For the desktop versions (macOS, Linux, Windows/DOS, Windows/CYGWIN,Windows/WSL), you can start the program with the "-terminal" argument and then have an insh prompt:
Linux> <install_path>/g4view/<version>/bin/g4view -terminal (macOS> <install_path>/g4view/<version>/g4view.app/Contents/MacOS/g4view -terminal) ( DOS> <install_path>\g4view\<version>\bin\g4view.exe -terminal) $
You can already change the prompt by proceeding as for a Bourne shell by defining the PS1 variable in your .insh:
PS1='g4view> '
and after restarting you should have:
g4view>
The terminal prompt handles an history file. The logic is the same as for a bash prompt:
$ history .... 470 scene_clear_dynamic 471 g4_pv_ls 472 exit 473 history $ !470 $ !471 $ !!
By typing twice the tab key, you activate the completion and have the list of available commands.
On good part of commands, you have a help text that you can read by using the help command:
$ help echo $ help g4_pv_ls
See the "help text of commands" section for a raw dump of the commands help texts.