f << e
       end
       def rcinfo(f,e='')
-        puts f + e.to_s if @md.opt.cmd =~/V/
+        puts f + e.to_s if @md.opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on
         @@sc_info << f << e
       end
       def output
@@ -201,7 +208,7 @@ module SiSU_DigestView
                     elsif FileTest.file?("#{@env.path.image_source_include}/#{i}")
                       @env.path.image_source_include
                     else
-                      SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@md.opt.cmd,"ERROR - image:", %{"#{i}" missing}, "search locations: #{@env.path.image_source_include_local}, #{@env.path.image_source_include_remote} and #{@env.path.image_source_include}").error2 unless @md.opt.cmd =~/q/
+                      SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@md.opt.act[:color_state][:set],"ERROR - image:", %{"#{i}" missing}, "search locations: #{@env.path.image_source_include_local}, #{@env.path.image_source_include_remote} and #{@env.path.image_source_include}").error2 unless @md.opt.act[:quiet][:set]==:on
                       nil
                     end
                     @img << /\S+\.(png|jpg|gif)/.match(i)[1]
diff --git a/lib/sisu/v5/embedded.rb b/lib/sisu/v5/embedded.rb
index 5ce0bf04..89ba1d41 100644
--- a/lib/sisu/v5/embedded.rb
+++ b/lib/sisu/v5/embedded.rb
@@ -93,7 +93,10 @@ module SiSU_Embedded
       ldest=@env.path.output
       img_dir="#{@env.path.output}/_sisu/image"
       @rhost.each do |remote_conn|
-        if @md.opt.cmd.inspect =~/[vVMR]/ \
+        if (@md.opt.act[:verbose][:set]==:on \
+        || @md.opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on \
+        || @md.opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on \
+        || @md.opt.act[:rsync][:set]==:on) \
         and FileTest.directory?(src)
           FileUtils::mkdir_p(img_dir) unless FileTest.directory?(img_dir)
           src_ec=@f.place_file.images.rel + '/' + @md.ec[:image].join(" #{@f.output_path.images.rel}/")
@@ -112,12 +115,15 @@ module SiSU_Embedded
       ldest="#{@env.path.webserv}/#{@env.path.stub_pwd}/_sisu/mm/audio"
       @rhost.each do |remote_conn|
         rdest="#{remote_conn[:name]}/#{@env.path.stub_pwd}/_sisu/mm/audio"
-        if @md.opt.cmd.inspect =~/[vVMR]/ \
+        if (@md.opt.act[:verbose][:set]==:on \
+        || @md.opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on \
+        || @md.opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on \
+        || @md.opt.act[:rsync][:set]==:on) \
         and FileTest.directory?(src)
           FileUtils::mkdir_p(ldest) unless FileTest.directory?(ldest)
           src_ec="#{src}/" + @md.ec[:audio].join(" #{src}/")
           SiSU_Env::SystemCall.new(src_ec,"#{ldest}/.",'q').rsync
-          if @md.opt.cmd.inspect =~/R/ #rsync to remote audio directory
+          if @md.opt.act[:rsync][:set]==:on #rsync to remote audio directory
             SiSU_Env::SystemCall.new(src_ec,"#{rdest}/.",'q').rsync
           end
         end
@@ -129,12 +135,15 @@ module SiSU_Embedded
       ldest="#{@env.path.webserv}/#{@env.path.stub_pwd}/_sisu/mm/video"
       @rhost.each do |remote_conn|
         rdest="#{remote_conn[:name]}/#{@env.path.stub_pwd}/_sisu/mm/video"
-        if @md.opt.cmd.inspect =~/[vVMR]/ \
+        if (@md.opt.act[:verbose][:set]==:on \
+        || @md.opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on \
+        || @md.opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on \
+        || @md.opt.act[:rsync][:set]==:on) \
         and FileTest.directory?(src)
           FileUtils::mkdir_p(ldest) unless FileTest.directory?(ldest)
           src_ec="#{src}/" + @md.ec[:multimedia].join(" #{src}/")
           SiSU_Env::SystemCall.new(src_ec,"#{ldest}/.",'q').rsync
-          if @md.opt.cmd.inspect =~/R/ #rsync to remote video directory
+          if @md.opt.act[:rsync][:set]==:on #rsync to remote video directory
             SiSU_Env::SystemCall.new(src_ec,"#{rdest}/.",'q').rsync
           end
         end
diff --git a/lib/sisu/v5/epub.rb b/lib/sisu/v5/epub.rb
index 26f1dc0d..37ab535b 100644
--- a/lib/sisu/v5/epub.rb
+++ b/lib/sisu/v5/epub.rb
@@ -86,14 +86,21 @@ module SiSU_EPUB
         @md=@particulars.md
         @fnb=@md.fnb
         @env=@particulars.env
-        unless @opt.cmd =~/q/
-          tool=(@opt.cmd =~/[MVvz]/) \
+        unless @opt.act[:quiet][:set]==:on
+          tool=(@opt.act[:verbose][:set]==:on \
+          || @opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on \
+          || @opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on) \
           ? "#{@env.program.epub_viewer} #{@md.file.output_path.epub.dir}/#{@md.file.base_filename.epub}"
           : "[#{@opt.f_pth[:lng_is]}] #{@opt.fno}"
-          @opt.cmd=~/[MVvz]/ \
-          ? SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,'EPUB',tool).green_hi_blue
-          : SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,'EPUB',tool).green_title_hi
-          SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,@opt.fns,"#{@md.file.output_path.epub.dir}/#{@md.file.base_filename.epub}").flow if @opt.cmd =~/[MV]/
+          (@opt.act[:verbose][:set]==:on \
+          || @opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on \
+          || @opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on) \
+          ? SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],'EPUB',tool).green_hi_blue
+          : SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],'EPUB',tool).green_title_hi
+          if (@opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on \
+          || @opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on)
+            SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],@opt.fns,"#{@md.file.output_path.epub.dir}/#{@md.file.base_filename.epub}").flow
+          end
         end
         @env.processing_path.epub_bld #(@md)
         @env.processing_path.epub_cp_images(@md)
@@ -111,7 +118,8 @@ module SiSU_EPUB
           __LINE__.to_s + ':' + __FILE__
         end
       ensure
-        unless @opt.cmd =~/[MV]/ #check maintenance flag
+        unless (@opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on \
+        || @opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on)
           texfiles=Dir["#{@env.processing_path.tune}/#{@opt.fns}*"]
           texfiles.each do |f|
             if FileTest.file?(f)
@@ -139,7 +147,7 @@ module SiSU_EPUB
         SiSU_Env::FileOp.new(@md).mkdir.output.epub
       end
       def tuned_file_instructions
-        @tell=SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@md.opt.cmd)
+        @tell=SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@md.opt.act[:color_state][:set])
         directories
         dal_array=@particulars.dal_array # dal file drawn here
         @tuned_file_array=SiSU_EPUB_Tune::Tune.new(dal_array,@md).songsheet
@@ -186,11 +194,15 @@ module SiSU_EPUB
         @md,@data=md,data
         @vz=SiSU_Viz::Defaults.new
         @epub=SiSU_EPUB_Format::HeadInformation.new(@md)
-        @tell=SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@md.opt.cmd) if @md
+        @tell=SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@md.opt.act[:color_state][:set]) if @md
         @make=SiSU_Env::ProcessingSettings.new(@md)
       end
       def songsheet #extracts toc for scroll & seg
-        SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@md.opt.cmd,'Toc').txt_grey if @md.opt.cmd =~/[MVv]/
+        if (@md.opt.act[:verbose][:set]==:on \
+        || @md.opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on \
+        || @md.opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on)
+          SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@md.opt.act[:color_state][:set],'Toc').txt_grey
+        end
         toc=nil
         @@firstseg=nil
         @@toc={ seg: [], seg_mini: [], scr: [], ncx: [], opf: [] }
@@ -519,7 +531,11 @@ module SiSU_EPUB
       def in_common
         toc_shared=[]
         segtoc=[]
-        SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@md.opt.cmd,'Scroll & Segtoc').txt_grey if @md.opt.cmd =~/[MVv]/
+        if (@md.opt.act[:verbose][:set]==:on \
+        || @md.opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on \
+        || @md.opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on)
+          SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@md.opt.act[:color_state][:set],'Scroll & Segtoc').txt_grey
+        end
         format_head_toc=SiSU_EPUB_Format::HeadToc.new(@md)
         dochead=format_head_toc.head
         dochead=dochead.gsub(/toc\.(html)/,'doc.\1') #kludge
@@ -687,7 +703,7 @@ module SiSU_EPUB
           ")
           FileUtils::mv(@epub_doc, @md.file.place_file.epub.dir)
           Dir.chdir(pwd)
-          unless @md.opt.cmd.inspect =~/M/
+          unless @md.opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on
             FileUtils::rm_r(@md.env.processing_path.epub)
           end
         end
diff --git a/lib/sisu/v5/epub_concordance.rb b/lib/sisu/v5/epub_concordance.rb
index 976ca619..628435f2 100644
--- a/lib/sisu/v5/epub_concordance.rb
+++ b/lib/sisu/v5/epub_concordance.rb
@@ -82,10 +82,10 @@ module SiSU_EPUB_Concordance
           if @md.wc_words < wordmax
             SiSU_EPUB_Concordance::Source::Words.new(@particulars).songsheet
           else
-            SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@md.opt.cmd,"*WARN* concordance skipped, large document has over #{wordmax} words (#{@md.wc_words})").warn unless @md.opt.cmd =~/q/
+            SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@md.opt.act[:color_state][:set],"*WARN* concordance skipped, large document has over #{wordmax} words (#{@md.wc_words})").warn unless @md.opt.act[:quiet][:set]==:on
           end
         else
-          SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@md.opt.cmd,"*WARN* wc (word count) is off, concordance will be processed for all files including those over the max set size of: #{wordmax} words").warn unless @md.opt.cmd =~/q/
+          SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@md.opt.act[:color_state][:set],"*WARN* wc (word count) is off, concordance will be processed for all files including those over the max set size of: #{wordmax} words").warn unless @md.opt.act[:quiet][:set]==:on
           SiSU_EPUB_Concordance::Source::Words.new(@particulars).songsheet
         end
       rescue
diff --git a/lib/sisu/v5/epub_format.rb b/lib/sisu/v5/epub_format.rb
index 513e1dd2..1c57cd20 100644
--- a/lib/sisu/v5/epub_format.rb
+++ b/lib/sisu/v5/epub_format.rb
@@ -1878,7 +1878,7 @@ output_epub_cont_seg.close
         @ocn=((defined? t_o.ocn) ? t_o.ocn.to_s : nil)
         @headname=((t_o.is==:heading and defined? t_o.name) ? t_o.name : nil)
       else
-        if @md.opt.cmd =~/M/
+        if @md.opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on
           p __FILE__ << ':' << __LINE__.to_s
           p t_o.class
           p caller
diff --git a/lib/sisu/v5/epub_segments.rb b/lib/sisu/v5/epub_segments.rb
index 9f483610..16e26855 100644
--- a/lib/sisu/v5/epub_segments.rb
+++ b/lib/sisu/v5/epub_segments.rb
@@ -173,7 +173,11 @@ WOK
       @@seg_name_xhtml=@@seg_name
       @@seg_total=@@seg_name.length
       testforartnum=@@seg_name_xhtml
-      SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@md.opt.cmd,@@seg_name.length) if @md.opt.cmd =~/[MVv]/
+      if (@md.opt.act[:verbose][:set]==:on \
+      || @md.opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on \
+      || @md.opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on)
+        SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@md.opt.act[:color_state][:set],@@seg_name.length)
+      end
       SiSU_Particulars::CombinedSingleton.instance.get_map_nametags(@md).nametags_map #p map_nametags
       data.each do |dob|
         #if defined? dob.obj \
diff --git a/lib/sisu/v5/epub_tune.rb b/lib/sisu/v5/epub_tune.rb
index c017c2df..5ec5fa56 100644
--- a/lib/sisu/v5/epub_tune.rb
+++ b/lib/sisu/v5/epub_tune.rb
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ module SiSU_EPUB_Tune
     def initialize(data,md)
       @data,@md=data,md
       @file=SiSU_Env::FileOp.new(@md)
-      @cX=SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@md.opt.cmd).cX
+      @cX=SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@md.opt.act[:color_state][:set]).cX
     end
     def hard_output
       @filename_tune=@file.write_file_processing.html_tune
@@ -121,13 +121,17 @@ module SiSU_EPUB_Tune
     end
     def songsheet
       begin
-        @cX=SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@md.opt.cmd).cX
-        SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@md.opt.cmd,'Tune').txt_grey if @md.opt.cmd =~/[MVv]/
+        @cX=SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@md.opt.act[:color_state][:set]).cX
+        if (@md.opt.act[:verbose][:set]==:on \
+        || @md.opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on \
+        || @md.opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on)
+          SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@md.opt.act[:color_state][:set],'Tune').txt_grey
+        end
         data=SiSU_EPUB_Tune::Tune.new(@data,@md).amp_angle_brackets
         data=SiSU_EPUB_Tune::Tune.new(data,@md).endnotes_html
         data=SiSU_EPUB_Tune::Tune.new(data,@md).url_markup
         data=SiSU_EPUB_Tune::Tune.new(data,@md).markup
-        if @md.opt.cmd =~/M/  #Hard Output Tune Optional on/off here
+        if @md.opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on #Hard Output Tune Optional on/off here
           data=SiSU_EPUB_Tune::Output.new(data,@md).hard_output
           SiSU_EPUB_Tune::Output.new(data,@md).marshal
         end
diff --git a/lib/sisu/v5/git.rb b/lib/sisu/v5/git.rb
index 73cce507..92322b7c 100644
--- a/lib/sisu/v5/git.rb
+++ b/lib/sisu/v5/git.rb
@@ -81,12 +81,6 @@ module SiSU_Git
         fnt=@opt.fns[m,2]
       end
       git_path_fnb=@env.processing_path.git + '/' + fnb
-      #unless @opt.cmd =~/q/
-      #  @opt.cmd=~/[MVvz]/ \
-      #  ? SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,'Git path',@git_path[:fnb]).green_hi_blue \
-      #  : SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,'Git path',@git_path[:fnb]).green_title_hi
-      #  SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,"Git path","#{@opt.fns} -> #{@git_path[:fnb]}").warn if @opt.cmd =~/[MVv]/
-      #end
       lng=(@md.opt.lng) ? (@md.opt.lng) : (@md.i18n[0])
       @git_path={
         fnb:       git_path_fnb,
@@ -113,11 +107,17 @@ module SiSU_Git
       #if program_found?
       #  git_commit
       #end
-      unless @opt.cmd =~/q/
-        @opt.cmd=~/[MVvz]/ \
-        ? SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,'Git path',@git_path[:fnb]).green_hi_blue
-        : SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,'Git path',@git_path[:fnb]).green_title_hi
-        SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,"Git path","#{@opt.fns} -> #{@git_path[:fnb]}").warn if @opt.cmd =~/[MVv]/
+      unless @opt.act[:quiet][:set]==:on
+        (@opt.act[:verbose][:set]==:on \
+        || @opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on \
+        || @opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on) \
+        ? SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],'Git path',@git_path[:fnb]).green_hi_blue
+        : SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],'Git path',@git_path[:fnb]).green_title_hi
+        if (@opt.act[:verbose][:set]==:on \
+        || @opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on \
+        || @opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on)
+          SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],"Git path","#{@opt.fns} -> #{@git_path[:fnb]}").warn
+        end
       end
     end
     def program_found?
