[petsc-users] Small suggestion - update docs to include "-options_file"

[Matthew Knepley]

Changed.

   Matt

On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 7:25 PM, Patrick Sunter <patdevelop at gmail.com>wrote:

> Thanks Matt :- the only other section I thought might be appropriate
> would be the manual section "1.2 Running PETSc Programs" that mentions
> a few options.
>
> -- Pat.
>
> On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 1:38 AM, Matthew Knepley <knepley at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > I have added this to the PetscOptionsInsert() manpage.
> >    Matt
> >
> > On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 8:49 AM, Patrick Sunter <patdevelop at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi there,
> >>
> >> just would like to make a suggestion to update the PETSc documentation
> >> to specify how the "-options_file" command line argument works.
> >>
> >> The only reference to it I could find in the PETSc docs was on the
> >> 2.0.16 changes list page.
> >>
> >> Since this feature is used pretty heavily by our group when
> >> customising e.g. multigrid solvers, it would be nice in the docs of
> >> our code to be able to link to a PETSc document about this as a
> >> definitive source.
> >>
> >> thanks, Patrick.
> >> --
> >> Patrick Sunter
> >>
> >> VPAC Senior Computational Software Developer - AuScope Monash SAM
> Project
> >> Monash University Adjunct Research Associate (School of Mathematical
> >> Sciences)
> >>
> >> Room 301, Building 28
> >> Monash University VIC 3800
> >> Australia
> >>
> >> Ph: +61 (0)3 9905 4468
> >>
> >> For VPAC/AuScope admin issues email: patrick at vpac.org
> >> For AuScope software development email: patdevelop at gmail.com
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > What most experimenters take for granted before they begin their
> experiments
> > is infinitely more interesting than any results to which their
> experiments
> > lead.
> > -- Norbert Wiener
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Patrick Sunter
>
> VPAC Senior Computational Software Developer - AuScope Monash SAM Project
> Monash University Adjunct Research Associate (School of Mathematical
> Sciences)
>
> Room 301, Building 28
> Monash University VIC 3800
> Australia
>
> Ph: +61 (0)3 9905 4468
>
> For VPAC/AuScope admin issues email: patrick at vpac.org
> For AuScope software development email: patdevelop at gmail.com
>



-- 
What most experimenters take for granted before they begin their experiments
is infinitely more interesting than any results to which their experiments
lead.
-- Norbert Wiener
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