An Elmish pattern with centralized commands.

open Elmish

module Program =
    /// <summary>
    /// Program with user-defined orders instead of usual command.
    /// Orders are processed by <code>execute</code> which can dispatch messages,
    /// called in place of usual command processing.
    /// </summary>
    let mkProgramWithOrderExecute
            (init: 'arg' -> 'model * 'order)
            (update: 'msg -> 'model -> 'model * 'order)
            (view: 'model -> Dispatch<'msg> -> 'view)
            (execute: 'order -> Dispatch<'msg> -> unit) =
        let convert (model, order) = 
            model, order |> execute |> Cmd.ofSub 
        Program.mkProgram
            (init >> convert)
            (fun msg model -> update msg model |> convert)
            view

open System
let description = "Count-o-matic : watch integers being counted on your console.
Press Space to start, pause or resume.
Press Enter to step while in pause.
Press +/- to increase/decrease speed while running.
Press Q to quit."

type Model = { Running: bool ; Count: int ; Interval: int }
type Msg = 
    | TimerTick
    | KeyboardTick
    | Toggle
    | ChangeInterval of offset: int
/// user-defined order type
type Order =
    | StartKeyListener
    | Print of value: int
    | DelayTick of delay: int
    | CancelDelayedTick
    | Orders of Order list
    | NoOrder

let init (running, interval) =
    let model = { Running=running ; Count=0 ; Interval=interval }
    model, Orders [ StartKeyListener ; if running then DelayTick 0 ]
let update msg model =
    match msg, model.Running with
    | TimerTick, true
    | Toggle, false ->
        let model' = { model with Running = true; Count = model.Count+1 }
        model', Orders [ Print (model.Count+1) ; DelayTick model.Interval ]
    | Toggle, true ->
        { model with Running = false }, CancelDelayedTick
    | KeyboardTick, false -> 
        { model with Count = model.Count+1 }, Print (model.Count+1)
    | ChangeInterval x, true ->
        { model with Interval = model.Interval+x |> min 2500 |> max 50 }, NoOrder
    | KeyboardTick, true | ChangeInterval _, false | TimerTick, false -> 
        model, NoOrder
let view _ _ = ()
/// Function executing orders, with a dispatch function as second argument.
let rec execute order dispatch =
    match order with
    | StartKeyListener ->
        async {
            seq { while true do (Console.ReadKey true).KeyChar }
            |> Seq.takeWhile (fun key -> key <> 'q' && key <> 'Q')  // press q to quit
            |> Seq.iter (function
                | ' ' -> dispatch Toggle
                | '\013' -> dispatch KeyboardTick   // Enter key
                | '-' -> dispatch (ChangeInterval 50)
                | '+' -> dispatch (ChangeInterval -50)
                | _ -> ())
            Async.CancelDefaultToken () }
        |> Async.StartImmediate
    | Print value -> Console.WriteLine value
    | DelayTick delay ->
        async { do! Async.Sleep delay
                dispatch TimerTick }
        |> Async.Start
    | CancelDelayedTick -> Async.CancelDefaultToken ()
    | Orders orders -> for order in orders do execute order dispatch
    | NoOrder -> ()

Console.WriteLine description
Program.mkProgramWithOrderExecute init update view execute
|> Program.runWith (false, 350)