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ module SiSU_Git
       def locate_parse_file
         composite_src=@opt.fns=~/\.ssm$/ ? true : false
         if composite_src \
-        and @opt.cmd.inspect !~/m/
+        and not @opt.act[:dal][:set]==:on
           ##SiSU_Assemble::Composite.new(@opt).read
           #SiSU_DAL::Source.new(@opt).read                                         # -m
           "#{@env.processing_path.composite_file}/#{@opt.fnb}.ssm.sst"
diff --git a/lib/sisu/v5/harvest.rb b/lib/sisu/v5/harvest.rb
index ffcb6aa3..8ff7cc31 100644
--- a/lib/sisu/v5/harvest.rb
+++ b/lib/sisu/v5/harvest.rb
@@ -100,10 +100,10 @@ WOK
     def cases(opt,env)
       case opt.mod.inspect
       when/--harvest/i
-        css(opt) if opt.cmd.inspect =~/M/
+        css(opt) if @opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on
         SiSU_HarvestAuthors::Songsheet.new(opt,env).songsheet
         SiSU_HarvestTopics::Songsheet.new(opt,env).songsheet
-        if opt.cmd.inspect =~/R/
+        if @opt.act[:rsync][:set]==:on
           require_relative 'remote'                         # remote.rb
           SiSU_Remote::Put.new(opt).rsync_harvest
         end
diff --git a/lib/sisu/v5/harvest_authors.rb b/lib/sisu/v5/harvest_authors.rb
index c78971e4..a442df0c 100644
--- a/lib/sisu/v5/harvest_authors.rb
+++ b/lib/sisu/v5/harvest_authors.rb
@@ -197,8 +197,11 @@ module SiSU_HarvestAuthors
           file="#{harvest_pth}/authors.#{lng}.html"
         end
         FileUtils::mkdir_p(harvest_pth) unless FileTest.directory?(harvest_pth)
-        fileinfo=(@opt.cmd =~/[vVM]/) ? ("file://#{file}") : ''
-        SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,"harvest authors (#{@opt.files.length} files)",fileinfo).dark_grey_title_hi unless @opt.cmd =~/q/
+        fileinfo=(@opt.act[:verbose][:set]==:on \
+        || @opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on \
+        || @opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on) \
+        ? ("file://#{file}") : ''
+        SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],"harvest authors (#{@opt.files.length} files)",fileinfo).dark_grey_title_hi unless @opt.act[:quiet][:set]==:on
         @output[lng][:html]=File.new(file,'w')
       end
     end
@@ -293,7 +296,7 @@ WOK
       end
       def html_head
         @the_idx.keys.each do |lng|
-          @output[lng][:html_mnt] << html_head_adjust(lng,'maintenance') if @opt.cmd.inspect =~/M/
+          @output[lng][:html_mnt] << html_head_adjust(lng,'maintenance') if @opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on
           @output[lng][:html] << html_head_adjust(lng)
         end
       end
@@ -307,7 +310,7 @@ WOK
         end
         a=a.join
         @the_idx.keys.each do |lng|
-          @output[lng][:html_mnt] << a if @opt.cmd.inspect =~/M/
+          @output[lng][:html_mnt] << a if @opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on
           @output[lng][:html] << a
         end
       end
diff --git a/lib/sisu/v5/harvest_topics.rb b/lib/sisu/v5/harvest_topics.rb
index eef5a2e2..bb2d7959 100644
--- a/lib/sisu/v5/harvest_topics.rb
+++ b/lib/sisu/v5/harvest_topics.rb
@@ -150,7 +150,10 @@ module SiSU_HarvestTopics
         else { filename: filename, file: file, rough_idx: @idx_list, title: @fulltitle, author: creator, page: page, lang: lang  }
         end
       else
-        p "missing required field in #{@filename} - [title]: <<#{@title}>>; [author]: <<#{@author_format}>>; [idx]: <<#{@idx_list}>>" if @opt.cmd.inspect =~/[VM]/
+        if (@opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on \
+        || @opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on)
+          p "missing required field in #{@filename} - [title]: <<#{@title}>>; [author]: <<#{@author_format}>>; [idx]: <<#{@idx_list}>>"
+        end
       end
       idx_array[lang]=idx_array[lang].flatten
       idx_array
@@ -472,10 +475,14 @@ module SiSU_HarvestTopics
           file="#{harvest_pth}/topics.#{lng}.html"
         end
         FileUtils::mkdir_p(harvest_pth) unless FileTest.directory?(harvest_pth)
-        fileinfo=(@opt.cmd =~/[vVM]/) ? ("file://#{file}") : ''
-        SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,"harvest topics(#{@opt.files.length} files)",fileinfo).dark_grey_title_hi unless @opt.cmd =~/q/
+        fileinfo=(@opt.act[:verbose][:set]==:on \
+        || @opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on \
+        || @opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on) \
+        ? ("file://#{file}")
+        : ''
+        SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],"harvest topics(#{@opt.files.length} files)",fileinfo).dark_grey_title_hi unless @opt.act[:quiet][:set]==:on
         @output[lng][:html]=File.new(file,'w')
-        if @opt.cmd.inspect =~/[M]/
+        if @opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on
           @output[lng][:html_mnt]=File.new("#{@env.path.pwd}/topics.html",'w')
         end
       end
@@ -651,7 +658,7 @@ WOK
       end
       def html_head
         @the_idx.keys.each do |lng|
-          @output[lng][:html_mnt] << html_head_adjust(lng,'maintenance') if @opt.cmd.inspect =~/M/
+          @output[lng][:html_mnt] << html_head_adjust(lng,'maintenance') if @opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on
           @output[lng][:html] << html_head_adjust(lng)
         end
       end
@@ -665,7 +672,7 @@ WOK
         end
         a=a.join
         @the_idx.keys.each do |lng|
-          @output[lng][:html_mnt] << a if @opt.cmd.inspect =~/M/
+          @output[lng][:html_mnt] << a if @opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on
           @output[lng][:html] << a
         end
       end
diff --git a/lib/sisu/v5/html.rb b/lib/sisu/v5/html.rb
index f0b22285..f1abe6c0 100644
--- a/lib/sisu/v5/html.rb
+++ b/lib/sisu/v5/html.rb
@@ -95,14 +95,21 @@ module SiSU_HTML
         primary_output_file=(@opt.act[:html_seg][:set]==:on) \
         ? (@md.file.output_path.html_seg.dir + '/' + @md.file.base_filename.html_segtoc)
         : (@md.file.output_path.html_scroll.dir + '/' + @md.file.base_filename.html_scroll)
-        unless @opt.cmd =~/q/
-          tool=(@opt.cmd =~/[MVvz]/) \
+        unless @opt.act[:quiet][:set]==:on
+          tool=(@opt.act[:verbose][:set]==:on \
+          || @opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on \
+          || @opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on) \
           ? ("#{@env.program.web_browser} file://#{primary_output_file}")
           : ("[#{@opt.f_pth[:lng_is]}] #{@opt.fno}")
-          @opt.cmd=~/[MVvz]/ \
-          ? SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,'HTML',tool).green_hi_blue
-          : SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,'HTML',tool).green_title_hi
-          SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,@opt.fns,"file://#{primary_output_file}").flow if @opt.cmd =~/[MV]/
+          (@opt.act[:verbose][:set]==:on \
+          || @opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on \
+          || @opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on) \
+          ? SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],'HTML',tool).green_hi_blue
+          : SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],'HTML',tool).green_title_hi
+          if (@opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on \
+          || @opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on)
+            SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],@opt.fns,"file://#{primary_output_file}").flow
+          end
         end
         data=nil
         tuned_file_array=SiSU_HTML::Source::HTML_Environment.new(@particulars).tuned_file_instructions
@@ -128,7 +135,8 @@ module SiSU_HTML
           __LINE__.to_s + ':' + __FILE__
         end
       ensure
-        unless @opt.cmd =~/[MV]/ #check maintenance flag
+        unless (@opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on \
+        || @opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on)
           texfiles=Dir["#{@env.processing_path.tune}/#{@opt.fns}*"]
           texfiles.each do |f|
             if FileTest.file?(f)
@@ -153,7 +161,7 @@ module SiSU_HTML
         @env,@css=particulars.env,SiSU_Style::CSS.new
       end
       def tuned_file_instructions
-        @tell=SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@md.opt.cmd)
+        @tell=SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@md.opt.act[:color_state][:set])
         dal_array=@particulars.dal_array # dal file drawn here
         tuned_file_array=SiSU_HTML_Tune::Tune.new(dal_array,@md).songsheet
         tuned_file_array
@@ -232,10 +240,14 @@ module SiSU_HTML
       def initialize(md=nil,data='')
         @data,@md=data,md
         @vz=SiSU_Viz::Defaults.new
-        @tell=SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@md.opt.cmd) if @md
+        @tell=SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@md.opt.act[:color_state][:set]) if @md
       end
       def songsheet #extracts toc for scroll & seg
-        SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@md.opt.cmd,'Toc').txt_grey if @md.opt.cmd =~/[MVv]/
+        if (@md.opt.act[:verbose][:set]==:on \
+        || @md.opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on \
+        || @md.opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on)
+          SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@md.opt.act[:color_state][:set],'Toc').txt_grey
+        end
         toc=nil
         @@firstseg=nil
         @@toc={ seg: [], seg_mini: [], scr: [] }
@@ -543,7 +555,11 @@ WOK
       def in_common
         toc_shared=[]
         @segtoc=[]
-        SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@md.opt.cmd,'Scroll & Segtoc').txt_grey if @md.opt.cmd =~/[MVv]/
+        if (@md.opt.act[:verbose][:set]==:on \
+        || @md.opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on \
+        || @md.opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on)
+          SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@md.opt.act[:color_state][:set],'Scroll & Segtoc').txt_grey
+        end
         format_head_toc=SiSU_HTML_Format::HeadToc.new(@md)
         dochead=format_head_toc.head
         dochead=dochead.gsub(/toc\.(html)/,'doc.\1') #kludge
diff --git a/lib/sisu/v5/html_format.rb b/lib/sisu/v5/html_format.rb
index aee090cd..c087f1ec 100644
--- a/lib/sisu/v5/html_format.rb
+++ b/lib/sisu/v5/html_format.rb
@@ -911,7 +911,7 @@ WOK
         @ocn=((defined? t_o.ocn) ? t_o.ocn.to_s : nil)
         @headname=((t_o.is==:heading and defined? t_o.name) ? t_o.name : nil)
       else
-        if @md.opt.cmd =~/M/
+        if @md.opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on
           p t_o.class
           p caller
         end
diff --git a/lib/sisu/v5/html_minitoc.rb b/lib/sisu/v5/html_minitoc.rb
index c59537d9..71128c2f 100644
--- a/lib/sisu/v5/html_minitoc.rb
+++ b/lib/sisu/v5/html_minitoc.rb
@@ -70,10 +70,14 @@
       def initialize(md,data)
         @md,@data=md,data
         @pat_strip_heading_name=/<a name="h?\d.*?">(.+?)<\/a>/
-        @tell=SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@md.opt.cmd) if @md
+        @tell=SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@md.opt.act[:color_state][:set]) if @md
       end
       def songsheet
-        SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@md.opt.cmd,'Toc').txt_grey if @md.opt.cmd =~/[MVv]/
+        if (@md.opt.act[:verbose][:set]==:on \
+        || @md.opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on \
+        || @md.opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on)
+          SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@md.opt.act[:color_state][:set],'Toc').txt_grey
+        end
         toc=nil
         @toc=[]
         @data.each do |txt|
diff --git a/lib/sisu/v5/html_promo.rb b/lib/sisu/v5/html_promo.rb
index cd57e5fd..8b26a689 100644
--- a/lib/sisu/v5/html_promo.rb
+++ b/lib/sisu/v5/html_promo.rb
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ WOK
           end
         end
       else
-        SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@md.opt.cmd,"*WARN* category not found: #{category}").warn unless @md.opt.cmd =~/q/
+        SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@md.opt.act[:color_state][:set],"*WARN* category not found: #{category}").warn unless @md.opt.act[:quiet][:set]==:on
       end
       adverts.join
     end
diff --git a/lib/sisu/v5/html_segments.rb b/lib/sisu/v5/html_segments.rb
index 8d7ec675..79dda0e2 100644
--- a/lib/sisu/v5/html_segments.rb
+++ b/lib/sisu/v5/html_segments.rb
@@ -206,7 +206,11 @@ module SiSU_HTML_Seg
       @@seg_name_html=@@seg_name
       @@seg_total=@@seg_name.length
       testforartnum=@@seg_name_html
-      SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@md.opt.cmd,@@seg_name.length).segmented if @md.opt.cmd =~/[MVv]/
+      if (@md.opt.act[:verbose][:set]==:on \
+      || @md.opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on \
+      || @md.opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on)
+        SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@md.opt.act[:color_state][:set],@@seg_name.length).segmented
+      end
       map_nametags=SiSU_Particulars::CombinedSingleton.instance.get_map_nametags(@md).nametags_map #p map_nametags
       data.each do |dob|
         if defined? dob.obj \
diff --git a/lib/sisu/v5/html_tune.rb b/lib/sisu/v5/html_tune.rb
index ceadcf50..8ed292c7 100644
--- a/lib/sisu/v5/html_tune.rb
+++ b/lib/sisu/v5/html_tune.rb
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ module SiSU_HTML_Tune
     def initialize(data,md)
       @data,@md=data,md
       @file=SiSU_Env::InfoFile.new(@md.fns)
-      @cX=SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@md.opt.cmd).cX
+      @cX=SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@md.opt.act[:color_state][:set]).cX
     end
     def hard_output
       @filename_tune=@file.write_file_processing.html_tune
@@ -124,11 +124,15 @@ module SiSU_HTML_Tune
     end
     def songsheet
       begin
-        @cX=SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@md.opt.cmd).cX
-        SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@md.opt.cmd,'Tune').txt_grey if @md.opt.cmd =~/[MVv]/
+        @cX=SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@md.opt.act[:color_state][:set]).cX
+        if (@md.opt.act[:verbose][:set]==:on \
+        || @md.opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on \
+        || @md.opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on)
+          SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@md.opt.act[:color_state][:set],'Tune').txt_grey
+        end
         songsheet_array(@data)
         #data=songsheet_array(@data)
-        if @md.opt.cmd =~/M/  #Hard Output Tune Optional on/off here
+        if @md.opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on #Hard Output Tune Optional on/off here
           SiSU_HTML_Tune::Output.new(@data,@md).hard_output
           SiSU_HTML_Tune::Output.new(@data,@md).marshal
         end
diff --git a/lib/sisu/v5/hub.rb b/lib/sisu/v5/hub.rb
index fcbaa67a..6893e2ad 100644
--- a/lib/sisu/v5/hub.rb
+++ b/lib/sisu/v5/hub.rb
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ module SiSU
         end
       end
       if files_translated_idx.flatten.length > 1
-      SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,'Manifest re-run on (currently generated) translated files',"").grey_title_hi unless @opt.act[:quiet][:set] ==:on
+      SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],'Manifest re-run on (currently generated) translated files',"").grey_title_hi unless @opt.act[:quiet][:set] ==:on
         files_translated_idx.flatten.each do |i|
           @opt.fns=@opt.files[i]
           @opt.f_pth=@opt.f_pths[i]
@@ -291,74 +291,74 @@ module SiSU
           end
         end
         if @opt.act[:qrcode][:set]==:on                #% --qrcode, -Q
-          require_relative 'qrcode'                    # -Q     qrcode.rb
+          require_relative 'qrcode'                    #  qrcode.rb
           SiSU_QRcode::Source.new(@opt).read
         end
         if @opt.act[:hash_digests][:set]==:on          #% --hash-digests, -N digest tree
-          require_relative 'digests'                   # -N     digests.rb
+          require_relative 'digests'                   #  digests.rb
           SiSU_DigestView::Source.new(@opt).read
         end
         if @opt.act[:txt][:set]==:on                   #% --txt, -t -a
-          require_relative 'plaintext'                 # -t -a  plaintext.rb
+          require_relative 'plaintext'                 #  plaintext.rb
           SiSU_Plaintext::Source.new(@opt).read
         end
-        if @opt.act[:html][:set]==:on                  #% --html, -h
-          require_relative 'html'                      # -h -H  html.rb
+        if @opt.act[:html][:set]==:on                  #% --html, -h -H
+          require_relative 'html'                      #  html.rb
           SiSU_HTML::Source.new(@opt).read
         else
-          if @opt.act[:html_seg][:set]==:on            #% --html-seg
-            require_relative 'html'                    # -h -H  html.rb
+          if @opt.act[:html_seg][:set]==:on            #% --html-seg (-h -H)
+            require_relative 'html'                    #  html.rb
             SiSU_HTML::Source.new(@opt).read
           end
-          if @opt.act[:html_scroll][:set]==:on         #% --html-scroll
-            require_relative 'html'                    # -h -H  html.rb
+          if @opt.act[:html_scroll][:set]==:on         #% --html-scroll (-h -H)
+            require_relative 'html'                    #  html.rb
             SiSU_HTML::Source.new(@opt).read
           end
         end
         if @opt.act[:concordance][:set]==:on           #% --concordance, -w
-          require_relative 'concordance'               # -w     concordance.rb
+          require_relative 'concordance'               #  concordance.rb
           SiSU_Concordance::Source.new(@opt).read
         end
         if @opt.act[:epub][:set]==:on                  #% --epub, -e
-          require_relative 'epub'                      # -e     epub.rb
+          require_relative 'epub'                      #  epub.rb
           SiSU_EPUB::Source.new(@opt).read
         end
         if @opt.act[:odt][:set]==:on                   #% --odt, -o opendocument
-          require_relative 'odf'                       # -o     odf.rb
+          require_relative 'odf'                       #  odf.rb
           SiSU_ODF::Source.new(@opt).read
         end
         if @opt.act[:xhtml][:set]==:on                 #% --xhtml, -b xhtml
-          require_relative 'xhtml'                     # -b     xhtml.rb
+          require_relative 'xhtml'                     #  xhtml.rb
           SiSU_XHTML::Source.new(@opt).read
         end
         if @opt.act[:xml_sax][:set]==:on               #% --xml-sax, -x xml sax type
-          require_relative 'xml'                       # -x     xml.rb
+          require_relative 'xml'                       #  xml.rb
           SiSU_XML_SAX::Source.new(@opt).read
         end
         if @opt.act[:xml_dom][:set]==:on               #% --xml-dom, -X xml dom type
-          require_relative 'xml_dom'                   # -X     xml_dom.rb
+          require_relative 'xml_dom'                   #  xml_dom.rb
           SiSU_XML_DOM::Source.new(@opt).read
         end
         if @opt.act[:pdf][:set]==:on \
         or @opt.act[:pdf_p][:set]==:on \
         or @opt.act[:pdf_l][:set]==:on                 #% --pdf-l --pdf, -p latex/ texpdf
-          require_relative 'texpdf'                    # -p     texpdf.rb
+          require_relative 'texpdf'                    #  texpdf.rb
           SiSU_TeX::Source.new(@opt).read
         end
         if @opt.act[:manpage][:set]==:on               #% --manpage, -i
-          require_relative 'manpage'                   # -i     manpage.rb
+          require_relative 'manpage'                   #  manpage.rb
           SiSU_Manpage::Source.new(@opt).read
         end
         if @opt.act[:texinfo][:set]==:on               #% --texinfo, -I
-          require_relative 'texinfo'                   # -I     texinfo.rb
+          require_relative 'texinfo'                   #  texinfo.rb
           SiSU_TexInfo::Source.new(@opt).read
         end
         if @opt.act[:sqlite_discrete][:set]==:on       #% --sqlite, -d DB sqlite
-          require_relative 'dbi_discrete'              # -d dbi_discrete.rb
+          require_relative 'dbi_discrete'              #  dbi_discrete.rb
           SiSU_DBI_Discrete::SQL.new(@opt).build
         end
         if @opt.act[:manifest][:set]==:on              #% --manifest, -y
-          require_relative 'manifest'                  # -y     manifest.rb
+          require_relative 'manifest'                  #  manifest.rb
           ((@opt.act[:sisupod][:set]==:on \
           || @opt.act[:share_source][:set]==:on) \
           && @opt.files.length < 2 ) \
@@ -388,7 +388,6 @@ module SiSU
             SiSU_Source::SiSUpodSource.new(@opt).read
           end
           if @opt.act[:share_source][:set]==:on
-#REDO
             require_relative 'share_src'               # -s     share_src.rb
             begin
             ensure
@@ -431,7 +430,7 @@ module SiSU
           end
         ensure
           path_pod=@env.processing_path.processing_sisupod(@opt).paths
-          unless @opt.cmd =~/M/
+          unless @opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on
             FileUtils::rm_rf("#{path_pod[:sisupod]}/*") if FileTest.directory?(path_pod[:sisupod])
           end
         end
@@ -512,13 +511,13 @@ module SiSU
       end
     end
     def do_initialization
-      @cX=SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd).cX
+      @cX=SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set]).cX
       SiSU_Env::InfoProcessingFlag.new
-      if @opt.act[:version_info][:set]==:on              #% version information
+      if @opt.act[:version_info][:set]==:on            #% version information
         SiSU_Env::InfoAbout.new(@opt).sisu_version
       end
       if @opt.act[:dal][:set]==:on \
-      or @opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on               #% --maintenance, -m for -C
+      or @opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on             #% --maintenance, -m for -C
         path={}
         path[:css]=@@env.path.output + '/_sisu/css'
         path[:xml]=@@env.path.output + '/_sisu/xml'
@@ -563,10 +562,10 @@ module SiSU
           end
         end
       end
-      if @opt.act[:sample_search_form][:set]==:on        #% --sample-search-form, -F cgi sample search form
+      if @opt.act[:sample_search_form][:set]==:on      #% --sample-search-form, -F cgi sample search form
         SiSU::Operations.new(@opt).cgi
       end
-      if @opt.act[:webrick][:set]==:on                   #% --webrick, -W webrick
+      if @opt.act[:webrick][:set]==:on                 #% --webrick, -W webrick
         SiSU::Operations.new(@opt).webrick
       end
       if @opt.act[:dal][:set]==:on
@@ -668,7 +667,7 @@ module SiSU
           SiSU_DBI::SQL.new(@opt).connect
         end
       elsif action_on_file_ == :true \
-      or (
+      or (                                            #% --->
         @opt.cmd =~/^-/ \
         and @opt.cmd =~/([abCcDdeFGgHhIjikLMmNnoPpQqRrSsTtUuVvWwXxYyZ_0-9])/ \
         and @opt.mod.inspect !~/--(?:sitemaps|query|identify)/ \
@@ -678,8 +677,18 @@ module SiSU
         if action_on_file_ == :true \
         and @opt.files.length > 0
           do_loops
-          @msg,@msgs="\tsisu -W [to start ruby web-server on output directory]\n",nil if @opt.cmd =~/[vVM]/
-          @tell.call.print_brown if @opt.cmd =~/[uUvVM]/ unless @opt.files.join.empty?
+          if (@opt.act[:verbose][:set]==:on \
+          || @opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on \
+          || @opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on)
+            @msg,@msgs="\tsisu -W [to start ruby web-server on output directory]\n",nil
+          end
+          if (@opt.act[:verbose][:set]==:on \
+          || @opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on \
+          || @opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on \
+          || @opt.act[:urls_selected][:set]==:on \
+          || @opt.act[:urls_all][:set]==:on)
+            @tell.call.print_brown unless @opt.files.join.empty?
