[petsc-dev] PETSc beginner mode?

[Nathan Collier]

I was recently a new PETSc user and I think that something like this
is a good idea. On my first time-dependent nonlinear problem, it took
me some time before I realized that my SNES was not converging but my
TS kept marching. Having some of these things flagged by default for
the uninitiated would have saved me some head-to-keyboard time.

Nate

On Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 5:12 PM, Barry Smith <bsmith at mcs.anl.gov> wrote:
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>   Should we introduce a PETSc beginner mode that is on by default for new users? It would for example always have
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> -malloc -malloc_debug
> -options_left
> -ksp_monitor_true_residual -ksp_converged_reason -ksp_view
> -snes_monitor -snes_converged_reason -snes_view
> -ts_monitor
> on?
>
>  We could manage this by just creating a ~/.petscrc file with the appropriate options
>
>   Barry
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Nathan Collier
Postdoctoral Researcher
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)
nathaniel.collier at gmail.com
nathaniel.collier at kaust.edu.sa