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authorallen <allen@17b73243-c579-4c4c-a9d2-2d5706c11dac>2002-12-30 20:29:15 +0000
committerallen <allen@17b73243-c579-4c4c-a9d2-2d5706c11dac>2002-12-30 20:29:15 +0000
commitcf8989ac9bdf6268373fb7e756801a95e2786ebe (patch)
tree94ae92a75bef694737639178082c658a83c46a97 /doc
parent59e9b3bd817ef4db5908d462a9712d81a3ab0dce (diff)
Fixes to parameter specification
From Cactus/1337 git-svn-id: http://svn.cactuscode.org/flesh/trunk@3064 17b73243-c579-4c4c-a9d2-2d5706c11dac
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-rw-r--r--doc/UsersGuide/Appendices.tex14
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/doc/UsersGuide/Appendices.tex b/doc/UsersGuide/Appendices.tex
index e125d0dc..b233e1ee 100644
--- a/doc/UsersGuide/Appendices.tex
+++ b/doc/UsersGuide/Appendices.tex
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ on this line.)
{\t
\begin{verbatim}
-[EXTENDS|USES] <parameter_type> <parameter name>[[<integer]>]] "<parameter description>"
+[EXTENDS|USES] <parameter_type> <parameter name>[[<integer>]] "<parameter description>"
[AS <alias>] [STEERABLE=<NEVER|ALWAYS|RECOVER>]
[ACCUMULATOR=<expression>] [ACCUMULATOR-BASE=<parameter-name>]
{
@@ -300,9 +300,10 @@ on this line.)
} <default value>
\end{verbatim}
}
-(The options {\t AS}, {\t STEERABLE}, etc. following {\t <parameter\_description>}
-must all appear on one line.) Note that the beginning brace (\{) must
-sit on a line by itself; the ending brace (\} must be preceded by a
+Where the options {\t AS}, {\t STEERABLE}, etc. following {\t <parameter\_description>}
+must all appear on one line.
+ Note that the beginning brace ({\t\{}) must
+sit on a line by itself; the ending brace ({\t\}}) must be preceded by a
carriage return.
\begin{itemize}
\item{} Allowed {\t parameter\_type}s are
@@ -350,7 +351,10 @@ another thorn. This allows it to declare additional acceptable values.
thorn, without declaring additional values, use {\t USES}
instead.
\item{} {\tt [integer]}, if present, specifies that this is an {\bf
- array} parameter. The parameter is then a one-dimensional
+ array} parameter. (Note that the notation used above for the
+ parameter specification breaks down here, there must be
+ square brackets around the given integer).
+ The parameter is then a one-dimensional
array of values of the specified type.
\item{} {\t alias} allows a parameter to appear as a different name in
this thorn than its original name in another thorn. The name