+          end
           if defined? @@env.processing_path.processing \
           and @@env.user \
           and FileTest.directory?(@@env.processing_path.processing) \
@@ -691,7 +700,10 @@ module SiSU
         elsif action_on_file_ == :true \
         and @opt.files.length == 0
           STDERR.puts %{requested action requires valid sisu markup file [filename (.sst .ssm)] or wildcard (that includes a valid filename)}
-          SiSU_Utils::CodeMarker.new(__LINE__,__FILE__).mark(:fuchsia) if @opt.cmd =~/[MV]/
+          if (@opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on \
+          || @opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on)
+            SiSU_Utils::CodeMarker.new(__LINE__,__FILE__).mark(:fuchsia)
+          end
         end
       elsif @opt.mod.inspect =~/--query/
         require_relative 'sst_identify_markup'          # sst_identify_markup.rb
@@ -727,7 +739,7 @@ module SiSU
           if @opt.fns =~/\.ssm\.sst$/ \
           and @opt.cmd !~/[S_M]/ # rework necessry, revist, the _ flag is a hack, to keep ._sst files
             @msg,@msgs='temporary file removed',nil
-            @tell.call.warn unless @opt.cmd =~/V/
+            @tell.call.warn unless @opt.act[:quiet][:set]==:on
             File.unlink(@opt.fns) if File.exist?(@opt.fns) #CONSIDER
           end
         else                          #SiSU::Operations.new(fns,'html').not_found
diff --git a/lib/sisu/v5/manifest.rb b/lib/sisu/v5/manifest.rb
index a8e6bb25..071959c7 100644
--- a/lib/sisu/v5/manifest.rb
+++ b/lib/sisu/v5/manifest.rb
@@ -86,12 +86,17 @@ module SiSU_Manifest
         xbrowser=@env.program.web_browser
         browser=@env.program.console_web_browser
 #       webserv_url=@env.path.url.output_tell #fix in sysenv
-        unless @opt.cmd =~/q/
+        unless @opt.act[:quiet][:set]==:on
           url_html="file://#{@md.file.output_path.manifest.dir}/#{@md.file.base_filename.manifest}"
-          @opt.cmd=~/[MVvz]/ \
-          ? SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,'Manifest',"#{xbrowser} #{url_html}").green_hi_blue
-          : SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,'Manifest',"[#{@opt.f_pth[:lng_is]}]", "#{url_html}").grey_title_grey_blue
-          SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,"#{browser} #{url_html}").grey_tab if @opt.cmd =~/v/i
+          (@opt.act[:verbose][:set]==:on \
+          || @opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on \
+          || @opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on) \
+          ? SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],'Manifest',"#{xbrowser} #{url_html}").green_hi_blue
+          : SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],'Manifest',"[#{@opt.f_pth[:lng_is]}]", "#{url_html}").grey_title_grey_blue
+          if (@md.opt.act[:verbose][:set]==:on \
+          || @md.opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on)
+            SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],"#{browser} #{url_html}").grey_tab
+          end
         end
         data=SiSU_HTML::Source::HTML_Environment.new(@particulars).tuned_file_instructions
         SiSU_Manifest::Source::Output.new(@md).check_output(data)
@@ -162,7 +167,11 @@ module SiSU_Manifest
         dgst=(@dg =~/^sha(?:2|256)$/) \
         ? sys.sha256("#{pth}/#{file}")
         : sys.md5("#{pth}/#{file}")
-        SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@md.opt.cmd,"#{dgst[1]} #{file}").warn if @md.opt.cmd =~/[vVM]/
+        if (@md.opt.act[:verbose][:set]==:on \
+        || @md.opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on \
+        || @md.opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on)
+          SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@md.opt.act[:color_state][:set],"#{dgst[1]} #{file}").warn
+        end
         size=(File.size("#{pth}/#{file}")/1024.00).to_s
         kb=/([0-9]+\.[0-9]{0,1})/m.match(size)[1]
         @manifest[:txt] << "#{file} #{id} #{kb}\n"
diff --git a/lib/sisu/v5/manpage.rb b/lib/sisu/v5/manpage.rb
index dc0d6203..3e430b55 100644
--- a/lib/sisu/v5/manpage.rb
+++ b/lib/sisu/v5/manpage.rb
@@ -85,14 +85,21 @@ module SiSU_Manpage
       begin
         @md=SiSU_Param::Parameters.new(@opt).get
         @env=SiSU_Env::InfoEnv.new(@opt.fns)
-        tool=(@opt.cmd =~/[MVv]/) \
+        tool=(@opt.act[:verbose][:set]==:on \
+        || @opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on \
+        || @opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on) \
         ?  "#{@env.program.text_editor} #{@md.file.output_path.manpage.dir}/#{@md.file.base_filename.manpage}"
         : "[#{@opt.f_pth[:lng_is]}] #{@opt.fno}"
-        @opt.cmd=~/[MVvz]/ \
+        (@opt.act[:verbose][:set]==:on \
+        || @opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on \
+        || @opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on) \
         && @opt.cmd !~/q/ \
-        ? SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,'Manpage',tool).green_hi_blue
-        : SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,'Manpage',tool).green_title_hi
-        SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,@opt.fns,"#{@md.file.output_path.manpage.dir}/#{@md.file.base_filename.manpage}").flow if @opt.cmd =~/[MV]/
+        ? SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],'Manpage',tool).green_hi_blue
+        : SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],'Manpage',tool).green_title_hi
+        if (@opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on \
+        || @opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on)
+          SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],@opt.fns,"#{@md.file.output_path.manpage.dir}/#{@md.file.base_filename.manpage}").flow
+        end
         @dal_array=SiSU_DAL::Source.new(@opt).get # dal file drawn here
         SiSU_Manpage::Source::Scroll.new(@md,@dal_array).songsheet
       rescue
diff --git a/lib/sisu/v5/odf.rb b/lib/sisu/v5/odf.rb
index f52d98e1..ae9a09ec 100644
--- a/lib/sisu/v5/odf.rb
+++ b/lib/sisu/v5/odf.rb
@@ -82,14 +82,21 @@ module SiSU_ODF
     def read
       begin
         @md,@env,@dal_array=@particulars.md,@particulars.env,@particulars.dal_array
-        unless @opt.cmd =~/q/
-          tool=(@opt.cmd =~/[MVv]/) \
+        unless  @opt.act[:quiet][:set]==:on
+          tool=(@opt.act[:verbose][:set]==:on \
+          || @opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on \
+          || @opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on) \
           ? "#{@env.program.odf_viewer} file://#{@md.file.output_path.odt.dir}/#{@md.file.base_filename.odt}"
           : "[#{@opt.f_pth[:lng_is]}] #{@opt.fno}"
-          @opt.cmd=~/[MVvz]/ \
-          ? SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,'Opendocument (ODF:ODT)',tool).green_hi_blue
-          : SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,'Opendocument (ODF:ODT)',tool).green_title_hi
-          SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,@opt.fns,"file://#{@md.file.output_path.odt.dir}/#{@md.file.base_filename.odt}").flow if @opt.cmd =~/[MV]/
+          (@opt.act[:verbose][:set]==:on \
+          || @opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on \
+          || @opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on) \
+          ? SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],'Opendocument (ODF:ODT)',tool).green_hi_blue
+          : SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],'Opendocument (ODF:ODT)',tool).green_title_hi
+          if (@opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on \
+          || @opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on)
+            SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],@opt.fns,"file://#{@md.file.output_path.odt.dir}/#{@md.file.base_filename.odt}").flow
+          end
         end
         SiSU_ODF::Source::Scroll.new(@particulars).songsheet
       rescue
@@ -112,7 +119,8 @@ module SiSU_ODF
         @vz=SiSU_Viz::Defaults.new
         @tab="\t"
         @brace_url=SiSU_Viz::Defaults.new.url_decoration
-        @br=(@md.opt.cmd =~/M/) ? '' : ''
+        @br=(@md.opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on) \
+        ? '' : ''
         #@br=(@md.opt.cmd =~/M/) ? "\n" : ''
       end
       def songsheet
@@ -121,7 +129,8 @@ module SiSU_ODF
           @data=markup(@dal_array)
           publish
         ensure
-          unless @md.opt.cmd =~/[MV]/ #check maintenance flag
+          unless (@md.opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on \
+          || @md.opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on)
             if @env.processing_path.odt =~/od[ft]/
               #p "rm -r #{@env.processing_path.odt}" if @md.opt.cmd =~/v/
               FileUtils::rm_r(@env.processing_path.odf_pth)
@@ -215,7 +224,7 @@ module SiSU_ODF
           if FileTest.file?("#{img_src}/#{i}")
             img_src
           else
-            SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@md.opt.cmd,"ERROR - image:",%{"#{i}" missing},"search locations: #{@env.path.image_source_include_local},#{@env.path.image_source_include_remote} and #{@env.path.image_source_include}").error2 unless @md.opt.cmd =~/q/
+            SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@md.opt.act[:color_state][:set],"ERROR - image:",%{"#{i}" missing},"search locations: #{@env.path.image_source_include_local},#{@env.path.image_source_include_remote} and #{@env.path.image_source_include}").error2 unless @md.opt.act[:quiet][:set]==:on
             nil
           end
         elsif @md.fns =~/\.ss[tm]$/ \
@@ -228,7 +237,7 @@ module SiSU_ODF
         and FileTest.file?("#{@env.path.image_source_include_remote}/#{i}")
           @env.path.image_source_include_remote
         else
-          SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@md.opt.cmd,"ERROR - image:",%{"#{i}" missing},"search locations: #{@env.path.image_source_include_local},#{@env.path.image_source_include_remote} and #{@env.path.image_source_include}").error2 unless @md.opt.cmd =~/q/
+          SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@md.opt.act[:color_state][:set],"ERROR - image:",%{"#{i}" missing},"search locations: #{@env.path.image_source_include_local},#{@env.path.image_source_include_remote} and #{@env.path.image_source_include}").error2 unless @md.opt.act[:quiet][:set]==:on
           nil
         end
       end
@@ -712,7 +721,7 @@ module SiSU_ODF
   <style:style style:name="Table2.N" style:family="table-column"><style:table-column-properties style:column-width="1.214cm" style:rel-column-width="4681*"/></style:style>
 WOK
           x=x.strip
-          x=x.gsub(/\n+/m,'') unless @md.opt.cmd=~/M/
+          x=x.gsub(/\n+/m,'') unless @md.opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on
           x
         else ''
         end
@@ -730,7 +739,7 @@ WOK
     <text:sequence-decls><text:sequence-decl text:display-outline-level="0" text:name="Illustration"/><text:sequence-decl text:display-outline-level="0" text:name="Table"/><text:sequence-decl text:display-outline-level="0" text:name="Text"/><text:sequence-decl text:display-outline-level="0" text:name="Drawing"/></text:sequence-decls>
 WOK
         x=x.strip
-        x=x.gsub(/\n+/m,'') unless @md.opt.cmd=~/M/
+        x=x.gsub(/\n+/m,'') unless @md.opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on
         @@odf[:head] << x
       end
       def publish
diff --git a/lib/sisu/v5/odf_format.rb b/lib/sisu/v5/odf_format.rb
index 018fba83..d3630df9 100644
--- a/lib/sisu/v5/odf_format.rb
+++ b/lib/sisu/v5/odf_format.rb
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ module SiSU_ODF_Format
 </rdf:RDF>
 WOK
       x=x.strip
-      x=x.gsub(/\n+/m,'') unless @md.opt.cmd=~/M/
+      x=x.gsub(/\n+/m,'') unless @md.opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on
       x
     end
     def meta_inf_manifest_xml(md)
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ WOK
 </manifest:manifest>
 WOK
       x=x.strip
-      x=x.gsub(/\n+/m,'') unless @md.opt.cmd=~/M/
+      x=x.gsub(/\n+/m,'') unless @md.opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on
       x
     end
     def meta_xml
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ WOK
 </office:document-meta>
 WOK
       x=x.strip
-      x=x.gsub(/\n+/m,'') unless @md.opt.cmd=~/M/
+      x=x.gsub(/\n+/m,'') unless @md.opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on
       x
     end
     def settings_xml
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ WOK
 </office:document-settings>
 WOK
       x=x.strip
-      x=x.gsub(/\n+/m,'') unless @md.opt.cmd=~/M/
+      x=x.gsub(/\n+/m,'') unless @md.opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on
       x
     end
     def styles_xml
@@ -632,7 +632,7 @@ WOK
 </office:document-styles>
 WOK
       x=x.strip
-      x=x.gsub(/\n+/m,'') unless @md.opt.cmd=~/M/
+      x=x.gsub(/\n+/m,'') unless @md.opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on
       x
     end
     def mimetype
diff --git a/lib/sisu/v5/options.rb b/lib/sisu/v5/options.rb
index 422762d1..6f23d5a1 100644
--- a/lib/sisu/v5/options.rb
+++ b/lib/sisu/v5/options.rb
@@ -630,38 +630,6 @@ module SiSU_Commandline
         else
           { bool: false, set: :na, inst: nil }
         end
-        act[:verbose]=(cmd =~/v/ \
-        || mod.inspect =~/"--verbose"/) \
-        ? { bool: true, set: :on }
-        : { bool: false, set: :na }
-        act[:version_info]=(cmd =~/[vVM]/ \
-        || mod.inspect =~/"--verbose"|"--maintenance"/) \
-        ? { bool: true, set: :on }
-        : { bool: false, set: :na }
-        act[:quiet]=(cmd =~/q/ \
-        || mod.inspect =~/"--quiet"/) \
-        ? { bool: true, set: :on }
-        : { bool: false, set: :na }
-        act[:color_state]=if mod.inspect =~/"--color-on"|"--color"/
-          { bool: true, set: :on }
-        elsif (cmd =~/k/ \
-        || mod.inspect =~/"--color-off"/)
-          { bool: false, set: :off }
-        else { bool: true, set: :na } #fix default color
-        end
-#       act[:color_toggle]=if cmd =~/c/ \
-#       or mod.inspect =~/"--color-toggle"/
-#         true
-#       else false
-#       end
-        act[:maintenance]=(cmd =~/M/ \
-        || mod.inspect =~/"--maintenance|--keep-processing-files"/) \
-        ? { bool: true, set: :on }
-        : { bool: false, set: :na }
-        act[:profile]=(cmd =~/E/ \
-        || mod.inspect =~/"--profile"/) \
-        ? { bool: true, set: :on }
-        : { bool: false, set: :na }
         act[:switch]=if mod.inspect =~/"--switch-off=/
           off_list=mod.join(';').gsub(/^.*--switch-off=['"]?(.+?)(?:['"];.+)?$/,'\1')
           off_list=off_list.scan(/[^,;\s]+/)
@@ -806,10 +774,6 @@ module SiSU_Commandline
           { bool: false, set: :off }
         else { bool: true, set: :na }
         end
-        act[:dal]=(cmd =~/m/ \
-        || mod.inspect =~/"--dal"/) \
-        ? { bool: true, set: :on }
-        : { bool: false, set: :na }
         act[:html]=if (cmd =~/h/ \
         || mod.inspect =~/"--html"/)
           act[:html_scroll]={ bool: true, set: :on }
@@ -978,7 +942,7 @@ module SiSU_Commandline
         ? { bool: true, set: :on }
         : { bool: false, set: :na }
         act[:rsync]=(cmd =~/R/ \
-        || mod.inspect =~/"--rsync"/) \
+        || mod.inspect =~/"--rsync"|"--remote"/) \
         ? { bool: true, set: :on }
         : { bool: false, set: :na }
         act[:zap]=(cmd =~/Z/ \
@@ -1004,6 +968,141 @@ module SiSU_Commandline
         act[:help]=(mod.inspect =~/"--help/) \
         ? { bool: true, set: :on }
         : { bool: false, set: :na }
+        act[:dal]=if (cmd =~/m/ \
+        || mod.inspect =~/"--dal"/)
+          { bool: true, set: :on }
+        elsif (act[:txt][:set]==:on \
+        || act[:xhtml][:set]==:on \
+        || act[:epub][:set]==:on \
+        || act[:html][:set]==:on \
+        || act[:html_seg][:set]==:on \
+        || act[:html_scroll][:set]==:on \
+        || act[:texinfo][:set]==:on \
+        || act[:manpage][:set]==:on \
+        || act[:hash_digests][:set]==:on \
+        || act[:odt][:set]==:on \
+        || act[:pdf][:set]==:on \
+        || act[:pdf_p][:set]==:on \
+        || act[:pdf_l][:set]==:on \
+        || act[:qrcode][:set]==:on \
+        || act[:share_source][:set]==:on \
+        || act[:sisupod][:set]==:on \
+        || act[:concordance][:set]==:on \
+        || act[:xml_dom][:set]==:on \
+        || act[:xml_sax][:set]==:on )
+          { bool: true, set: :on }
+          #if cmd !~/[mn]/
+          #  extra+=if cmd =~/[abegHhIiLNOoPpQTtwXxyz]/ \
+          #  and cmd !~/[mn]/
+          #    'm'                        #% add dal
+        #elsif (act[:txt][:set]==:on \
+        #  { bool: true, set: :on }
+          #  elsif ((cmd =~/[Dd]/ \
+          #  or (mod.inspect =~/--(?:(?:sq)?lite|pg(?:sql)?)/)) \
+          #  and mod.inspect !~/(?:remove|(?:(?:re)?create(?:all)?|dropall|drop)$)/) \
+          #  and cmd !~/[mn]/
+          #    'm'                        #% add dal
+        else
+          { bool: false, set: :na }
+        end
+        act[:manifest]=if mod.inspect =~/"--inc-manifest"/
+          { bool: true, set: :on }
+        elsif mod.inspect =~/"--(?:exc|no)-manifest"/ \
+        || act[:switch][:off].inspect =~/"manifest"/
+          { bool: false, set: :off }
+        elsif (cmd =~/y/ \
+        || mod.inspect =~/"--manifest"/)
+          { bool: true, set: :on }
+        elsif (act[:txt][:set]==:on \
+        || act[:xhtml][:set]==:on \
+        || act[:epub][:set]==:on \
+        || act[:html][:set]==:on \
+        || act[:html_seg][:set]==:on \
+        || act[:html_scroll][:set]==:on \
+        || act[:texinfo][:set]==:on \
+        || act[:manpage][:set]==:on \
+        || act[:hash_digests][:set]==:on \
+        || act[:odt][:set]==:on \
+        || act[:pdf][:set]==:on \
+        || act[:pdf_p][:set]==:on \
+        || act[:pdf_l][:set]==:on \
+        || act[:qrcode][:set]==:on \
+        || act[:share_source][:set]==:on \
+        || act[:sisupod][:set]==:on \
+        || act[:concordance][:set]==:on \
+        || act[:xml_dom][:set]==:on \
+        || act[:xml_sax][:set]==:on )
+          { bool: true, set: :on }
+          ##      if cmd !~/y/
+          ##        extra+=if cmd =~/[abeHhIiNopQSstwXxz]/ \
+          ##        and cmd !~/y/
+          ##          'ym'                       #% add manifest
+        #elsif (act[:txt][:set]==:on \
+        #  { bool: true, set: :on }
+           #        elsif (cmd =~/[Dd]/ \
+           #        or mod.inspect =~/--(?:(?:sq)?lite|pg(?:sql)?)/) \
+           #        and files[0] !~/^remove$/ \
+           #        and cmd !~/y/
+           #          'ym'                       #% add manifest
+        else { bool: true, set: :na }
+        end
+        act[:console_messages] = ''
+        act[:verbose]=if (cmd =~/v/ \
+        || mod.inspect =~/"--verbose"/)
+          act[:console_messages] << ' --verbose '
+          { bool: true, set: :on }
+        else
+          { bool: false, set: :na }
+        end
+        act[:verbose_plus]=if (cmd =~/V/ \
+        || mod.inspect =~/"--very-verbose"/)
+          act[:console_messages] << ' --very-verbose '
+          { bool: true, set: :on }
+        else
+          { bool: false, set: :na }
+        end
+        act[:version_info]=if (cmd =~/[vVM]/ \
+        || mod.inspect =~/"--verbose"|"--maintenance"/)
+          act[:console_messages] << ' --maintenance '
+          { bool: true, set: :on }
+        else
+          { bool: false, set: :na }
+        end
+        act[:quiet]=if (cmd =~/q/ \
+        || mod.inspect =~/"--quiet"/)
+          act[:console_messages] << ' --quiet '
+          { bool: true, set: :on }
+        else
+          { bool: false, set: :na }
+        end
+        act[:color_state]=if mod.inspect =~/"--color-on"|"--color"/
+          act[:console_messages] << ' --color-on '
+          { bool: true, set: :on }
+        elsif (cmd =~/k/ \
+        || mod.inspect =~/"--color-off"/)
+          act[:console_messages] << ' --color-off '
+          { bool: false, set: :off }
+        else { bool: true, set: :na } #fix default color
+        end
+#       act[:color_toggle]=if cmd =~/c/ \
+#       or mod.inspect =~/"--color-toggle"/
+#         true
+#       else false
+#       end
+        act[:maintenance]=if (cmd =~/M/ \
+        || mod.inspect =~/"--maintenance|--keep-processing-files"/)
+          act[:console_messages] << ' --maintenance '
+          { bool: true, set: :on }
+        else
+          { bool: false, set: :na }
+        end
+        act[:profile]=if (cmd =~/E/ \
+        || mod.inspect =~/"--profile"/)
+          act[:console_messages] << ' --color-off '
+          { bool: true, set: :on }
+        else
+          { bool: false, set: :na }
+        end
         @act=act
       end
     end
@@ -1072,6 +1171,6 @@ module SiSU_Commandline
   end
 end
 __END__
-note usually named @opt is carried in Param usually as @md @opt is a subset of
-@md where @md is passed, contents of @opt are available as @md.opt passing @opt
-as well is duplication check for fns & fnb
+note usually named @opt is carried in Param (usually as @md.opt), @opt is a
+subset of @md where @md is passed, contents of @opt are available as @md.opt
+passing @opt as well is duplication check for fns & fnb
diff --git a/lib/sisu/v5/param.rb b/lib/sisu/v5/param.rb
index 0720f943..e8144a5e 100644
--- a/lib/sisu/v5/param.rb
+++ b/lib/sisu/v5/param.rb
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ module SiSU_Param
     @@md=@@fns=@@pth=nil
     def initialize(opt)
       @opt=opt
-      @cX||=SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(opt.cmd)
+      @cX||=SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set])
       @cmd,@mod=opt.cmd,opt.mod
       @fns=if @opt.cmd =~/P/ #revisit CHECK
         opt.fns
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ module SiSU_Param
         @@md=nil
       end
       if @@md.nil? \
-      or @opt.cmd =~/M/ #not particularly helpful, as current cycle is through output types, with files changing, only helpful if deal with a file all output types before going to next file
+      or @opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on #not particularly helpful, as current cycle is through output types, with files changing, only helpful if deal with a file all output types before going to next file
         if File.exist?(@pstorefile)
           param_msg='Parameters from pstore'
           store=PStore.new(@pstorefile)
@@ -120,7 +120,11 @@ module SiSU_Param
           @md
         end
         if defined? @md.title.main # on removal check problems with -U
-          SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,param_msg,@md.title.main).txt_grey if @opt.cmd =~/[MVv]/
+          if (@opt.act[:verbose][:set]==:on \
+          || @opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on \
+          || @opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on)
+            SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],param_msg,@md.title.main).txt_grey
+          end
         end
         @@md=@md
       else @@md
@@ -178,7 +182,7 @@ module SiSU_Param
           STDERR.puts "#{n} is #{s.class}: programming error, String expected #{__FILE__}:#{__LINE__}"
           s
         else
-          SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new('v',"*WARN* #{n} length #{s.length} exceeds set db field length #{l}, metadata dropped",@opt.fns).warn unless @opt.cmd =~/q/
+          SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new('v',"*WARN* #{n} length #{s.length} exceeds set db field length #{l}, metadata dropped",@opt.fns).warn unless @opt.act[:quiet][:set]==:on
           nil
         end
       end
@@ -499,7 +503,7 @@ module SiSU_Param
             elsif @h['main']
               @h['main']
             else
-              SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,'WARNING Document Copyright missing; provide @rights: :copyright:').warn unless @opt.cmd =~/q/
+              SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],'WARNING Document Copyright missing; provide @rights: :copyright:').warn unless @opt.act[:quiet][:set]==:on
               ''
             end
             l,n=Db[:col_info_note],'rights.copyright.text'
@@ -598,7 +602,7 @@ module SiSU_Param
               s +='\\\\ License: ' + copyright.license
             end
             if s.empty?
