diff --git a/src/GF/Command/Commands.hs b/src/GF/Command/Commands.hs
index 8dcefece9..04ba13256 100644
--- a/src/GF/Command/Commands.hs
+++ b/src/GF/Command/Commands.hs
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ allCommands mgr = Map.fromAscList [
      }),
   ("l", emptyCommandInfo {
      exec = \opts -> return . fromStrings . map (optLin opts),
-     options = ["record","table","term"],
+     options = ["all","record","table","term"],
      flags = ["lang"]
      }),
   ("p", emptyCommandInfo {
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ allCommands mgr = Map.fromAscList [
  
    optLin opts t = unlines [linea lang t | lang <- optLangs opts] where
      linea lang = case opts of
+       _ | isOpt "all"    opts -> allLinearize gr (cid lang)
        _ | isOpt "table"  opts -> tableLinearize gr (cid lang)
        _ | isOpt "term"   opts -> termLinearize gr (cid lang)
        _ | isOpt "record" opts -> recordLinearize gr (cid lang)
diff --git a/src/GF/GFCC/ShowLinearize.hs b/src/GF/GFCC/ShowLinearize.hs
index b9fca129a..ec4952cc2 100644
--- a/src/GF/GFCC/ShowLinearize.hs
+++ b/src/GF/GFCC/ShowLinearize.hs
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 module GF.GFCC.ShowLinearize (
   tableLinearize,
   recordLinearize,
-  termLinearize
+  termLinearize,
+  allLinearize
   ) where
 
 import GF.GFCC.Linearize
@@ -13,8 +14,9 @@ import GF.GFCC.PrintGFCC ----
 import GF.Data.Operations
 import Data.List
 
--- printing linearizations with parameters
+-- printing linearizations in different ways with source parameters
 
+-- internal representation, only used internally in this module
 data Record = 
    RR   [(String,Record)]
  | RT   [(String,Record)]
@@ -36,6 +38,7 @@ prRecord = prr where
     RS s -> prQuotedString s
     RCon s -> s
 
+-- uses the encoding of record types in GFCC.paramlincat
 mkRecord :: Term -> Term -> Record
 mkRecord typ trm = case (typ,trm) of
   (R rs,      R ts) -> RR [(str lab, mkRecord ty t) | (P lab ty, t) <- zip rs ts]
@@ -47,23 +50,38 @@ mkRecord typ trm = case (typ,trm) of
  where
    str = realize
 
+-- show all branches, without labels and params
+allLinearize :: GFCC -> CId -> Exp -> String
+allLinearize gfcc lang = concat . map pr . tabularLinearize gfcc lang where
+  pr (p,vs) = unlines vs
+
+-- show all branches, with labels and params
 tableLinearize :: GFCC -> CId -> Exp -> String
-tableLinearize gfcc lang = unlines . branches . recLinearize gfcc lang where
+tableLinearize gfcc lang = unlines . map pr . tabularLinearize gfcc lang where
+  pr (p,vs) = p +++ ":" +++ unwords (intersperse "|" vs)
+
+-- create a table from labels+params to variants
+tabularLinearize :: GFCC -> CId -> Exp -> [(String,[String])]
+tabularLinearize gfcc lang = branches . recLinearize gfcc lang where
   branches r = case r of
-    RR  fs -> [lab +++ b | (lab,t) <- fs, b <- branches t]
-    RT  fs -> [lab +++ b | (lab,t) <- fs, b <- branches t]
-    RFV rs -> intersperse "|" (concatMap branches rs)
-    RS  s  -> [" : " ++ s]
+    RR  fs -> [(lab +++ b,s) | (lab,t) <- fs, (b,s) <- branches t]
+    RT  fs -> [(lab +++ b,s) | (lab,t) <- fs, (b,s) <- branches t]
+    RFV rs -> [([], ss) | (_,ss) <- concatMap branches rs]
+    RS  s  -> [([], [s])]
     RCon _ -> []
 
+-- show record in GF-source-like syntax
 recordLinearize :: GFCC -> CId -> Exp -> String
 recordLinearize gfcc lang = prRecord . recLinearize gfcc lang
 
-termLinearize :: GFCC -> CId -> Exp -> String
-termLinearize gfcc lang = printTree . linExp gfcc lang
-
+-- create a GF-like record, forming the basis of all functions above
 recLinearize :: GFCC -> CId -> Exp -> Record
 recLinearize gfcc lang exp = mkRecord typ $ linExp gfcc lang exp where
   typ = case exp of
     DTr _ (AC f) _ -> lookParamLincat gfcc lang $ valCat $ lookType gfcc f
 
+-- show GFCC term
+termLinearize :: GFCC -> CId -> Exp -> String
+termLinearize gfcc lang = printTree . linExp gfcc lang
+
+