-              SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,'WARNING Document Rights information missing; provide @rights: :copyright:').warn unless @opt.cmd =~/q/
+              SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],'WARNING Document Rights information missing; provide @rights: :copyright:').warn unless @opt.act[:quiet][:set]==:on
             else
               l,n=Db[:col_info_note],'rights.all'
               validate_length(s,l,n)
@@ -894,7 +898,10 @@ module SiSU_Param
         @prog=SiSU_Env::InfoSettings.new
         @sys=SiSU_Env::SystemCall.new
         @env=SiSU_Env::InfoEnv.new(@fns) #watch
-        puts 'system locale: ' + @sys.locale if @opt.cmd =~/[MV]/
+        if (@opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on \
+        || @opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on)
+          puts 'system locale: ' + @sys.locale
+        end
         if @prog.wc \
         and @sys.wc
           wc=%x{wc #{fns}}
@@ -1104,7 +1111,7 @@ module SiSU_Param
               ? " #{@creator.author}"
               : ''
               title=%{"#{@title.full.gsub(/(<p>|<p \/>|<br>|<br \/>)/,'')}",}
-              SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,'Parameters',%{#{title}#{creator}}).txt_grey if @opt.cmd =~/v/
+              SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],'Parameters',%{#{title}#{creator}}).txt_grey if @opt.act[:verbose][:set]==:on
             end
             if not @book_idx \
             and para =~/^=\{(.+?)\}\s*$/
@@ -1163,8 +1170,9 @@ module SiSU_Param
           end
         end                                                                    #% here endeth the document loop
         unless @make
-          if @opt.cmd =~/[VM]/
-            SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,'@make:','header absent').warn
+          if (@opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on \
+          || @opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on)
+            SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],'@make:','header absent').warn
           end
           @make=SiSU_Param::Parameters::MdMake.new('@make: ',@opt,@env).make
         end
@@ -1295,13 +1303,13 @@ module SiSU_Param
         if @en[:note] > 0 \
         and @en[:sum] > 0
           if @en[:sum] > 0
-          else SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,'*WARN* both endnote styles used',"~{ #{@en[:sum]} }~ and ^~ #{@en[:mark]}").warn if @opt.cmd !~/q/
+          else SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],'*WARN* both endnote styles used',"~{ #{@en[:sum]} }~ and ^~ #{@en[:mark]}").warn unless @opt.act[:unless][:set]==:on
           end
         end
         if @en[:mark] != @en[:note] \
         and @en[:note] > 0
           @en[:mismatch]=@en[:note] - @en[:mark]
-          SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,'*WARN* endnote number mismatch',"endnotes: #{@en[:note]} != endnote reference marks: #{@en[:mark]} (difference = #{@en[:mismatch]})").warn if @opt.cmd !~/q/
+          SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],'*WARN* endnote number mismatch',"endnotes: #{@en[:note]} != endnote reference marks: #{@en[:mark]} (difference = #{@en[:mismatch]})").warn unless @opt.act[:quiet][:set]==:on
           footnote_conversion_errors=File.new("#{Dir.pwd}/footnote_conversion_errors.txt",'a')
           footnote_conversion_errors << "#{@fns}:\n\tendnotes: #{@en[:note]} != endnote reference marks: #{@en[:mark]} (difference = #{@en[:mismatch]})\n"
         end
@@ -1312,7 +1320,7 @@ module SiSU_Param
           and  @opt.inspect =~/P/
             #@title=Md.new('Text Insert',@opt,@env).title
           else
-            SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,'WARNING: Document Title missing','please provide @title:').warn unless @opt.cmd =~/q/
+            SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],'WARNING: Document Title missing','please provide @title:').warn unless @opt.act[:unless][:set]==:on
           end
         end
         if @author !~/[\S]/
@@ -1320,7 +1328,7 @@ module SiSU_Param
           and  @opt.inspect =~/P/
             #@creator=SiSU_Param::Md.new('Text Insert',@opt,@env).creator
           else
-            SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,'WARNING: Document Author missing','please provide @creator: :author:').warn unless @opt.cmd =~/q/
+            SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],'WARNING: Document Author missing','please provide @creator: :author:').warn unless @opt.act[:unless][:set]==:on
           end
         end
         @struct={}
@@ -1400,7 +1408,10 @@ module SiSU_Param
           begin
             pstorefile="#{@env.processing_path.dal}/#{@md.fns}.pstore"
             File.unlink(pstorefile) if FileTest.file?(pstorefile)
-            SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@md.opt.cmd,"PStore -> #{pstorefile}").txt_grey if @md.opt.cmd =~/[MV]/
+            if (@md.opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on \
+            || @md.opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on)
+              SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@md.opt.act[:color_state][:set],"PStore -> #{pstorefile}").txt_grey
+            end
             store=PStore.new(pstorefile)
             store.transaction do
               store['md']=@md
diff --git a/lib/sisu/v5/param_make.rb b/lib/sisu/v5/param_make.rb
index ec538ccb..2382532a 100644
--- a/lib/sisu/v5/param_make.rb
+++ b/lib/sisu/v5/param_make.rb
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ module SiSU_Param_Make
         STDERR.puts "#{n} is #{s.class}: programming error, String expected #{__FILE__}:#{__LINE__}"
         s
       else
-        SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new('v',"*WARN* #{n} length #{s.length} exceeds set db field length #{l}, metadata dropped",@opt.fns).warn unless @opt.cmd =~/q/
+        SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new('v',"*WARN* #{n} length #{s.length} exceeds set db field length #{l}, metadata dropped",@opt.fns).warn unless @opt.act[:quiet][:set]==:on
         nil
       end
     end
diff --git a/lib/sisu/v5/plaintext.rb b/lib/sisu/v5/plaintext.rb
index 443b274b..f7c40d7a 100644
--- a/lib/sisu/v5/plaintext.rb
+++ b/lib/sisu/v5/plaintext.rb
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ module SiSU_Plaintext
   require_relative 'sysenv'                             # sysenv.rb
     include SiSU_Env
   require_relative 'plaintext_format'                   # plaintext_format.rb
-    include SiSU_PlaintextFormat
+    include SiSU_Plaintext_Format
   require_relative 'shared_metadata'                    # shared_metadata.rb
   require_relative 'shared_txt'                         # shared_txt.rb
   include SiSU_Param
@@ -83,14 +83,21 @@ module SiSU_Plaintext
       begin
         md=SiSU_Param::Parameters.new(@opt).get
         env=SiSU_Env::InfoEnv.new(@opt.fns)
-        unless @opt.cmd =~/q/
-          tool=(@opt.cmd =~/[MVv]/) \
+        unless @opt.act[:quiet][:set]==:on
+          tool=(@opt.act[:verbose][:set]==:on \
+          || @opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on \
+          || @opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on) \
           ? "#{env.program.text_editor} #{md.file.output_path.txt.dir}/#{md.file.base_filename.txt}"
           : "[#{@opt.f_pth[:lng_is]}] #{@opt.fno}"
-          @opt.cmd=~/[MVvz]/ \
-          ? SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,'Plaintext',tool).green_hi_blue
-          : SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,'Plaintext',tool).green_title_hi
-          SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,@opt.fns,"#{md.file.output_path.txt.dir}/#{md.file.base_filename.txt}").flow if @opt.cmd =~/[MV]/
+          (@opt.act[:verbose][:set]==:on \
+          || @opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on \
+          || @opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on) \
+          ? SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],'Plaintext',tool).green_hi_blue
+          : SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],'Plaintext',tool).green_title_hi
+          if (@opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on \
+          || @opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on)
+            SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],@opt.fns,"#{md.file.output_path.txt.dir}/#{md.file.base_filename.txt}").flow
+          end
         end
         dal_array=SiSU_DAL::Source.new(@opt).get # dal file drawn here
         wrap_width=if defined? md.make.plaintext_wrap \
@@ -155,15 +162,15 @@ module SiSU_Plaintext
           : (SiSU_TextUtils::Wrap.new(e.to_s,@wrap_width,1,1))
           wrap=util.line_wrap
           wrap=if wrap =~ /^\s*[\d*+]+\s+.+?\s*\Z/m
-            wrap.gsub(/^(\s*)([\d*+]+)\s+(.+?)\s*\Z/m, <<GSUB
+            wrap.gsub(/^(\s*)([\d*+]+)\s+(.+?)\s*\Z/m, <<-GSUB
 \\1[\\2]: \\3
-GSUB
-                      )
+              GSUB
+            )
           else
-            wrap.gsub(/^(.+)\Z/m, <<GSUB
+            wrap.gsub(/^(.+)\Z/m, <<-GSUB
 \\1
-GSUB
-                      )
+              GSUB
+            )
           end
           @@endnotes[:para] << "-#{wrap}"
           @@endnotes[:end] << '' << wrap
@@ -336,13 +343,13 @@ WOK
           if dob.obj !~/(^#{Rx[:meta]}|#{Mx[:br_eof]}|#{Mx[:br_endnotes]})/
             #if defined? dob.ocn and dob.ocn.to_s =~/\d+/
             #  paranum=dob.ocn.to_s
-            #  @p_num=SiSU_PlaintextFormat::ParagraphNumber.new(paranum)
+            #  @p_num=SiSU_Plaintext_Format::ParagraphNumber.new(paranum)
             #end
             p_num=''
             if @env.plaintext_ocn?
               if defined? dob.ocn \
               and dob.ocn.is_a?(Fixnum)
-                p_num=SiSU_PlaintextFormat::ParagraphNumber.new(dob.ocn).display
+                p_num=SiSU_Plaintext_Format::ParagraphNumber.new(dob.ocn).display
               end
             end
             if dob.is==:heading \
diff --git a/lib/sisu/v5/plaintext_format.rb b/lib/sisu/v5/plaintext_format.rb
index 2d7850e0..092e69f6 100644
--- a/lib/sisu/v5/plaintext_format.rb
+++ b/lib/sisu/v5/plaintext_format.rb
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
  ** Description: plaintext formatting template
 
 =end
-module SiSU_PlaintextFormat
+module SiSU_Plaintext_Format
   require_relative 'param'                              # param.rb
     include SiSU_Param
   include SiSU_Viz
diff --git a/lib/sisu/v5/po4a.rb b/lib/sisu/v5/po4a.rb
index d1106c7b..64f2c18d 100644
--- a/lib/sisu/v5/po4a.rb
+++ b/lib/sisu/v5/po4a.rb
@@ -105,15 +105,23 @@ module SiSU_Po4a
           env=SiSU_Env::InfoEnv.new(@opt.fns)
           m=/((.+?)(?:\~\w\w(?:_\w\w)?)?)\.((?:-|ssm\.)?sst|ssm|ssi)$/ #watch added match for sss
           @fnn,@fnb,@fnt=fn[m,1],fn[m,2],fn[m,3]
-          unless @opt.cmd =~/q/
+          unless @opt.act[:quiet][:set]==:on
             path=env.path.output_tell
-            tool=(@opt.cmd =~/[MVv]/) \
+            tool=(@opt.act[:verbose][:set]==:on \
+            || @opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on \
+            || @opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on) \
             ? "#{env.program.text_editor} #{path}/#{md.fnb}/#{md.fn[:plain]}"
             : @opt.fns
-            @opt.cmd=~/[MVvz]/ \
-            ? SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,'Pot po4a',tool).green_hi_blue
-            : SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,'Pot po4a',tool).green_title_hi
-            SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,@opt.fns,"#{path}/#{md.fnb}/#{md.fn[:plain]}").flow if @opt.cmd =~/[MV]/
+            (@opt.act[:verbose][:set]==:on \
+            || @opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on \
+            || @opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on) \
+            ? SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],'Pot po4a',tool).green_hi_blue
+            : SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],'Pot po4a',tool).green_title_hi
+            if (@opt.act[:verbose][:set]==:on \
+            || @opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on \
+            || @opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on)
+              SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],@opt.fns,"#{path}/#{md.fnb}/#{md.fn[:plain]}").flow
+            end
           end
           if @opt.fns =~/\S+?~#{@lang_regx}\.ss[mti]/ \
           or @opt.f_pth[:lng] !=@opt.lng_base
@@ -210,7 +218,7 @@ module SiSU_Po4a
           d="#{nt} #{@fn}"
           mark="^~ "
           instruct=s_mark=''
-          if @md.opt.cmd=~/M/
+          if @md.opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on
             instruct=%{\n# footnotes, the preferred sisu markup for a footnote is~{this is a footnote}~ however, for translation a footnote reference marker in the text~^ with a set of notes following the paragraph starting on a newline with "^~ this is a footnote", is easier to deal with, if possible these should be converted back to~{inline notes}~}
             s_mark="\n# " + %{"\\n\\n#{mark}...\\n\\n"}
           end
@@ -509,7 +517,7 @@ GSUB
         mark="#{dob_src.lv}~#{fn} "
         d="#{dob_src.is.to_s} (level #{dob_src.lv})"
         instruct=s_mark=''
-        if @md.opt.cmd=~/M/
+        if @md.opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on
           instruct=%{\n# markup for headings is marker at the start of the line/object, indicating the heading level, and if provided an associated name tag, this heading is "#{mark}"}
           s_mark="\n# " + %{"\\n\\n#{mark}...\\n\\n"}
         end
@@ -538,7 +546,7 @@ GSUB
             mark="_#{dob_src.indent}* "
             d="#{dob_src.is.to_s}: indent #{dob_src.indent}, bullet"
             instruct=s_mark=''
-            if @md.opt.cmd=~/M/
+            if @md.opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on
               instruct=%{\n# markup for indented bullet text is at the start of the line/object, an underscore followed by the indent level and an asterisk "#{mark}"}
               s_mark="\n# " + %{"\\n\\n#{mark}...\\n\\n"}
             end
@@ -547,7 +555,7 @@ GSUB
             mark="_#{dob_src.indent} "
             d="#{dob_src.is.to_s}: indent #{dob_src.indent}"
             instruct=s_mark=''
-            if @md.opt.cmd=~/M/
+            if @md.opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on
               instruct=%{\n# markup for indented text is at the start of the line/object, an underscore followed by the indent level "#{mark}"}
               s_mark="\n# " + %{"\\n\\n#{mark}...\\n\\n"}
             end
@@ -562,7 +570,7 @@ GSUB
           mark="_#{dob_src.hang}_#{dob_src.indent} "
           d="#{dob_src.is.to_s}: hang #{dob_src.hang} indent #{dob_src.indent}"
           instruct=s_mark=''
-          if @md.opt.cmd=~/M/
+          if @md.opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on
             instruct=%{\n# markup for indented text with a first line indented to a different level from the rest of the paragraph, is at the start of the line/object, an underscore and the first indent level a second underscore and the indent level for the rest of the paragraph, "#{mark1}"}
             s_mark="\n# " + %{"\\n\\n#{mark}...\\n\\n"}
           end
@@ -576,7 +584,7 @@ GSUB
             mark='_* '
             d="#{dob_src.is.to_s}: bullet"
             instruct=s_mark=''
-            if @md.opt.cmd=~/M/
+            if @md.opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on
               instruct=%{\n# markup for indented text is at the start of the line/object, an underscore followed by an asterisk "#{mark}"}
               s_mark="\n# " + %{"\\n\\n#{mark}...\\n\\n"}
             end
@@ -587,7 +595,7 @@ GSUB
             mark=''
             d=dob_src.is.to_s
             instruct=%{\n# regular paragraph, no special markup}
-            if @md.opt.cmd=~/M/
+            if @md.opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on
               instruct="\n# "
               s_mark="\n# " + %{"\\n\\n#{mark}...\\n\\n"}
             end
@@ -613,7 +621,7 @@ GSUB
         mark="block{\\n\\n...\\n\\n}block"
         d=dob_src.is.to_s
         instruct=s_mark=''
-        if @md.opt.cmd=~/M/
+        if @md.opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on
           instruct="\n# block text is a text block with an opening and closing marker, the content of which may be wrapped"
           s_mark="\n# " + %{"\\n\\n#{mark}\\n\\n"}
         end
@@ -628,7 +636,7 @@ GSUB
         mark="group{\\n\\n...\\n\\n}group"
         d=dob_src.is.to_s
         instruct=s_mark=''
-        if @md.opt.cmd=~/M/
+        if @md.opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on
           instruct="\n# group text is a text block with an opening and closing marker, the content of which may be wrapped"
           s_mark="\n# " + %{"\\n\\n#{mark}\\n\\n"}
         end
@@ -643,7 +651,7 @@ GSUB
         mark="poem{\n\nverse\n\nverse\n\n...\n\n}poem"
         d=dob_src.is.to_s
         instruct=s_mark=''
-        if @md.opt.cmd=~/M/
+        if @md.opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on
           instruct="\n# verse are part of the text block described as a poem, the first verse is preceeded by an opening marker, and the last verse by a closing marker, the content of which should remain unwrapped"
           s_mark="\n# " + %{"\\n\\n#{mark}\\n\\n"}
         end
@@ -658,7 +666,7 @@ GSUB
         mark="code{\\n\\n...\\n\\n}code"
         d=dob_src.is.to_s
         instruct=s_mark=''
-        if @md.opt.cmd=~/M/
+        if @md.opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on
           instruct="\n# codeblocks are a text block with an opening and closing marker, the content of which should remain unwrapped"
           s_mark="\n# " + %{"\\n\\n#{mark}\\n\\n"}
         end
@@ -673,7 +681,7 @@ GSUB
         mark="table{\\n\\n...\\n\\n}table"
         d=dob_src.is.to_s
         instruct=s_mark=''
-        if @md.opt.cmd=~/M/
+        if @md.opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on
           instruct="\n# tables are a text block with an opening and closing marker, the content of which should remain unwrapped"
           s_mark="\n# " + %{"\\n\\n#{mark}\\n\\n"}
         end
@@ -689,7 +697,7 @@ GSUB
       def pot_structure_idx(dob_src='',dob_trn='')                      #% Used to extract the structure of a document
         mark="={ ... }"
         instruct=s_mark=''
-        if @md.opt.cmd=~/M/
+        if @md.opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on
           instruct="\n# the book index should be attached unwrapped to the preceding text block (there should be a new line, but no empty line)"
           s_mark="\n# " + %{"\\n#{mark}\\n\\n"}
         end
@@ -736,11 +744,11 @@ GSUB
             if (data_src[s].is == :comment or data_trn[t].is == :comment) \
             and (data_src[s].is != data_trn[t].is)
               if data_src[s].is == :comment
-                puts "src (comment):\n\t" + data_src[s].obj if @md.opt.cmd =~/M/
+                puts "src (comment):\n\t" + data_src[s].obj if @md.opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on
                 s+=1
                 #next if data_src[s].is == :comment
               elsif data_trn[t].is == :comment
-                puts "trans (comment):\n\t" + data_trn[t].obj if @md.opt.cmd =~/M/
+                puts "trans (comment):\n\t" + data_trn[t].obj if @md.opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on
                 t+=1
                 #next if data_trn[t].is == :comment
               end
@@ -949,7 +957,7 @@ GSUB
         po4a_git
       end
       def po4a_git
-        unless @md.opt.cmd =~/M/
+        unless @md.opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on
           require_relative 'git'                           # git.rb
           git=SiSU_Git::Source.new(@md.opt)
           git.create_file_structure_git unless FileTest.directory?(@file.output_path.pot_git.dir)
diff --git a/lib/sisu/v5/qrcode.rb b/lib/sisu/v5/qrcode.rb
index e0878dd0..bb587f26 100644
--- a/lib/sisu/v5/qrcode.rb
+++ b/lib/sisu/v5/qrcode.rb
@@ -83,12 +83,18 @@ module SiSU_QRcode
         @md=SiSU_Param::Parameters.new(@opt).get
         xbrowser=@env.program.web_browser
         browser=@env.program.console_web_browser
-        unless @opt.cmd =~/q/
+        unless @opt.act[:quiet][:set]==:on
           url_html="file://#{@md.file.output_path.manifest.dir}/#{@md.file.base_filename.manifest}"
-          @opt.cmd=~/[MVvz]/ \
-          ? SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,'QR code',"#{xbrowser} #{url_html}").green_hi_blue
-          : SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,'QR code',"[#{@opt.f_pth[:lng_is]}] #{@opt.fns}").green_title_hi
-          SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,"#{browser} #{url_html}").grey_tab if @opt.cmd =~/v/i
+          (@opt.act[:verbose][:set]==:on \
+          || @opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on \
+          || @opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on) \
+          ? SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],'QR code',"#{xbrowser} #{url_html}").green_hi_blue
+          : SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],'QR code',"[#{@opt.f_pth[:lng_is]}] #{@opt.fns}").green_title_hi
+          if (@opt.act[:verbose][:set]==:on \
+          || @opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on \
+          || @opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on)
+            SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],"#{browser} #{url_html}").grey_tab
+          end
         end
         data=SiSU_HTML::Source::HTML_Environment.new(@particulars).tuned_file_instructions
         OutputInfo.new(@md).check_output(data)
@@ -120,17 +126,17 @@ module SiSU_QRcode
       def output_metadata
         fn=@f.base_filename.manifest_txt
         mn=''
-        if @md.opt.cmd =~/M/
+        if @md.opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on
           fn=@f.base_filename.manifest_txt
           manifest=@f.write_file.manifest_txt
         end
         @manifest[:txt].each do |x|
           x=x.gsub(/\\\\/m,"\n")
-          puts x if @md.opt.cmd =~/V/
-          manifest << x if @md.opt.cmd =~/M/
+          puts x if @md.opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on
+          manifest << x if @md.opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on
           mn += x
         end
-        manifest.close if @md.opt.cmd =~/M/
+        manifest.close if @md.opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on
         cmd=SiSU_Env::SystemCall.new(mn,@f.place_file.qrcode_md.dir,@md.opt.cmd)
         cmd.qrencode
       end
@@ -163,7 +169,11 @@ WOK
         dgst=(@dg =~/^sha(?:2|256)$/) \
         ? (sys.sha256("#{pth}/#{file}"))
         : (sys.md5("#{pth}/#{file}"))
-        SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@md.opt.cmd,"#{dgst[1]} #{file}").warn if @md.opt.cmd =~/[vVM]/
+        if (@md.opt.act[:verbose][:set]==:on \
+        || @md.opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on \
+        || @md.opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on)
+          SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@md.opt.cmd,"#{dgst[1]} #{file}").warn
+        end
         size=(File.size("#{pth}/#{file}")/1024.00).to_s
         kb=/([0-9]+\.[0-9]{0,1})/m.match(size)[1]
         @manifest[:txt] <<<<WOK
diff --git a/lib/sisu/v5/remote.rb b/lib/sisu/v5/remote.rb
index 19160826..7af2e823 100644
--- a/lib/sisu/v5/remote.rb
+++ b/lib/sisu/v5/remote.rb
@@ -72,35 +72,35 @@ module SiSU_Remote
       @remote=SiSU_Env::InfoRemote.new(opt)
     end
     def rsync
-      SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,'Remote placement ->',@put).dark_grey_title_hi unless @opt.cmd =~/q/
+      SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],'Remote placement ->',@put).dark_grey_title_hi unless @opt.act[:quiet][:set]==:on
       @remote.rsync.document
     end
     def rsync_base
-      SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,'Remote placement ->','rsync').dark_grey_title_hi unless @opt.cmd =~/q/
+      SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],'Remote placement ->','rsync').dark_grey_title_hi unless @opt.act[:quiet][:set]==:on
       @remote.rsync.site_base
     end
     def rsync_base_sync
-      SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,'Remote placement ->','rsync and sync').dark_grey_title_hi unless @opt.cmd =~/q/
+      SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],'Remote placement ->','rsync and sync').dark_grey_title_hi unless @opt.act[:quiet][:set]==:on
       @remote.rsync.site_base_sync
     end
     def rsync_sitemaps
-      SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,'Remote placement sitemaps ->','rsync').dark_grey_title_hi unless @opt.cmd =~/q/
+      SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],'Remote placement sitemaps ->','rsync').dark_grey_title_hi unless @opt.act[:quiet][:set]==:on
       @remote.rsync_sitemaps
     end
     def rsync_harvest
-      SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,'Remote placement metadata harvest ->','rsync_harvest').dark_grey_title_hi unless @opt.cmd =~/q/
+      SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],'Remote placement metadata harvest ->','rsync_harvest').dark_grey_title_hi unless @opt.act[:quiet][:set]==:on
       @remote.rsync.site_harvest
     end
     def scp
-      SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,'Remote placement ->',@put).dark_grey_title_hi unless @opt.cmd =~/q/
+      SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],'Remote placement ->',@put).dark_grey_title_hi unless @opt.act[:quiet][:set]==:on
       @remote.scp.document
     end
     def scp_base
-      SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,'Remote placement of base site ->','excluding images').dark_grey_title_hi unless @opt.cmd =~/q/
+      SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],'Remote placement of base site ->','excluding images').dark_grey_title_hi unless @opt.act[:quiet][:set]==:on
       @remote.scp.site_base
     end
     def scp_base_all
-      SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,'Remote placement ->','complete').dark_grey_title_hi unless @opt.cmd =~/q/
+      SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],'Remote placement ->','complete').dark_grey_title_hi unless @opt.act[:quiet][:set]==:on
       @remote.scp.site_base_all
     end
   end
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ module SiSU_Remote
     def initialize(opt,get_s)
       @opt,@get_s=opt,get_s
       @msg,@msgs='',nil
-      @tell=lambda { SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,@msg,"#{@msgs.inspect if @msgs}") }
+      @tell=lambda { SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],@msg,"#{@msgs.inspect if @msgs}") }
     end
     def fns
       require 'open-uri'
@@ -141,12 +141,12 @@ module SiSU_Remote
               images.delete_if {|x| x =~/https?:\/\// }
               images=images.sort
               @msg,@msgs='downloading images:', [ images.join(',') ]
-              @tell.call.warn unless @opt.cmd =~/q/
+              @tell.call.warn unless @opt.act[:quiet][:set]==:on
               image_info=image_download_url + images
               SiSU_Assemble::RemoteImage.new.download_images(image_info)
               #SiSU_Assemble::RemoteImage.new.download_images(image_download_url,images)
               @msg,@msgs='downloading done',nil
-              @tell.call.warn unless @opt.cmd =~/q/
+              @tell.call.warn unless @opt.act[:quiet][:set]==:on
             end
             downloaded_file.close
           end
diff --git a/lib/sisu/v5/rexml.rb b/lib/sisu/v5/rexml.rb
index 7c5cb6fb..40135202 100644
--- a/lib/sisu/v5/rexml.rb
+++ b/lib/sisu/v5/rexml.rb
@@ -91,10 +91,11 @@ module SiSU_Rexml
             xmlfile=IO.readlines(@fnap,'').join
             begin
               @xmldoc=REXML::Document.new xmlfile
-              SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@md.opt.cmd,'invert','REXML',"XML document #{@fnap} loaded").colorize unless @md.opt.cmd =~/q/  #% tell
-              if @md.opt.cmd =~ /v/i        #% substantive text
+              SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@md.opt.act[:color_state][:set],'invert','REXML',"XML document #{@fnap} loaded").colorize unless @md.opt.act[:quiet][:set]==:on
+              if (@opt.act[:verbose][:set]==:on \
+              || @opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on)
                 @xmldoc.elements.each(@e_head) do |e|
-                  SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@md.opt.cmd,'brown',e).colorize unless @md.opt.cmd =~/q/
+                  SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@md.opt.act[:color_state][:set],'brown',e).colorize unless @md.opt.act[:quiet][:set]==:on
                 end
               end
             rescue REXML::ParseException
@@ -102,7 +103,7 @@ module SiSU_Rexml
             end
           end
         else
-          SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@md.opt.cmd,'fuchsia',"File Not Found #{xmlfile}",'requested XML processing skipped').colorize unless @md.opt.cmd =~/q/
+          SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@md.opt.act[:color_state][:set],'fuchsia',"File Not Found #{xmlfile}",'requested XML processing skipped').colorize unless @md.opt.act[:quiet][:set]==:on
           exit
         end
       rescue
diff --git a/lib/sisu/v5/screen_text_color.rb b/lib/sisu/v5/screen_text_color.rb
index 10ced907..4e4a319f 100644
--- a/lib/sisu/v5/screen_text_color.rb
+++ b/lib/sisu/v5/screen_text_color.rb
@@ -68,20 +68,11 @@ module SiSU_Screen
   end
   class Ansi < Color
     attr_reader :cX
-    def initialize(cmd,*txt)
-      @cmd,@txt=cmd,txt
-      @color_instruct=txt[0]
-      flag=SiSU_Env::InfoProcessingFlag.new
-      if cmd
-        #set default colors on or off -c acts as toggle against this default, if default is off -c turns on, if default is on -c turns off
-        @use_color=(flag.color) \
-        ? ((cmd =~/c/) ? false : true)
-        : ((cmd =~/c/) ? true : false)
-        if cmd =~/k/ then @use_color=false # useful color off switch, however, k may be used for something else in future
-        end
-      else @use_color=false
-      end
-      @cX=@@cX= unless @use_color
+    def initialize(color_state,*txt)
+      @color_state,@txt=color_state,txt
+      @color_instruct=txt[0] ####
+      #flag=SiSU_Env::InfoProcessingFlag.new
+      @cX=@@cX=if color_state==:on
         Color.new do
           self.off=self.white=self.white_bold=self.marker=self.bold=self.underline=self.invert=self.darkgrey_hi=self.grey_hi=self.pink_hi=self.fuchsia_hi=self.red_hi=self.orange_hi=self.yellow_hi=self.brown_hi=self.lightgreen_hi=self.green_hi=self.cyan_hi=self.blue_hi=self.navy_hi=self.grey=self.pink=self.fuchsia=self.ruby=self.red=self.orange=self.yellow=self.brown=self.green=self.darkgreen=self.cyan=self.blue=self.navy=self.black=''
         end
diff --git a/lib/sisu/v5/share_src.rb b/lib/sisu/v5/share_src.rb
index cb93dee2..69dd7bb9 100644
--- a/lib/sisu/v5/share_src.rb
+++ b/lib/sisu/v5/share_src.rb
@@ -70,14 +70,17 @@ module SiSU_Markup
       @opt=opt
     end
     def read
-      unless @opt.cmd =~/q/
-        @opt.cmd=~/[MVvz]/ \
-        ? SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,'Share document markup text source',@opt.fns).cyan_hi_blue
-        : SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,'Share document markup text source',@opt.fns).cyan_title_hi
+      unless @opt.act[:quiet][:set]==:on
+        (@opt.act[:verbose][:set]==:on \
+        || @opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on \
+        || @opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on) \
+        ? SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],'Share document markup text source',@opt.fns).cyan_hi_blue
+        : SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],'Share document markup text source',@opt.fns).cyan_title_hi
       end
       if FileTest.directory?(@path_pod[:fnb])
         FileUtils::mkdir_p(@file.output_path.src.dir) unless FileTest.directory?(@file.output_path.src.dir)
-        v=(@opt.cmd =~/M/) ? 'v' : ''
+        v=(@opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on) \
+        ? 'v' : ''
         system(%{
           rsync -a#{v} #{@path_pod[:fnb]} #{@file.output_path.sisupod.dir}
           chbk=`pwd`
@@ -87,7 +90,11 @@ module SiSU_Markup
           cd ${chbk}
         })
       else
-        SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new('',"#{@opt.fno} not available").blue_tab if @opt.cmd=~/[MVv]/
+        if (@opt.act[:verbose][:set]==:on \
+        || @opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on \
+        || @opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on)
+          SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new('',"#{@opt.fno} not available").blue_tab
+        end
       end
     end
   end
diff --git a/lib/sisu/v5/share_src_kdissert.rb b/lib/sisu/v5/share_src_kdissert.rb
index 2ed26aec..b696891e 100644
--- a/lib/sisu/v5/share_src_kdissert.rb
+++ b/lib/sisu/v5/share_src_kdissert.rb
@@ -71,8 +71,8 @@ module SiSU_KdiSource
       @output_path="#{@env.path.output}/#{@opt.fnb}"
     end
     def read
-      SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,'Share Kdissert Source Document!',@opt.fnb).green_hi_blue unless @opt.cmd =~/q/
-      SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,"Copy kdissert file to output directory","#{@opt.fnb} -> #{@output_path}").warn unless @opt.cmd =~/q/
+      SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],'Share Kdissert Source Document!',@opt.fnb).green_hi_blue unless @opt.act[:quiet][:set]==:on
+      SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],"Copy kdissert file to output directory","#{@opt.fnb} -> #{@output_path}").warn unless @opt.act[:quiet][:set]==:on
       FileUtils::mkdir_p(@env.path.output) unless FileTest.directory?(@env.path.output)
       FileUtils::mkdir_p(@output_path) unless FileTest.directory?(@output_path)
       if FileTest.directory?(@output_path)
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ module SiSU_KdiSource
           FileUtils::cp(@opt.fnb,@output_path)
         end
       else
-        SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,"Output directory does not exist","#{@opt.fnb} -> #{@output_path}").warn unless @opt.cmd =~/q/
+        SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],"Output directory does not exist","#{@opt.fnb} -> #{@output_path}").warn unless @opt.act[:quiet][:set]==:on
         exit
       end
     end
diff --git a/lib/sisu/v5/shared_markup_alt.rb b/lib/sisu/v5/shared_markup_alt.rb
index f2fca338..827e547a 100644
--- a/lib/sisu/v5/shared_markup_alt.rb
+++ b/lib/sisu/v5/shared_markup_alt.rb
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ module SiSU_TextRepresentation
              elsif FileTest.file?("#{@env.path.image_source_include}/#{i}")
                @env.path.image_source_include
              else
-               SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@md.opt.cmd,"ERROR - image:", %{"#{i}" missing}, "search locations: #{@env.path.image_source_include_local}, #{@env.path.image_source_include_remote} and #{@env.path.image_source_include}").error2 unless @md.opt.cmd =~/q/
+               SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@md.opt.act[:color_state][:set],"ERROR - image:", %{"#{i}" missing}, "search locations: #{@env.path.image_source_include_local}, #{@env.path.image_source_include_remote} and #{@env.path.image_source_include}").error2 unless @md.opt.act[:quiet][:set]==:on
                nil
              end
              img_type = /\S+\.(png|jpg|gif)/.match(i)[1]
diff --git a/lib/sisu/v5/shared_sisupod_source.rb b/lib/sisu/v5/shared_sisupod_source.rb
index bd9b2d36..f8a4058d 100644
--- a/lib/sisu/v5/shared_sisupod_source.rb
+++ b/lib/sisu/v5/shared_sisupod_source.rb
@@ -69,7 +69,9 @@ module SiSU_Source
       @date=SiSU_Env::InfoDate.new.dt
       @env=SiSU_Env::InfoEnv.new(opt.fns)
       @ver=SiSU_Env::InfoVersion.instance.get_version
-      @v=(opt.cmd =~/[VM]/) ? 'v' : ''
+      @v=(@opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on \
+      || @opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on) \
+      ? 'v' : ''
       @particulars=SiSU_Particulars::CombinedSingleton.instance.get_all(opt)
       @file=@particulars.file
       @local_path="#{@file.output_path.sisupod.dir}"
@@ -91,9 +93,11 @@ module SiSU_Source
       }
     end
     def read
-      unless @opt.cmd =~/q/
-        @opt.cmd=~/[MVv]/ \
-        ? SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,'Assemble SiSU source',"[#{@opt.f_pth[:lng_is]}] #{@opt.fno}").green_hi_blue
+      unless @opt.act[:quiet][:set]==:on
+        (@opt.act[:verbose][:set]==:on \
+        || @opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on \
+        || @opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on) \
+        ? SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],'Assemble SiSU source',"[#{@opt.f_pth[:lng_is]}] #{@opt.fno}").green_hi_blue
         : ''
       end
       unless @opt.fns.empty?
diff --git a/lib/sisu/v5/sisupod_make.rb b/lib/sisu/v5/sisupod_make.rb
index d4341abf..462e2ea4 100644
--- a/lib/sisu/v5/sisupod_make.rb
+++ b/lib/sisu/v5/sisupod_make.rb
@@ -69,17 +69,21 @@ module SiSU_Doc
     def initialize(opt,build=nil,place=nil)
       super(opt,build,place)
       @zipfile=@opt.fno.gsub(/(?:\~\S{2,3})?(\.ss[tm])$/,'\1')
-      unless @opt.cmd =~/q/
+      unless @opt.act[:quiet][:set]==:on
         pthinfo="#{@file.output_path.sisupod.dir}/#{@zipfile}.txz"
-        @opt.cmd=~/[MVv]/ \
-        ? SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,'Assemble source for sisu document',"#{@opt.fns} -> file://#{pthinfo}").cyan_hi_blue
-        : SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,'Assemble source for sisu document',pthinfo).cyan_title_hi
+        (@opt.act[:verbose][:set]==:on \
+        || @opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on \
+        || @opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on) \
+        ? SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],'Assemble source for sisu document',"#{@opt.fns} -> file://#{pthinfo}").cyan_hi_blue
+        : SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],'Assemble source for sisu document',pthinfo).cyan_title_hi
       end
     end
     def sisupod_tar_xz
       begin
         FileUtils::mkdir_p(@file.output_path.sisupod.dir) unless FileTest.directory?(@file.output_path.sisupod.dir)
-        tree=(@opt.cmd =~/[vVM]/ \
+        tree=((@opt.act[:verbose][:set]==:on \
+        || @opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on \
+        || @opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on) \
         && SiSU_Env::SystemCall.new.program_found?('tree')) \
         ? 'tree sisupod'
         : ''
@@ -92,9 +96,17 @@ module SiSU_Doc
           })
           FileUtils::mv("#{@zipfile}.txz",@file.place_file.sisupod.dir)
           Dir.chdir(@env.path.pwd)
-          SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new('',"#{@opt.fns}.txz").blue_tab if @opt.cmd=~/[MVv]/
+          if (@opt.act[:verbose][:set]==:on \
+          || @opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on \
+          || @opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on)
+            SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new('',"#{@opt.fns}.txz").blue_tab
+          end
         else
-          SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new('',"#{@opt.fns}.txz not built").blue_tab if @opt.cmd=~/[MVv]/
+          if (@opt.act[:verbose][:set]==:on \
+          || @opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on \
+          || @opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on)
+            SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new('',"#{@opt.fns}.txz not built").blue_tab
+          end
         end
       rescue
       ensure
diff --git a/lib/sisu/v5/sitemaps.rb b/lib/sisu/v5/sitemaps.rb
index c95404ca..8e4d1410 100644
--- a/lib/sisu/v5/sitemaps.rb
+++ b/lib/sisu/v5/sitemaps.rb
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ module SiSU_Sitemaps
         @sys=SiSU_Env::SystemCall.new
         fn_set_lang=SiSU_Env::StandardiseLanguage.new(@opt.lng).language
         @fn=SiSU_Env::EnvCall.new(@opt.fns).lang(fn_set_lang[:c])
-        if @opt.cmd =~/Y/
+        if @opt.act[:sitemap][:set]==:on
           @md=SiSU_Param::Parameters.new(@opt).get
           @trans=SiSU_XML_Munge::Trans.new(@md) #check @md is required
           @env=SiSU_Env::InfoEnv.new(@md.fns)
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ module SiSU_Sitemaps
           @sitemap_idx_fn='sitemapindex.xml'
           @env=SiSU_Env::InfoEnv.new
           output_idx(sitemap_index)
-          SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,"sitemap index:","#{@env.path.output}/#{@sitemap_idx_fn}").result unless @opt.cmd =~/q/
+          SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],"sitemap index:","#{@env.path.output}/#{@sitemap_idx_fn}").result unless @opt.act[:quiet][:set]==:on
         end
       rescue
         SiSU_Errors::Rescued.new($!,$@,@opt.cmd,@opt.fns).location do
diff --git a/lib/sisu/v5/sst_convert_markup.rb b/lib/sisu/v5/sst_convert_markup.rb
index cbf40f24..6eaa691e 100644
--- a/lib/sisu/v5/sst_convert_markup.rb
+++ b/lib/sisu/v5/sst_convert_markup.rb
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ module SiSU_Modify
     def message(text)
       response=''
       unless @opt.cmd=~/QQ/ \
-      or @opt.cmd=~/q/
+      or @opt.act[:quiet][:set]==:on
         response=@ask.response?(%{#{  text}\nProceed? })
       end
     end
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ WOK
                 end
               end
               if @matched
-                puts "conversion match in #{i}" unless @opt.cmd=~/q/
+                puts "conversion match in #{i}" unless @opt.act[:quiet][:set]==:on
                 @flag_start=true
                 cont.each do |y|
                   if y =~end_processing
@@ -269,10 +269,18 @@ WOK
                     match_and_replace.each do |m,r,w|
                       if y =~m \
                       and y =~w
-                        puts m.inspect + ' -> ' + r unless @opt.cmd=~/q/
-                        puts "in:  #{y}" if @opt.cmd=~/[vVM]/
+                        puts m.inspect + ' -> ' + r unless @opt.act[:quiet][:set]==:on
+                        if (@opt.act[:verbose][:set]==:on \
+                        || @opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on \
+                        || @opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on)
+                          puts "in:  #{y}"
+                        end
                         y.gsub!(m,r) if m and r
-                        puts "out: #{y}" if @opt.cmd=~/[vVM]/
+                        if (@opt.act[:verbose][:set]==:on \
+                        || @opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on \
+                        || @opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on)
+                          puts "out: #{y}"
+                        end
                       end
                     end
                   end
@@ -285,9 +293,14 @@ WOK
                   : false
                 end
                 @file.close
-              else puts "NO conversion match in #{i}" unless @opt.cmd=~/q/
+              else puts "NO conversion match in #{i}" unless @opt.act[:quiet][:set]==:on
+              end
+            else
+              if (@opt.act[:verbose][:set]==:on \
+              || @opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on \
+              || @opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on)
+                puts "Requested conversion #{@opt.mod.inspect} markup #{markup_version} identified in #{i}"
               end
-            else puts "Requested conversion #{@opt.mod.inspect} markup #{markup_version} identified in #{i}" if @opt.cmd=~/[vVM]/
             end
           end
         end
diff --git a/lib/sisu/v5/sst_do_inline_footnotes.rb b/lib/sisu/v5/sst_do_inline_footnotes.rb
index 02b4a171..836d0d29 100644
--- a/lib/sisu/v5/sst_do_inline_footnotes.rb
+++ b/lib/sisu/v5/sst_do_inline_footnotes.rb
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ module SiSU_ConvertFootnotes
   protected
     def create_dal
       dal_array=[]
-      SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,'convert footnotes').green_title_hi unless @opt.cmd =~/q/
+      SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],'convert footnotes').green_title_hi unless @opt.act[:quiet][:set]==:on
       file_array=IO.readlines(@opt.fns,'')
       file_array.each do |l|
         if l =~/\r\n/ then l.gsub!(/\r\n/,"\n")
@@ -137,12 +137,12 @@ module SiSU_ConvertFootnotes
       or @md.opt.mod.inspect =~/=footnotes-force/
         meta=nil
         dal=SiSU_ConvertFootnotes::Make.new(@md,file_array).song
-        SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,@opt.fns,"#{@md.fns}.fn").output if @md.opt.cmd =~/v/
-        SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,"#{@md.fns}.fn -> #{@md.fns}.fn").txt_red unless @md.opt.cmd =~/q/
+        SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],@opt.fns,"#{@md.fns}.fn").output if @md.opt.act[:verbose][:set]==:on
+        SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],"#{@md.fns}.fn -> #{@md.fns}.fn").txt_red unless @md.opt.act[:quiet][:set]==:on
         dal.each {|s| dal_array << "#{s.strip}\n\n" unless s.strip.empty?}
         dal_array
       else
-        SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@md.opt.cmd,'*WARN* no footnote conversion done, problem with source file','to override use --convert=footnote-force (this is not advised)').warn if @cmd !~/q/
+        SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@md.opt.act[:color_state][:set],'*WARN* no footnote conversion done, problem with source file','to override use --convert=footnote-force (this is not advised)').warn unless @md.opt.act[:quiet][:set]==:on
         ''
       end
     end
@@ -353,7 +353,10 @@ module SiSU_ConvertFootnotes
     end
     def set_heading_top                                                        #% make sure no false positives
       unless @md.set_heading_top
-        puts "\tdocument contains no top level heading, (will have to manufacture one)" if @md.opt.cmd =~/[MV]/
+        if (@md.opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on \
+        || @md.opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on)
+          puts "\tdocument contains no top level heading, (will have to manufacture one)"
+        end
         data=@data
         @tuned_file=[]
         data.each do |para|
@@ -374,7 +377,10 @@ module SiSU_ConvertFootnotes
     end
     def set_heading_seg                                                        #% make sure no false positives
       unless @md.set_heading_seg
-        puts "\tdocument contains no segment level, (will have to manufacture one)" if @md.opt.cmd =~/[MV]/
+        if (@md.opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on \
+        || @md.opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on)
+          puts "\tdocument contains no segment level, (will have to manufacture one)"
+        end
         data=@data
         @tuned_file=[]
         data.each do |para|
@@ -396,7 +402,10 @@ module SiSU_ConvertFootnotes
     end
     def set_header_title                                                       #% make sure no false positives
       unless @md.set_header_title
-        puts "\t no document title provided, (will have to manufacture one)" if @md.opt.cmd =~/[MV]/
+        if (@md.opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on \
+        || @md.opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on)
+          puts "\t no document title provided, (will have to manufacture one)"
+        end
         data=@data
         @tuned_file=[]
         data.each do |para|
diff --git a/lib/sisu/v5/sst_from_xml.rb b/lib/sisu/v5/sst_from_xml.rb
index 9d9f90ce..cf5a6ac6 100644
--- a/lib/sisu/v5/sst_from_xml.rb
+++ b/lib/sisu/v5/sst_from_xml.rb
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ module SiSU_sstFromXML
       @ver=SiSU_Env::InfoVersion.instance.get_version
     end
     def tell(filename,type)
-      SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,"XML #{type} to SiSU sst","#{filename} --> #{filename}.sst").green_hi_blue
+      SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],"XML #{type} to SiSU sst","#{filename} --> #{filename}.sst").green_hi_blue
     end
     def read
       xml_to_sisu
@@ -148,17 +148,17 @@ module SiSU_sstFromXML
             end
           end
           if xml =~/\.sxs\.xml$/
-            unless @opt.cmd =~/q/
+            unless @opt.act[:quiet][:set]==:on
               tell(xml,'sax')
             end
             sax
           elsif xml =~/\.sxd\.xml$/
-            unless @opt.cmd =~/q/
+            unless @opt.act[:quiet][:set]==:on
               tell(xml,'dom')
             end
             dom
           elsif xml =~/\.sxn\.xml$/
-            unless @opt.cmd =~/q/
+            unless @opt.act[:quiet][:set]==:on
               tell(xml,'node')
             end
             node
diff --git a/lib/sisu/v5/sst_identify_markup.rb b/lib/sisu/v5/sst_identify_markup.rb
index 248aa207..76b7770e 100644
--- a/lib/sisu/v5/sst_identify_markup.rb
+++ b/lib/sisu/v5/sst_identify_markup.rb
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ WOK
         if @opt.fns =~/\.(?:sst|ssm|ssi|s[123i]|r[123])/
           markup=identify #(@opt.fns)
           if defined? markup.version
-            unless @opt.cmd =~/q/
+            unless @opt.act[:quiet][:set]==:on
               message=unless markup.declared_version.empty?
                 "#{@opt.fns}\n  markup Type Declared as SiSU #{markup.declared_version} #{markup.declared_type}\n  appears to be SiSU #{markup.version}"
               else
diff --git a/lib/sisu/v5/sst_to_s_xml_sax.rb b/lib/sisu/v5/sst_to_s_xml_sax.rb
index e40e21d4..d6767595 100644
--- a/lib/sisu/v5/sst_to_s_xml_sax.rb
+++ b/lib/sisu/v5/sst_to_s_xml_sax.rb
@@ -88,8 +88,11 @@ module SiSU_SimpleXML_ModelSax
       begin
         @md=@particulars.md #bug, relies on info persistence, assumes -m has previously been run
         @env=@particulars.env
-        SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,'invert','XML SAX',"#{@md.fns} -> #{@md.fn[:sxs]}").colorize unless @opt.cmd =~/q/
-        SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,@opt.fns,"#{Dir.pwd}/#{@md.fn[:sxs]}").flow if @opt.cmd =~/[MV]/
+        SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],'invert','XML SAX',"#{@md.fns} -> #{@md.fn[:sxs]}").colorize unless @opt.act[:quiet][:set]==:on
+        if (@opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on \
+        || @opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on)
+          SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],@opt.fns,"#{Dir.pwd}/#{@md.fn[:sxs]}").flow
+        end
         unless @@fns==@opt.fns
           @@fns=@opt.fns
           @@fns_array=[]
@@ -120,8 +123,12 @@ module SiSU_SimpleXML_ModelSax
       def songsheet
         begin
           SiSU_SimpleXML_ModelSax::Convert::Scroll.new(@data,@particulars).songsheet
-          SiSU_SimpleXML_ModelSax::Convert::Tidy.new(@md,@env).xml if @md.opt.cmd =~/[vVM]/ # test wellformedness, comment out when not in use
-          SiSU_Rexml::Rexml.new(@md,@md.fn[:sxs]).xml if @md.opt.cmd =~/M/ # test rexml parsing, comment out when not in use #debug
+          if (@md.opt.act[:verbose][:set]==:on \
+          || @md.opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on \
+          || @md.opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on)
+            SiSU_SimpleXML_ModelSax::Convert::Tidy.new(@md,@env).xml # test wellformedness, comment out when not in use
+          end
+          SiSU_Rexml::Rexml.new(@md,@md.fn[:sxs]).xml if @md.opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on # test rexml parsing, comment out when not in use #debug
         rescue
           SiSU_Errors::Rescued.new($!,$@,@md.opt.cmd,@md.fns).location do
             __LINE__.to_s + ':' + __FILE__
@@ -435,14 +442,15 @@ WOK
       end
       def xml
         if @prog.tidy !=false #note values can be other than true
-          if @md.opt.cmd =~/[VM]/
-            SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@md.opt.cmd,'invert','Using XML Tidy','check document structure').colorize unless @md.opt.cmd =~/q/
-            SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@md.opt.cmd,'','','check document structure')
-            tell.grey_open unless @md.opt.cmd =~/q/
+          if (@md.opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on \
+          || @md.opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on)
+            SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@md.opt.act[:color_state][:set],'invert','Using XML Tidy','check document structure').colorize unless @md.opt.act[:quiet][:set]==:on
+            SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@md.opt.act[:color_state][:set],'','','check document structure')
+            tell.grey_open unless @md.opt.act[:quiet][:set]==:on
             tidyfile='/dev/null' #don't want one or screen output, check for alternative flags
             tidy =SiSU_Env::SystemCall.new("#{Dir.pwd}/#{@md.fn[:sxs]}",tidyfile)
             tidy.well_formed?
-            tell.p_off unless @md.opt.cmd =~/q/
+            tell.p_off unless @md.opt.act[:quiet][:set]==:on
           end
         end
       end
diff --git a/lib/sisu/v5/sysenv.rb b/lib/sisu/v5/sysenv.rb
index 4de45fd0..b23b7f80 100644
--- a/lib/sisu/v5/sysenv.rb
+++ b/lib/sisu/v5/sysenv.rb
@@ -2977,88 +2977,91 @@ WOK
         if @md \
         and defined? @md.fn \
         and @md.fn        # used for by_language_code?
-          if @md.opt.cmd =~ /[hH]/
+          if @md.opt.act[:html][:set]==:on                  #% --html, -h -H
             ft << @md.fn[:html]
           end
-          if @md.opt.cmd =~ /w/ \
-          and @md.opt.cmd !~ /[hH]/
+          if @md.opt.act[:concordance][:set]==:on           #% --concordance, -w
             ft << @md.fn[:concordance]
           end
-          if @md.opt.cmd =~ /y/ \
-          and @md.opt.cmd !~ /[hH]/
+          if @md.opt.act[:manifest][:set]==:on              #% --manifest, -y
             ft << @md.fn[:manifest]
           end
-          if @md.opt.cmd =~ /[at]/; ft << @md.fn[:plain]
+          if @md.opt.act[:txt][:set]==:on                   #% --txt, -t -a
+            ft << @md.fn[:plain]
           end
-          if @md.opt.cmd =~ /b/; ft << @md.fn[:xhtml]
+          if @md.opt.act[:xhtml][:set]==:on                 #% --xhtml, -b xhtml
+            ft << @md.fn[:xhtml]
           end
-          if @md.opt.cmd =~ /e/; ft << @md.fn[:epub]
+          if @md.opt.act[:epub][:set]==:on                  #% --epub, -e
+            ft << @md.fn[:epub]
           end
-          if @md.opt.cmd =~ /g/; ft << @md.fn[:wiki]
+          if @md.opt.act[:manpage][:set]==:on               #% --manpage, -i
+            ft << @md.fn[:manpage]
           end
-          if @md.opt.cmd =~ /i/; ft << @md.fn[:manpage]
+          if @md.opt.act[:hash_digests][:set]==:on          #% --hash-digests, -N digest tree
+            ft << @md.fn[:digest]
           end
-          if @md.opt.cmd =~ /N/; ft << @md.fn[:digest]
+          if @md.opt.act[:odt][:set]==:on                   #% --odt, -o opendocument
+            ft << @md.fn[:odf]
           end
-          if @md.opt.cmd =~ /o/; ft << @md.fn[:odf]
+          if @md.opt.act[:pdf][:set]==:on                   #% --pdf-l --pdf, -p latex/ texpdf
+            ft << @md.fn[:pdf_l] << @md.fn[:pdf_p]
           end
-          if @md.opt.cmd =~ /O/; ft << @md.fn[:oai_pmh]
+          if @md.opt.act[:share_source][:set]==:on
+            ft << @md.fns
           end
-          if @md.opt.cmd =~ /p/; ft << @md.fn[:pdf_l] << @md.fn[:pdf_p]
+          if @md.opt.act[:sisupod][:set]==:on               #% --sisupod, -S make sisupod
+            ft << @md.fn[:sisupod]
           end
-          if @md.opt.cmd =~ /s/; ft << @md.fns
+          if @md.opt.act[:xml_sax][:set]==:on               #% --xml-sax, -x xml sax type
+            ft << @md.fn[:sax]
           end
-          if @md.opt.cmd =~ /S/; ft << @md.fn[:sisupod] << '.kdi'
-          end
-          if @md.opt.cmd =~ /x/; ft << @md.fn[:sax]
-          end
-          if @md.opt.cmd =~ /X/; ft << @md.fn[:dom]
-          end
-          if @md.opt.cmd =~ /G/; ft << @md.fn[:pot]
+          if @md.opt.act[:xml_dom][:set]==:on               #% --xml-dom, -X xml dom type
+            ft << @md.fn[:dom]
           end
           @fnb=@md.fnb
         else                                                                     # still needed where/when param is not parsed
-          if @opt.cmd =~ /[hH]/; ft << '.html' << '.html.??'
+          if @opt.act[:html][:set]==:on                  #% --html, -h -H
+            ft << '.html' << '.html.??'
           end
-          if @opt.cmd =~ /w/ \
-          and @opt.cmd !~ /[hH]/
+          if @opt.act[:concordance][:set]==:on           #% --concordance, -w
             ft << 'concordance.html' << '??.concordance.html' << 'concordance.??.html'
           end
-          if @opt.cmd =~ /y/ \
-          and @opt.cmd !~ /[hH]/
+          if @opt.act[:manifest][:set]==:on              #% --manifest, -y
             ft << 'sisu_manifest.html' << '??.sisu_manifest.html' << 'sisu_manifest.??.html'
           end
-          if @opt.cmd =~ /a/; ft << 'plain.txt' << '??.plain.txt' << 'plain.??.txt'
-          end
-          if @opt.cmd =~ /b/; ft << 'scroll.xhtml' << '??.scroll.xhtml' << 'scroll.??.xhtml'
-          end
-          if @opt.cmd =~ /e/; ft  << @fnb << '.epub'
-          end
-          if @opt.cmd =~ /g/; ft << 'wiki.txt' << '??.wiki.txt' << 'wiki.??.txt'
-          end
-          if @opt.cmd =~ /i/; ft << '.1' << '??.man.1' << 'man.??.1'
-          end
-          if @opt.cmd =~ /N/; ft << 'digest.txt' << '??.digest.txt' << 'digest.??.txt'
+          if @opt.act[:txt][:set]==:on                   #% --txt, -t -a
+            ft << 'plain.txt' << '??.plain.txt' << 'plain.??.txt'
           end
-          if @opt.cmd =~ /o/; ft << 'opendocument.odt' << '??.opendocument.odt' << 'opendocument.??.odt'
+          if @opt.act[:xhtml][:set]==:on                 #% --xhtml, -b xhtml
+            ft << 'scroll.xhtml' << '??.scroll.xhtml' << 'scroll.??.xhtml'
           end
-          if @opt.cmd =~ /O/; ft << 'oai_pmh.xml'
+          if @opt.act[:epub][:set]==:on                  #% --epub, -e
+            ft  << @fnb << '.epub'
           end
-          if @opt.cmd =~ /p/; ft << 'landscape.pdf' << 'portrait.pdf' << '.pdf'
+          if @opt.act[:manpage][:set]==:on               #% --manpage, -i
+            ft << '.1' << '??.man.1' << 'man.??.1'
           end
-          if @opt.cmd =~ /s/; ft << '.sst' << '.ssi' << '.ssm'
+          if @opt.act[:hash_digests][:set]==:on          #% --hash-digests, -N digest tree
+            ft << 'digest.txt' << '??.digest.txt' << 'digest.??.txt'
           end
-          if @opt.cmd =~ /S/; ft << '.zip' << '.kdi'
+          if @opt.act[:odt][:set]==:on                   #% --odt, -o opendocument
+            ft << 'opendocument.odt' << '??.opendocument.odt' << 'opendocument.??.odt'
           end
-          if @opt.cmd =~ /x/; ft << 'sax.xml' << '??.sax.xml' << 'sax.??.xml'
+          if @opt.act[:pdf][:set]==:on                   #% --pdf-l --pdf, -p latex/ texpdf
+            ft << 'landscape.pdf' << 'portrait.pdf' << '.pdf'
           end
-          if @opt.cmd =~ /X/; ft << 'dom.xml' << '??.dom.xml' << 'dom.??.xml'
+          if @opt.act[:share_source][:set]==:on
+            ft << '.sst' << '.ssi' << '.ssm'
           end
-          if @opt.mod.inspect =~ /sxm|sxs|xml/; ft << @fnb << '.sxs.xml'
+          if @opt.act[:sisupod][:set]==:on               #% --sisupod, -S make sisupod
+            ft << '.zip'
           end
-          if @opt.mod.inspect =~ /sxd/; ft << @fnb << '.sxd.xml'
+          if @opt.act[:xml_sax][:set]==:on               #% --xml-sax, -x xml sax type
+            ft << 'sax.xml' << '??.sax.xml' << 'sax.??.xml'
           end
-          if @opt.mod.inspect =~ /sxn/; ft << @fnb << '.sxn.xml'
+          if @opt.act[:xml_dom][:set]==:on               #% --xml-dom, -X xml dom type
+            ft << 'dom.xml' << '??.dom.xml' << 'dom.??.xml'
           end
         end
         ft=ft.uniq
diff --git a/lib/sisu/v5/texinfo.rb b/lib/sisu/v5/texinfo.rb
index aea3f372..623cee2d 100644
--- a/lib/sisu/v5/texinfo.rb
+++ b/lib/sisu/v5/texinfo.rb
@@ -103,13 +103,17 @@ module SiSU_TexInfo
     end
     def song
       begin
-        tool=(@opt.cmd =~/[MVv]/) \
+        tool=(@opt.act[:verbose][:set]==:on \
+        || @opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on \
+        || @opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on) \
         ?  "#{@env.program.texinfo} #{@md.file.output_path.texinfo.dir}/#{@md.file.base_filename.info}"
         : "[#{@opt.f_pth[:lng_is]}] #{@opt.fno}"
-        @opt.cmd=~/[MVvz]/ \
-        && @opt.cmd !~/q/ \
-        ? SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,'TexInfo',tool).green_hi_blue
-        : SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,'TexInfo',tool).green_title_hi
+        (@opt.act[:verbose][:set]==:on \
+        || @opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on \
+        || @opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on) \
+        && ! @opt.act[:quiet][:set]==:on \
+        ? SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],'TexInfo',tool).green_hi_blue
+        : SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],'TexInfo',tool).green_title_hi
         @md=SiSU_Param::Parameters.new(@opt).get
         directories
         @marshalfile=SiSU_Env::InfoFile.new(@opt.fns).marshal.dal_content
@@ -123,7 +127,7 @@ module SiSU_TexInfo
         tex_array=@@tuned_file
         TeXinfoMake.new(@md,tex_array).songsheet
         tex_array=''
-      rescue; STDERR.puts SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,$!,$@).rescue
+      rescue; STDERR.puts SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],$!,$@).rescue
       ensure
       end
     end
@@ -151,7 +155,7 @@ module SiSU_TexInfo
         output(doc_txt)
         makeinfo #KEEP reinstate when fixed #%
         place_info
-      rescue; STDERR.puts SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@md.opt.cmd,$!,$@).rescue
+      rescue; STDERR.puts SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@md.opt.act[:color_state][:set],$!,$@).rescue
       ensure
       end
     end
@@ -384,7 +388,7 @@ module SiSU_TexInfo
     def output(data)
       filename_texinfo=%{#{@env.processing_path.texi}/#{@md.fnb}.texinfo}
       file_texinfo=File.new(filename_texinfo,'w+')
-      puts filename_texinfo if @md.opt.cmd =~/M/
+      puts filename_texinfo if @md.opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on
       data.each {|s| (file_texinfo.puts s,"\n") if s}
       file_texinfo.close
     end
diff --git a/lib/sisu/v5/texpdf.rb b/lib/sisu/v5/texpdf.rb
index 0d259cf1..2dc3e860 100644
--- a/lib/sisu/v5/texpdf.rb
+++ b/lib/sisu/v5/texpdf.rb
@@ -110,14 +110,16 @@ module SiSU_TeX
     def song
       begin
         @md=@particulars.md
-        SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,'LaTeX/PDF',"[#{@opt.f_pth[:lng_is]}] #{@opt.fno}").green_title_hi unless @opt.cmd =~/q/
-        if @opt.cmd =~/[MVv]/
+        SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],'LaTeX/PDF',"[#{@opt.f_pth[:lng_is]}] #{@opt.fno}").green_title_hi unless @opt.act[:quiet][:set]==:on
+        if (@opt.act[:verbose][:set]==:on \
+        || @opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on \
+        || @opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on)
           @env.url.output_tell
           if @md.opt.act[:pdf_l][:set]==:on
-            SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,@opt.fns,"#{@env.program.pdf_viewer} #{@md.file.output_path.pdf.dir}/#{@md.file.base_filename.pdf_l}pdf").flow
+            SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],@opt.fns,"#{@env.program.pdf_viewer} #{@md.file.output_path.pdf.dir}/#{@md.file.base_filename.pdf_l}pdf").flow
           end
           if @md.opt.act[:pdf_p][:set]==:on
-            SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,@opt.fns,"#{@opt.fns} #{@env.program.pdf_viewer} #{@md.file.output_path.pdf.dir}/#{@md.file.base_filename.pdf_p}pdf").flow
+            SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],@opt.fns,"#{@opt.fns} #{@env.program.pdf_viewer} #{@md.file.output_path.pdf.dir}/#{@md.file.base_filename.pdf_p}pdf").flow
           end
         end
         @md=@particulars.md
@@ -135,7 +137,8 @@ module SiSU_TeX
           __LINE__.to_s + ':' + __FILE__
         end
       ensure
-        unless @opt.cmd =~/[MV]/ #check maintenance flag
+        unless (@opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on \
+        || @opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on)
           texfiles=Dir["#{@env.processing_path.tex}/#{@opt.fns}*"]
           texfiles.each do |f|
             if FileTest.file?(f)
@@ -168,7 +171,11 @@ module SiSU_TeX
         tex_fn_base=@texfilename.gsub(/\.tex$/,'')
         tell=SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@md.opt.cmd)
         if @md.opt.act[:pdf_p][:set]==:on
-          SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@md.opt.cmd,"#{papersize} portrait ->").dark_grey_title_hi if @md.opt.cmd =~/[MVv]/
+          if (@md.opt.act[:verbose][:set]==:on \
+          || @md.opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on \
+          || @md.opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on)
+            SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@md.opt.act[:color_state][:set],"#{papersize} portrait ->").dark_grey_title_hi
+          end
           cmd=SiSU_Env::SystemCall.new("#{tex_fn_base}.tex",'',@md.opt.cmd)
           tell.grey_open if @md.opt.cmd =~/[MVv]/
           if "#{tex_fn_base}" =~/\w+/ \
@@ -178,14 +185,26 @@ module SiSU_TeX
           tell.p_off if @md.opt.cmd =~/[MVv]/
         end
         if @md.opt.act[:pdf_l][:set]==:on
-          SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@md.opt.cmd,"#{papersize} landscape ->").dark_grey_title_hi if @md.opt.cmd =~/[MVv]/
+          if (@md.opt.act[:verbose][:set]==:on \
+          || @md.opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on \
+          || @md.opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on)
+            SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@md.opt.act[:color_state][:set],"#{papersize} landscape ->").dark_grey_title_hi
+          end
           cmd=SiSU_Env::SystemCall.new("#{tex_fn_base}.landscape.tex",'',@md.opt.cmd)
-          tell.grey_open if @md.opt.cmd =~/[MVv]/
+          if (@md.opt.act[:verbose][:set]==:on \
+          || @md.opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on \
+          || @md.opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on)
+            tell.grey_open
+          end
           if "#{tex_fn_base}" =~/\w+/ \
           and "#{papersize}" =~/\w+/
             2.times { |i| cmd.latex2pdf(@md,papersize) } #comment out to skip processing of latex landscape
           end
-          tell.p_off if @md.opt.cmd =~/[MVv]/
+          if (@md.opt.act[:verbose][:set]==:on \
+          || @md.opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on \
+          || @md.opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on)
+            tell.p_off
+          end
         end
         pwd=Dir.pwd
         if @md.opt.act[:pdf_p][:set]==:on
@@ -203,14 +222,14 @@ module SiSU_TeX
         else           pdf_p=@f.pdf_p_a4;     pdf_l=@f.pdf_l_a4
         end
         FileUtils::mkdir_p(@md.file.output_path.pdf.dir) unless FileTest.directory?(@md.file.output_path.pdf.dir)
-        cX=SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@md.opt.cmd).cX
+        cX=SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@md.opt.act[:color_state][:set]).cX
         if @md.opt.act[:pdf_p][:set]==:on
           if FileTest.file?(portrait_pdf)
             FileUtils::cp(portrait_pdf,"#{@md.file.output_path.pdf.dir}/#{pdf_p}")
             FileUtils::rm(portrait_pdf)
           else
             STDERR.puts "#{cX.fuchsia}pdf file not generated#{cX.off} <#{cX.blue}#{portrait_pdf.gsub(/.+?([^\/]+?\.pdf)$/,'\1')}#{cX.off}> (check texlive dependencies)"
-            STDERR.puts "#{__FILE__}:#{__LINE__} NOT FOUND: #{portrait_pdf}" if @md.opt.cmd.inspect =~/M/
+            STDERR.puts "#{__FILE__}:#{__LINE__} NOT FOUND: #{portrait_pdf}" if @md.opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on
           end
         end
         if @md.opt.act[:pdf_l][:set]==:on
@@ -219,10 +238,14 @@ module SiSU_TeX
             FileUtils::rm(landscape_pdf)
           else
             STDERR.puts "#{cX.fuchsia}pdf file not generated#{cX.off} <#{cX.blue}#{landscape_pdf.gsub(/.+?([^\/]+?\.pdf)$/,'\1')}#{cX.off}> (check texlive dependencies)"
-            STDERR.puts "#{__FILE__}:#{__LINE__} NOT FOUND: #{landscape_pdf}" if @md.opt.cmd.inspect =~/M/
+            STDERR.puts "#{__FILE__}:#{__LINE__} NOT FOUND: #{landscape_pdf}" if @md.opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on
           end
         end
-        SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@md.opt.cmd,@@n_lpdf,'processed (SiSU LaTeX to pdf - using pdfetex aka. pdftex or pdflatex)').generic_number if @md.opt.cmd =~/[MVv]/
+        if (@md.opt.act[:verbose][:set]==:on \
+        || @md.opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on \
+        || @md.opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on)
+          SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@md.opt.act[:color_state][:set],@@n_lpdf,'processed (SiSU LaTeX to pdf - using pdfetex aka. pdftex or pdflatex)').generic_number
+        end
       end
       def latexrun_selective
         begin
@@ -291,7 +314,7 @@ module SiSU_TeX
               end
             end
           else
-            SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@md.opt.cmd,"*WARN* FILE NOT FOUND: << #{@md.fns} >> - requested latex system processing skipped").warn
+            SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@md.opt.act[:color_state][:set],"*WARN* FILE NOT FOUND: << #{@md.fns} >> - requested latex system processing skipped").warn
           end
           lst=Dir["*.{aux,log,out}"]
           lst.each {|file| File.unlink(file)} if lst
@@ -343,7 +366,11 @@ module SiSU_TeX
           else
             SiSU_Utils::CodeMarker.new(__LINE__,__FILE__,:fuchsia).mark('error: neither landscape nor portrait')
           end
-          SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@md.opt.cmd,txt_gen).txt_grey if @md.opt.cmd=~/[MVvz]/
+          if (@md.opt.act[:verbose][:set]==:on \
+          || @md.opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on \
+          || @md.opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on)
+            SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@md.opt.act[:color_state][:set],txt_gen).txt_grey
+          end
           if defined? @md.rights.all \
           and not @md.rights.all.empty?
             rght=@md.rights #.author.dup #dup is necessary, else contents of :rights changed
@@ -853,7 +880,7 @@ module SiSU_TeX
                       p: markup_common(dob.tmp[ps][:p]),
                       l: markup_common(dob.tmp[ps][:l])
                     }
-                  else p "#{__FILE__}:#{__LINE__}" if @md.opt.cmd.inspect =~/M/
+                  else p "#{__FILE__}:#{__LINE__}" if @md.opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on
                   end
                 end
               end
@@ -863,7 +890,7 @@ module SiSU_TeX
                 p: markup_common(dob.tmp[:p]),
                 l: markup_common(dob.tmp[:l])
               }
-            else p "#{__FILE__}:#{__LINE__}" if @md.opt.cmd.inspect =~/M/
+            else p "#{__FILE__}:#{__LINE__}" if @md.opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on
             end
           end
           @tex_file << dob
@@ -918,7 +945,7 @@ module SiSU_TeX
                       l: number_paras_numbering(dob.tmp[ps][:l])
                     }
                     dob.tmp=para_hash
-                  else p "#{__FILE__}:#{__LINE__}" if @md.opt.cmd.inspect =~/M/
+                  else p "#{__FILE__}:#{__LINE__}" if @md.opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on
                   end
                 end
               end
@@ -927,7 +954,7 @@ module SiSU_TeX
                 p: number_paras_numbering(dob.tmp[:p]),
                 l: number_paras_numbering(dob.tmp[:l])
               }
-            else p "#{__FILE__}:#{__LINE__}" if @md.opt.cmd.inspect =~/M/
+            else p "#{__FILE__}:#{__LINE__}" if @md.opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on
             end
           else
             dob=if dob.of !=:comment \
@@ -981,7 +1008,7 @@ module SiSU_TeX
               fn[:landscape].puts h[:l],"\n"
             end
           end
-        else p "#{__FILE__}:#{__LINE__}" if @md.opt.cmd.inspect =~/M/
+        else p "#{__FILE__}:#{__LINE__}" if @md.opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on
         end
       end
       def output(array)
diff --git a/lib/sisu/v5/texpdf_format.rb b/lib/sisu/v5/texpdf_format.rb
index 5ed6ca75..b20105af 100644
--- a/lib/sisu/v5/texpdf_format.rb
+++ b/lib/sisu/v5/texpdf_format.rb
@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ module SiSU_TeX_Pdf
         @txt.gsub!(/<:=\s*(\S+?)\s*>/,
           "\\includegraphics*[width=11pt]{#{dir.path.image_source_include}/c_\\1.png}")
       else
-        SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@md.opt.cmd,"ERROR - image:",%{"#{image}" missing},"search path: #{dir.path.image_source_include}").error2 unless @md.opt.cmd =~/q/
+        SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@md.opt.act[:color_state][:set],"ERROR - image:",%{"#{image}" missing},"search path: #{dir.path.image_source_include}").error2 unless @md.opt.act[:quiet][:set]==:on
         @txt.gsub!(/#{Mx[:lnk_o]}\S+\.(png|jpg|gif).+?#{Mx[:lnk_c]}#{Mx[:url_o]}\S+?#{Mx[:url_c]}/,'') # fragile match operator\\ fragile !
       end
     end
@@ -626,7 +626,7 @@ module SiSU_TeX_Pdf
               hsp="\n{\\color{mywhite} .}&~\n" # ~ character for hardspace
               caption=(c ?  "{\\\\\ \n\\begin{scriptsize}#{hsp*3}#{c}\\end{scriptsize}&}" : '')
             elsif images_hash[ps] =~/#{Mx[:lnk_o]}\s*(\S+\.?\.(?:png|jpg|gif))/m
-              SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@md.opt.cmd,%{document built without image: "#{$1}" as image dimensions not provided (either image not found or neither imagemagick nor graphicsmagick is installed)?\n}).print_grey #unless @opt.cmd =~/q/
+              SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@md.opt.act[:color_state][:set],%{document built without image: "#{$1}" as image dimensions not provided (either image not found or neither imagemagick nor graphicsmagick is installed)?\n}).print_grey #unless @md.opt.act[:quiet][:set]==:on
               images_hash[ps].gsub!(/#{Mx[:lnk_o]}\s*(\S+\.?\.(?:png|jpg|gif))/,'[image]')
             end
             if image #most images fc etc. #% clean up !
@@ -678,7 +678,7 @@ module SiSU_TeX_Pdf
                 end
                 images_hash[ps]
               else
-                SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@md.opt.cmd,"ERROR - image:",%{"#{image}" missing},"search locations: #{dir.path.image_source_include_local},#{dir.path.image_source_include_remote} and #{dir.path.image_source_include}").error2 unless @md.opt.cmd =~/q/
+                SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@md.opt.act[:color_state][:set],"ERROR - image:",%{"#{image}" missing},"search locations: #{dir.path.image_source_include_local},#{dir.path.image_source_include_remote} and #{dir.path.image_source_include}").error2 unless @md.opt.act[:quiet][:set]==:on
                 if images_hash[ps] =~url_image_rgx \
                 or images_hash[ps] =~image_rgx
                   images_hash[ps]=''
@@ -1560,7 +1560,7 @@ Generated by \\href{http://www.jus.uio.no/sisu}{SiSU www.jus.uio.no/sisu } \\\\
       sisu_ico=if FileTest.file?("#{dir.path.image_source_include}/sisu.png")
         "\\includegraphics*[width=60pt]{#{dir.path.image_source_include}/sisu.png}"
       else
-        SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@md.opt.cmd,'WARNING - image directory or image(s) missing:', %{"#{dir.path.image_source_include}"} ).warn unless @md.opt.cmd =~/q/
+        SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@md.opt.act[:color_state][:set],'WARNING - image directory or image(s) missing:', %{"#{dir.path.image_source_include}"} ).warn unless @md.opt.act[:quiet][:set]==:on
         " SiSU "
       end
       url=@md.fnb.gsub(/(?:\\)*([$&~%_#}{^])/,'\\\\\1')
diff --git a/lib/sisu/v5/update.rb b/lib/sisu/v5/update.rb
index cfa4c1c0..22abc6a0 100644
--- a/lib/sisu/v5/update.rb
+++ b/lib/sisu/v5/update.rb
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ module SiSU_UpdateControlFlag
         @env=SiSU_Env::InfoEnv.new(@md.fns)
         out=@env.path.output
         base_path="#{out}/#{@md.fnb}"
-        SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@md.opt.cmd,'Checking previous output',base_path).green_hi_blue unless @md.opt.cmd =~/q/
+        SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@md.opt.act[:color_state][:set],'Checking previous output',base_path).green_hi_blue unless @md.opt.act[:quiet][:set]==:on
         SetCF.new(@md).set_flags
       rescue
         SiSU_Errors::Rescued.new($!,$@,@md.opt.cmd,@md.fns).location do
diff --git a/lib/sisu/v5/urls.rb b/lib/sisu/v5/urls.rb
index 3b9f5034..9f8c9a75 100644
--- a/lib/sisu/v5/urls.rb
+++ b/lib/sisu/v5/urls.rb
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ module SiSU_Urls
     end
     def songsheet
       begin
-       @opt.cmd=~/U/ ? urls_all : (urls_select unless @opt.cmd=~/q/)
+       @opt.cmd=~/U/ ? urls_all : (urls_select unless @opt.act[:quiet][:set]==:on)
       rescue
         SiSU_Errors::Rescued.new($!,$@,@opt.cmd,@opt.fns).location do
           __LINE__.to_s + ':' + __FILE__
@@ -135,97 +135,97 @@ module SiSU_Urls
     def show
       def source
         def src(x,y)
-          SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,"[#{@opt.f_pth[:lng_is]}] -#{x}","#{@prog.text_editor} #{@md.file.output_path.src.dir}/#{y}").result
+          SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],"[#{@opt.f_pth[:lng_is]}] -#{x}","#{@prog.text_editor} #{@md.file.output_path.src.dir}/#{y}").result
         end
         def pod(x,y)
-          SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,"[#{@opt.f_pth[:lng_is]}] -#{x}","#{@prog.web_browser} file://#{@md.file.output_path.sisupod.dir}/#{y}").result
+          SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],"[#{@opt.f_pth[:lng_is]}] -#{x}","#{@prog.web_browser} file://#{@md.file.output_path.sisupod.dir}/#{y}").result
         end
         self
       end
       def generic(x,y)
-        SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,"[#{@opt.f_pth[:lng_is]}] -#{x}","#{@prog.web_browser} #{@env.url.output_tell}/#{@fnb}/#{y}").result
+        SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],"[#{@opt.f_pth[:lng_is]}] -#{x}","#{@prog.web_browser} #{@env.url.output_tell}/#{@fnb}/#{y}").result
       end
       def meta(x,y)
-        SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,"[#{@opt.f_pth[:lng_is]}] -#{x}","#{@prog.text_editor} ~#{y}/#{@fnb}.#{y}").result
+        SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],"[#{@opt.f_pth[:lng_is]}] -#{x}","#{@prog.text_editor} ~#{y}/#{@fnb}.#{y}").result
       end
       def text(x)
-        SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,"[#{@opt.f_pth[:lng_is]}] -#{x}","#{@prog.web_browser} file://#{@md.file.output_path.txt.dir}/#{@md.file.base_filename.txt}").result
+        SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],"[#{@opt.f_pth[:lng_is]}] -#{x}","#{@prog.web_browser} file://#{@md.file.output_path.txt.dir}/#{@md.file.base_filename.txt}").result
       end
       def epub(x)
-        SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,"[#{@opt.f_pth[:lng_is]}] -#{x}","#{@prog.epub_viewer} #{@md.file.output_path.epub.dir}/#{@md.file.base_filename.epub}").result
+        SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],"[#{@opt.f_pth[:lng_is]}] -#{x}","#{@prog.epub_viewer} #{@md.file.output_path.epub.dir}/#{@md.file.base_filename.epub}").result
       end
       def html
         def scroll(x)
-          SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,"[#{@opt.f_pth[:lng_is]}] -#{x}","#{@prog.web_browser} file://#{@md.file.output_path.html_scroll.dir}/#{@md.file.base_filename.html_scroll}").result
+          SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],"[#{@opt.f_pth[:lng_is]}] -#{x}","#{@prog.web_browser} file://#{@md.file.output_path.html_scroll.dir}/#{@md.file.base_filename.html_scroll}").result
         end
         def toc(x)
-          SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,"[#{@opt.f_pth[:lng_is]}] -#{x}","#{@prog.web_browser} file://#{@md.file.output_path.html_seg.dir}/#{@md.file.base_filename.html_segtoc}").result
+          SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],"[#{@opt.f_pth[:lng_is]}] -#{x}","#{@prog.web_browser} file://#{@md.file.output_path.html_seg.dir}/#{@md.file.base_filename.html_segtoc}").result
         end
         def concordance(x)
-          SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,"[#{@opt.f_pth[:lng_is]}] -#{x}","#{@prog.web_browser} file://#{@md.file.output_path.html_concordance.dir}/#{@md.file.base_filename.html_concordance}").result
+          SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],"[#{@opt.f_pth[:lng_is]}] -#{x}","#{@prog.web_browser} file://#{@md.file.output_path.html_concordance.dir}/#{@md.file.base_filename.html_concordance}").result
         end
         def manifest(x)
-          SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,"[#{@opt.f_pth[:lng_is]}] -#{x}","#{@prog.web_browser} file://#{@md.file.output_path.manifest.dir}/#{@md.file.base_filename.manifest}").result
+          SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],"[#{@opt.f_pth[:lng_is]}] -#{x}","#{@prog.web_browser} file://#{@md.file.output_path.manifest.dir}/#{@md.file.base_filename.manifest}").result
         end
         self
       end
       def qrcode(x)
-        SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,"[#{@opt.f_pth[:lng_is]}] -#{x}","#{@prog.web_browser} file://#{@md.file.output_path.manifest.dir}/#{@md.file.base_filename.manifest}").result
+        SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],"[#{@opt.f_pth[:lng_is]}] -#{x}","#{@prog.web_browser} file://#{@md.file.output_path.manifest.dir}/#{@md.file.base_filename.manifest}").result
       end
       def odt(x)
-        SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,"[#{@opt.f_pth[:lng_is]}] -#{x}","#{@prog.odf_viewer} file://#{@md.file.output_path.odt.dir}/#{@md.file.base_filename.odt}").result
+        SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],"[#{@opt.f_pth[:lng_is]}] -#{x}","#{@prog.odf_viewer} file://#{@md.file.output_path.odt.dir}/#{@md.file.base_filename.odt}").result
       end
       def pdf
         def portrait(x)
-          SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,"[#{@opt.f_pth[:lng_is]}] -#{x}","#{@prog.pdf_viewer} #{@md.file.output_path.pdf.dir}/#{@md.file.base_filename.pdf_p}pdf").result
+          SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],"[#{@opt.f_pth[:lng_is]}] -#{x}","#{@prog.pdf_viewer} #{@md.file.output_path.pdf.dir}/#{@md.file.base_filename.pdf_p}pdf").result
         end
         def landscape(x)
-          SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,"[#{@opt.f_pth[:lng_is]}] -#{x}","#{@prog.pdf_viewer} #{@md.file.output_path.pdf.dir}/#{@md.file.base_filename.pdf_l}pdf").result
+          SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],"[#{@opt.f_pth[:lng_is]}] -#{x}","#{@prog.pdf_viewer} #{@md.file.output_path.pdf.dir}/#{@md.file.base_filename.pdf_l}pdf").result
         end
         self
       end
       def manpage(x)
-        SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,"[#{@opt.f_pth[:lng_is]}] -#{x}","#{@prog.manpage_viewer} #{@md.file.output_path.manpage.dir}/#{@md.file.base_filename.manpage}").result
+        SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],"[#{@opt.f_pth[:lng_is]}] -#{x}","#{@prog.manpage_viewer} #{@md.file.output_path.manpage.dir}/#{@md.file.base_filename.manpage}").result
       end
       def pinfo(x,y)
-        SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,"[#{@opt.f_pth[:lng_is]}] -#{x}","pinfo -f #{@md.file.output_path.texinfo.dir}/#{@md.file.base_filename.info}").result
+        SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],"[#{@opt.f_pth[:lng_is]}] -#{x}","pinfo -f #{@md.file.output_path.texinfo.dir}/#{@md.file.base_filename.info}").result
       end
       def po4a
         def po(x,y)
-          SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,"-#{x}","#{@prog.text_editor} #{@md.file.output_path.po.dir}/#{y}").result
+          SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],"-#{x}","#{@prog.text_editor} #{@md.file.output_path.po.dir}/#{y}").result
         end
         def pot(x,y)
-          SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,"-#{x}","#{@prog.text_editor} #{@md.file.output_path.pot.dir}/#{y}").result
+          SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],"-#{x}","#{@prog.text_editor} #{@md.file.output_path.pot.dir}/#{y}").result
         end
         self
       end
       def xhtml(x)
-        SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,"[#{@opt.f_pth[:lng_is]}] -#{x}","#{@prog.web_browser} file://#{@md.file.output_path.xhtml.dir}/#{@md.file.base_filename.xhtml}").result
+        SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],"[#{@opt.f_pth[:lng_is]}] -#{x}","#{@prog.web_browser} file://#{@md.file.output_path.xhtml.dir}/#{@md.file.base_filename.xhtml}").result
       end
       def xml
         def sax(x)
-          SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,"[#{@opt.f_pth[:lng_is]}] -#{x}","#{@prog.web_browser} file://#{@md.file.output_path.xml_sax.dir}/#{@md.file.base_filename.xml_sax}").result
+          SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],"[#{@opt.f_pth[:lng_is]}] -#{x}","#{@prog.web_browser} file://#{@md.file.output_path.xml_sax.dir}/#{@md.file.base_filename.xml_sax}").result
         end
         def dom(x)
-          SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,"[#{@opt.f_pth[:lng_is]}] -#{x}","#{@prog.web_browser} file://#{@md.file.output_path.xml_dom.dir}/#{@md.file.base_filename.xml_dom}").result
+          SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],"[#{@opt.f_pth[:lng_is]}] -#{x}","#{@prog.web_browser} file://#{@md.file.output_path.xml_dom.dir}/#{@md.file.base_filename.xml_dom}").result
         end
         def sitemap(x) #BROKEN
-          SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,"[#{@opt.f_pth[:lng_is]}] -#{x}","#{@prog.web_browser} file://#{@md.file.output_path.sitemaps.dir}/#{@md.file.base_filename.sitemap}").result
+          SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],"[#{@opt.f_pth[:lng_is]}] -#{x}","#{@prog.web_browser} file://#{@md.file.output_path.sitemaps.dir}/#{@md.file.base_filename.sitemap}").result
         end
         self
       end
       def hash_digest(x)
-        SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,"[#{@opt.f_pth[:lng_is]}] -#{x}","#{@prog.web_browser} file://#{@md.file.output_path.hash_digest.dir}/#{@md.file.base_filename.hash_digest}").result
+        SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],"[#{@opt.f_pth[:lng_is]}] -#{x}","#{@prog.web_browser} file://#{@md.file.output_path.hash_digest.dir}/#{@md.file.base_filename.hash_digest}").result
       end
       def db
         def psql(x,y)
-          SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,"[#{@opt.f_pth[:lng_is]}] -#{x} DBI psql","#{@pwd_stub}::#{@opt.fns}",y).result
+          SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],"[#{@opt.f_pth[:lng_is]}] -#{x} DBI psql","#{@pwd_stub}::#{@opt.fns}",y).result
         end
         def sqlite(x,y)
-          SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,"[#{@opt.f_pth[:lng_is]}] -#{x} DBI sqlite","sqlite3 #{@env.path.webserv}/#{@md.opt.f_pth[:pth_stub]}/sisu_sqlite.db").result
+          SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],"[#{@opt.f_pth[:lng_is]}] -#{x} DBI sqlite","sqlite3 #{@env.path.webserv}/#{@md.opt.f_pth[:pth_stub]}/sisu_sqlite.db").result
         end
         def sqlite_discrete(x,y)
-          SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,"[#{@opt.f_pth[:lng_is]}] -#{x}","sqlite3 #{@md.file.output_path.sqlite_discrete.dir}/#{@md.file.base_filename.sqlite_discrete}").result
+          SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],"[#{@opt.f_pth[:lng_is]}] -#{x}","sqlite3 #{@md.file.output_path.sqlite_discrete.dir}/#{@md.file.base_filename.sqlite_discrete}").result
         end
         self
       end
@@ -235,18 +235,19 @@ module SiSU_Urls
       if x=~/^([abcehHmNoptwxXy])/ \
       and opt.cmd =~/[abcehHmNoptwxXy]/ \
       and x=~/^[#{opt.cmd}]/ \
-      and opt.cmd =~/[MV]/
+      and (@opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on \
+      || @opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on)
         tool=@prog.text_editor
         if x =~/^m/ \
         and @opt.cmd=~/m/ \
         and x=~/^[#{opt.cmd}]/
-          SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,"-#{x}","#{@prog.text_editor} #{@env.processing_path.dal}/#{@opt.fns}.meta").maintenance
+          SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],"-#{x}","#{@prog.text_editor} #{@env.processing_path.dal}/#{@opt.fns}.meta").maintenance
         end
         if x=~/^([hw])/ \
         and @opt.cmd=~/[hw]/ \
         and x=~/^[#{@opt.cmd}]/ \
         and x !~/segmented/
-          SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,"-#{x}","#{@prog.text_editor} #{@env.processing_path.tune}/#{@md.fns}.tune").maintenance
+          SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],"-#{x}","#{@prog.text_editor} #{@env.processing_path.tune}/#{@md.fns}.tune").maintenance
         end
         if x=~/^p/ \
         and @opt.cmd=~/p/ \
@@ -255,8 +256,8 @@ module SiSU_Urls
           fns=@opt.fns.gsub(/~/,'-')
           unless @opt.cmd =~/q/
             tell=if x =~/landscape/
-              SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,"-#{x}","#{@prog.text_editor} #{@env.processing_path.tex}/#{fns}.landscape.tex")
-            else SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,"-#{x}","#{@prog.text_editor} #{@env.processing_path.tex}/#{fns}.tex")
+              SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],"-#{x}","#{@prog.text_editor} #{@env.processing_path.tex}/#{fns}.landscape.tex")
+            else SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],"-#{x}","#{@prog.text_editor} #{@env.processing_path.tex}/#{fns}.tex")
             end
             tell.maintenance
           end
@@ -269,12 +270,12 @@ module SiSU_Urls
         if x=~/^e/ \
         and @opt.cmd=~/e/ \
         and x=~/^[#{@opt.cmd}]/
-          SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,"-#{x}","#{@prog.text_editor} #{@env.processing_path.epub}/#{Ep[:d_oebps]}/toc.xhtml").maintenance
+          SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],"-#{x}","#{@prog.text_editor} #{@env.processing_path.epub}/#{Ep[:d_oebps]}/toc.xhtml").maintenance
         end
         if x=~/^o/ \
         and @opt.cmd=~/o/ \
         and x=~/^[#{@opt.cmd}]/
-          SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,"-#{x}","#{@prog.text_editor} #{@env.processing_path.odf}/#{@opt.fns}/odt/content.xml").maintenance
+          SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],"-#{x}","#{@prog.text_editor} #{@env.processing_path.odf}/#{@opt.fns}/odt/content.xml").maintenance
         end
       end
     end
@@ -282,17 +283,21 @@ module SiSU_Urls
       unless @opt.cmd =~/q/
         i1="[#{@opt.f_pth[:lng_is]}]"
         i2="file://#{@md.file.output_path.manifest.dir}/#{@md.file.base_filename.manifest}"
-        @opt.cmd=~/[MVvz]/ \
-        ? SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,'URLs').green_title_hi
-        : SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,'URL (output manifest)',i1, i2).grey_title_grey_blue
-        SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,@opt.fns,"#{@md.file.output_path.manifest.dir}/#{@md.file.base_filename.manifest}").flow if @opt.cmd =~/[MVv]/
+        (@opt.act[:verbose][:set]==:on \
+        || @opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on \
+        || @opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on) \
+        ? SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],'URLs').green_title_hi
+        : SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],'URL (output manifest)',i1, i2).grey_title_grey_blue
+        SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],@opt.fns,"#{@md.file.output_path.manifest.dir}/#{@md.file.base_filename.manifest}").flow if @opt.cmd =~/[MVv]/
       end
       m=/.+\/(?:src\/)?(\S+)/im # m=/.+?\/(?:src\/)?([^\/]+)$/im # m=/.+\/(\S+)/m
       @pwd_stub="#{@env.url.output_tell}"[m,1]
-      unless @opt.cmd =~/q/
+      unless @opt.act[:quiet][:set]==:on
         @u.each do |x,y|
           if @opt.fns =~ @m_regular
-            if @opt.cmd =~/[MVv]/
+            if (@opt.act[:verbose][:set]==:on \
+            || @opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on \
+            || @opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on)
               if x=~/--txt\b/ \
               and @opt.act[:txt][:set]==:on
                 show.text(x)
@@ -406,14 +411,17 @@ module SiSU_Urls
                 show.html.manifest(x)
               end
             end
-            urls_maintenance(@opt,x,y) if @opt.cmd =~/[MV]/
+            if (@opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on \
+            || @opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on)
+              urls_maintenance(@opt,x,y)
+            end
           end
         end
       end
     end
     def urls_all
       i="(output manifest) [#{@opt.f_pth[:lng_is]}] #{@env.url.output_tell}/#{@fnb}/sisu_manifest.html"
-      SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,'URLs',i).grey_title_hi
+      SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],'URLs',i).grey_title_hi
       @u.each do |x,y|
         case x
         when /^m/
diff --git a/lib/sisu/v5/wikispeak.rb b/lib/sisu/v5/wikispeak.rb
index 838afa36..da8fc9fa 100644
--- a/lib/sisu/v5/wikispeak.rb
+++ b/lib/sisu/v5/wikispeak.rb
@@ -80,11 +80,16 @@ module SiSU_Wikispeak
         @md=SiSU_Param::Parameters.new(@opt).get
         @env=SiSU_Env::InfoEnv.new(@opt.fns)
         path=@env.path.output_tell
-        tool=(@opt.cmd =~/[MVv]/) \
+        tool=(@opt.act[:verbose][:set]==:on \
+        || @opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on \
+        || @opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on) \
         ? "#{@env.program.text_editor} #{path}/#{@md.fnb}/#{@md.fn[:wiki]}"
         : ''
-        SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,'Wikispeak',tool).green_hi_blue unless @opt.cmd =~/q/
-        SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,@opt.fns,"#{@env.path.output_tell}/#{@md.fnb}/#{@md.fn[:wiki]}").flow if @opt.cmd =~/[MV]/
+        SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],'Wikispeak',tool).green_hi_blue unless @opt.act[:quiet][:set]==:on
+        if (@opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on \
+        || @opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on)
+          SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],@opt.fns,"#{@env.path.output_tell}/#{@md.fnb}/#{@md.fn[:wiki]}").flow
+        end
         @dal_array=SiSU_DAL::Source.new(@opt).get # dal file drawn here
         SiSU_Wikispeak::Source::Scroll.new(@dal_array,@md).songsheet
       rescue
diff --git a/lib/sisu/v5/xhtml.rb b/lib/sisu/v5/xhtml.rb
index 1a194139..03ba0134 100644
--- a/lib/sisu/v5/xhtml.rb
+++ b/lib/sisu/v5/xhtml.rb
@@ -83,17 +83,23 @@ module SiSU_XHTML
     def read
       begin
         @env,@md,@dal_array=@particulars.env,@particulars.md,@particulars.dal_array
-        unless @opt.cmd =~/q/
-          tool=if @opt.cmd =~/[MV]/
+        unless @opt.act[:quiet][:set]==:on
+          tool=if (@opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on \
+          || @opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on)
             "#{@env.program.web_browser} file://#{@md.file.output_path.xhtml.dir}/#{@md.file.base_filename.xhtml}"
-          elsif @opt.cmd =~/v/
+          elsif @opt.act[:verbose][:set]==:on
             "#{@env.program.web_browser} file://#{@md.file.output_path.xhtml.dir}/#{@md.file.base_filename.xhtml}"
           else "[#{@opt.f_pth[:lng_is]}] #{@opt.fno}"
           end
-          @opt.cmd=~/[MVvz]/ \
-          ? SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,'XHTML',tool).green_hi_blue
-          : SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,'XHTML',tool).green_title_hi
-          SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,@opt.fns,"/#{@md.file.output_path.xhtml.dir}/#{@md.file.base_filename.xhtml}").flow if @opt.cmd =~/[MV]/
+          (@opt.act[:verbose][:set]==:on \
+          || @opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on \
+          || @opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on) \
+          ? SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],'XHTML',tool).green_hi_blue
+          : SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],'XHTML',tool).green_title_hi
+          if (@opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on \
+          || @opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on)
+            SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],@opt.fns,"/#{@md.file.output_path.xhtml.dir}/#{@md.file.base_filename.xhtml}").flow
+          end
         end
         SiSU_XHTML::Source::Songsheet.new(@particulars).song
       rescue
@@ -113,8 +119,12 @@ module SiSU_XHTML
       def song
         begin
           SiSU_XHTML::Source::Scroll.new(@particulars).songsheet
-          SiSU_XHTML::Source::Tidy.new(@md,@file.place_file.xhtml.dir).xml if @md.opt.cmd =~/[vVM]/ # test wellformedness, comment out when not in use
-          SiSU_Rexml::Rexml.new(@md,@file.place_file.xhtml.dir).xml if @md.opt.cmd =~/M/ # test rexml parsing, comment out when not in use #debug
+          if (@md.opt.act[:verbose][:set]==:on \
+          || @md.opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on \
+          || @md.opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on)
+            SiSU_XHTML::Source::Tidy.new(@md,@file.place_file.xhtml.dir).xml # test wellformedness, comment out when not in use
+          end
+          SiSU_Rexml::Rexml.new(@md,@file.place_file.xhtml.dir).xml if @md.opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on # test rexml parsing, comment out when not in use #debug
         rescue
           SiSU_Errors::Rescued.new($!,$@,@md.opt.cmd,@md.fns).location do
             __LINE__.to_s + ':' + __FILE__
@@ -413,16 +423,17 @@ WOK
       end
       def xml
         if @prog.tidy !=false
-          if @md.opt.cmd =~/[VM]/
-            unless @md.opt.cmd =~/q/
-              SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@md.opt.cmd,'invert','Using XML Tidy','check document structure').colorize
-              tell=SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@md.opt.cmd,'invert','','')
+          if (@md.opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on \
+          || @md.opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on)
+            unless @md.opt.act[:quiet][:set]==:on
+              SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@md.opt.act[:color_state][:set],'invert','Using XML Tidy','check document structure').colorize
+              tell=SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@md.opt.act[:color_state][:set],'invert','','')
               tell.grey_open
             end
             tidyfile='/dev/null' #don't want one or screen output, check for alternative flags
             tidy=SiSU_Env::SystemCall.new(@file,tidyfile)
             tidy.well_formed?
-            tell.p_off unless @md.opt.cmd =~/q/
+            tell.p_off unless @md.opt.act[:quiet][:set]==:on
           end
         end
       end
diff --git a/lib/sisu/v5/xml.rb b/lib/sisu/v5/xml.rb
index 99fd184e..f9741ec1 100644
--- a/lib/sisu/v5/xml.rb
+++ b/lib/sisu/v5/xml.rb
@@ -83,15 +83,23 @@ module SiSU_XML_SAX
     def read
       begin
         @env,@md,@dal_array=@particulars.env,@particulars.md,@particulars.dal_array
-        unless @opt.cmd =~/q/
-          tool=if @opt.cmd =~/[MV]/; "#{@env.program.web_browser} file://#{@md.file.output_path.xml_sax.dir}/#{@md.file.base_filename.xml_sax}\n\t#{@env.program.xml_viewer} file://#{@md.file.output_path.xml_sax.dir}/#{@md.file.base_filename.xml_sax}"
-          elsif @opt.cmd =~/v/; "#{@env.program.web_browser} file://#{@md.file.output_path.xml_sax.dir}/#{@md.file.base_filename.xml_sax}"
+        unless @opt.act[:quiet][:set]==:on
+          tool=if (@opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on \
+          || @opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on)
+            "#{@env.program.web_browser} file://#{@md.file.output_path.xml_sax.dir}/#{@md.file.base_filename.xml_sax}\n\t#{@env.program.xml_viewer} file://#{@md.file.output_path.xml_sax.dir}/#{@md.file.base_filename.xml_sax}"
+          elsif @opt.act[:verbose][:set]==:on
+            "#{@env.program.web_browser} file://#{@md.file.output_path.xml_sax.dir}/#{@md.file.base_filename.xml_sax}"
           else "[#{@opt.f_pth[:lng_is]}] #{@opt.fno}"
           end
-          @opt.cmd=~/[MVvz]/ \
-          ? SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,'XML SAX',tool).green_hi_blue
-          : SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,'XML SAX',tool).green_title_hi
-          SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,@opt.fns,"file://#{@md.file.output_path.xml_sax.dir}/#{@md.file.base_filename.xml_sax}").flow if @opt.cmd =~/[MV]/
+          (@opt.act[:verbose][:set]==:on \
+          || @opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on \
+          || @opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on) \
+          ? SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],'XML SAX',tool).green_hi_blue
+          : SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],'XML SAX',tool).green_title_hi
+          if (@opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on \
+          || @opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on)
+            SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],@opt.fns,"file://#{@md.file.output_path.xml_sax.dir}/#{@md.file.base_filename.xml_sax}").flow
+          end
         end
         SiSU_XML_SAX::Source::Songsheet.new(@particulars).song
       rescue
@@ -112,8 +120,12 @@ module SiSU_XML_SAX
       def song
         begin
           SiSU_XML_SAX::Source::Scroll.new(@particulars).songsheet
-          SiSU_XML_SAX::Source::Tidy.new(@md,@file.place_file.xml_sax.dir).xml if @md.opt.cmd =~/[vVM]/ # test wellformedness, comment out when not in use
-          SiSU_Rexml::Rexml.new(@md,@file.place_file.xml_sax.dir).xml if @md.opt.cmd =~/M/ # test rexml parsing, comment out when not in use #debug
+          if (@md.opt.act[:verbose][:set]==:on \
+          || @md.opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on \
+          || @md.opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on)
+            SiSU_XML_SAX::Source::Tidy.new(@md,@file.place_file.xml_sax.dir).xml # test wellformedness, comment out when not in use
+          end
+          SiSU_Rexml::Rexml.new(@md,@file.place_file.xml_sax.dir).xml if @md.opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on # test rexml parsing, comment out when not in use #debug
         rescue
           SiSU_Errors::Rescued.new($!,$@,@md.opt.cmd,@md.fns).location do
             __LINE__.to_s + ':' + __FILE__
@@ -453,16 +465,17 @@ WOK
       end
       def xml
         if @prog.tidy !=false #note values can be other than true
-          if @md.opt.cmd =~/[VM]/
-            unless @md.opt.cmd =~/q/
-              SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@md.opt.cmd,'invert','Using XML Tidy','check document structure').colorize
-              tell=SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@md.opt.cmd,'invert','','')
+          if (@md.opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on \
+          || @md.opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on)
+            unless @md.opt.act[:quiet][:set]==:on
+              SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@md.opt.act[:color_state][:set],'invert','Using XML Tidy','check document structure').colorize
+              tell=SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@md.opt.act[:color_state][:set],'invert','','')
               tell.grey_open
             end
             tidyfile='/dev/null' #don't want one or screen output, check for alternative flags
             tidy=SiSU_Env::SystemCall.new(@file,tidyfile)
             tidy.well_formed?
-            tell.p_off unless @md.opt.cmd =~/q/
+            tell.p_off unless @md.opt.act[:quiet][:set]==:on
           end
         end
       end
diff --git a/lib/sisu/v5/xml_dom.rb b/lib/sisu/v5/xml_dom.rb
index 29d8ea7e..f6d86883 100644
--- a/lib/sisu/v5/xml_dom.rb
+++ b/lib/sisu/v5/xml_dom.rb
@@ -84,15 +84,23 @@ module SiSU_XML_DOM
     def read
       begin
         @env,@md,@dal_array=@particulars.env,@particulars.md,@particulars.dal_array
-        unless @opt.cmd =~/q/
-          tool=if @opt.cmd =~/[MV]/; "#{@env.program.web_browser}  file://#{@md.file.output_path.xml_dom.dir}/#{@md.file.base_filename.xml_dom}\n\t#{@env.program.xml_viewer} file://#{@md.file.output_path.xml_dom.dir}/#{@md.file.base_filename.xml_dom}"
-          elsif @opt.cmd =~/v/; "#{@env.program.web_browser} file://#{@md.file.output_path.xml_dom.dir}/#{@md.file.base_filename.xml_dom}"
+        unless @opt.act[:quiet][:set]==:on
+          tool=if (@opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on \
+          || @opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on)
+            "#{@env.program.web_browser}  file://#{@md.file.output_path.xml_dom.dir}/#{@md.file.base_filename.xml_dom}\n\t#{@env.program.xml_viewer} file://#{@md.file.output_path.xml_dom.dir}/#{@md.file.base_filename.xml_dom}"
+          elsif @opt.act[:verbose][:set]==:on
+            "#{@env.program.web_browser} file://#{@md.file.output_path.xml_dom.dir}/#{@md.file.base_filename.xml_dom}"
           else "[#{@opt.f_pth[:lng_is]}] #{@opt.fno}"
           end
-          @opt.cmd=~/[MVvz]/ \
-          ? SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,'XML DOM',tool).green_hi_blue
-          : SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,'XML DOM',tool).green_title_hi
-          SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,@opt.fns,"file://#{@md.file.output_path.xml_dom.dir}/#{@md.file.base_filename.xml_dom}").flow if @opt.cmd =~/[MV]/
+          (@opt.act[:verbose][:set]==:on \
+          || @opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on \
+          || @opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on) \
+          ? SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],'XML DOM',tool).green_hi_blue
+          : SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],'XML DOM',tool).green_title_hi
+          if (@opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on \
+          || @opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on)
+            SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],@opt.fns,"file://#{@md.file.output_path.xml_dom.dir}/#{@md.file.base_filename.xml_dom}").flow
+          end
         end
         SiSU_XML_DOM::Source::Songsheet.new(@particulars).songsheet
       rescue
@@ -112,8 +120,12 @@ module SiSU_XML_DOM
       def songsheet
         begin
           SiSU_XML_DOM::Source::Scroll.new(@particulars).songsheet
-          SiSU_XML_DOM::Source::Tidy.new(@md,@file.place_file.xml_dom.dir).xml if @md.opt.cmd =~/[vVM]/ # test wellformedness, comment out when not in use
-          SiSU_Rexml::Rexml.new(@md,@file.place_file.xml_dom.dir).xml if @md.opt.cmd =~/M/ # test rexml parsing, comment out when not in use #debug
+          if (@md.opt.act[:verbose][:set]==:on \
+          || @md.opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on \
+          || @md.opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on)
+            SiSU_XML_DOM::Source::Tidy.new(@md,@file.place_file.xml_dom.dir).xml # test wellformedness, comment out when not in use
+          end
+          SiSU_Rexml::Rexml.new(@md,@file.place_file.xml_dom.dir).xml if @md.opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on # test rexml parsing, comment out when not in use #debug
         rescue
           SiSU_Errors::Rescued.new($!,$@,@md.opt.cmd,@md.fns).location do
             __LINE__.to_s + ':' + __FILE__
@@ -526,14 +538,15 @@ WOK
       end
       def xml
         if @prog.tidy !=false
-          if @md.opt.cmd =~/[VM]/
-            SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@md.opt.cmd,'invert','Using XML Tidy','check document structure').colorize unless @md.opt.cmd =~/q/
-            tell=SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@md.opt.cmd,'invert','','')
-            tell.grey_open unless @md.opt.cmd =~/q/
+          if (@md.opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on \
+          || @md.opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on)
+            SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@md.opt.act[:color_state][:set],'invert','Using XML Tidy','check document structure').colorize unless @md.opt.act[:quiet][:set]==:on
+            tell=SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@md.opt.act[:color_state][:set],'invert','','')
+            tell.grey_open unless @md.opt.act[:quiet][:set]==:on
             tidyfile='/dev/null' #don't want one or screen output, check for alternative flags
             tidy=SiSU_Env::SystemCall.new(@file,tidyfile)
             tidy.well_formed?
-            tell.p_off unless @md.opt.cmd =~/q/
+            tell.p_off unless @md.opt.act[:quiet][:set]==:on
           end
         end
       end
diff --git a/lib/sisu/v5/xml_fictionbook.rb b/lib/sisu/v5/xml_fictionbook.rb
index 05a02c9b..446e12e2 100644
--- a/lib/sisu/v5/xml_fictionbook.rb
+++ b/lib/sisu/v5/xml_fictionbook.rb
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ WOK
       end
       def put(line)
         @file_fictionbook.puts line
-        puts line if @md.opt.cmd =~/V/
+        puts line if @md.opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on
       end
       def structure_build_tag_close(lev,h)
         @sp='  '
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ WOK
             y="#{@sp*6}<#{@s[6]}>\n#{x[:para]}"
             @h[0]=6
           else
-            y=if @md.opt.cmd =~/V/; "#{x[:para]}"
+            y=if @md.opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on; "#{x[:para]}"
             else nil
             end
           end
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ WOK
               @ds[c][:para]=markup(para,'title')
             else
               @ds[c]={}
-              @ds[c][:para]=markup(para) if @md.opt.cmd =~/V/
+              @ds[c][:para]=markup(para) if @md.opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on
             end
             c+=1
           end
diff --git a/lib/sisu/v5/xml_format.rb b/lib/sisu/v5/xml_format.rb
index 14710a99..642096c0 100644
--- a/lib/sisu/v5/xml_format.rb
+++ b/lib/sisu/v5/xml_format.rb
@@ -1001,7 +1001,7 @@ WOK
         else nil
         end
       else
-        if @md.opt.cmd =~/M/
+        if @md.opt.act[:maintenance][:set]==:on
           p __FILE__ << ':' << __LINE__.to_s
           p t_o.class
           p caller
diff --git a/lib/sisu/v5/xml_scaffold.rb b/lib/sisu/v5/xml_scaffold.rb
index c935c384..10a1aee8 100644
--- a/lib/sisu/v5/xml_scaffold.rb
+++ b/lib/sisu/v5/xml_scaffold.rb
@@ -108,8 +108,10 @@ module SiSU_XML_Scaffold
         #  'sect2'            #  'section'
         #]                    #]
         data=@data
-        structure_outline(data) if @md.opt.cmd =~/V/
-        structure_simple(data) if @md.opt.cmd =~/V/
+        if @md.opt.act[:verbose_plus][:set]==:on
+          structure_outline(data)
+          structure_simple(data)
+        end
         structure_build(data)
       end
       def structure_outline(data)
diff --git a/lib/sisu/v5/zap.rb b/lib/sisu/v5/zap.rb
index 9d3cd10c..908d33d1 100644
--- a/lib/sisu/v5/zap.rb
+++ b/lib/sisu/v5/zap.rb
@@ -71,14 +71,14 @@ module SiSU_Zap
       zap_path="#{@env.path.output}/#{@env.fnb}"
       z=SiSU_Env::CleanOutput.new(@opt)
       if SiSU_Env::InfoSettings.new.permission?('zap')
-        unless @opt.cmd =~/q/
-          tell=SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,"Clean files related to processing #{@opt.cmd} ->","#{@opt.fns} -> #{zap_path}")
+        unless @opt.act[:quiet][:set]==:on
+          tell=SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],"Clean files related to processing #{@opt.cmd} ->","#{@opt.fns} -> #{zap_path}")
           tell.warn
         end
         z.zap.remove_output
       else
-        unless @opt.cmd =~/q/
-          tell=SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.cmd,'use of -Z (zap) has not enabled in sisurc.yml')
+        unless @opt.act[:quiet][:set]==:on
+          tell=SiSU_Screen::Ansi.new(@opt.act[:color_state][:set],'use of -Z (zap) has not enabled in sisurc.yml')
           tell.warn
         end
       end