X-Git-Url: http://git.kpe.io/?p=ctsim.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fctsim-textui.tex;h=166a0dc1af2d5481ee1fc4432bdb5ed3a7fd8808;hp=0c123cccd421daee7e0fac5067325bacd63b5912;hb=47601e0ab94ccdc360824178cf068a05bcbdb0eb;hpb=e5c753200f28fdf5542a48051ad79c7c7dfbb299 diff --git a/doc/ctsim-textui.tex b/doc/ctsim-textui.tex index 0c123cc..166a0dc 100644 --- a/doc/ctsim-textui.tex +++ b/doc/ctsim-textui.tex @@ -1,8 +1,12 @@ \chapter{The Command Line Interface}\label{ctsimtext}\index{ctsimtext}% -\setheader{{\it CHAPTER \thechapter}}{}{}{}{}{{\it CHAPTER \thechapter}}% +\setheader{{\it CHAPTER \thechapter}}{}{}{\ctsimheadtitle}{}{{\it CHAPTER \thechapter}}% \ctsimfooter% -\ctsimtext\ is a master shell for all of the command-line utilities. +\ctsimtext\ is a master shell for all of the command-line utilities. The +command-line utilities can perform most of the functions of the graphical +shell. These command-line utilities are especially appropriate for use on +systems without graphics, batch files, and parallel processing in a Beowulf +computer cluster. \usage \ctsimtext\ can be invoked via three different methods. @@ -11,7 +15,9 @@ methods. \ctsimtext\ offers a command-line to enter the function-names and their parameters. The output of the command is displayed. Further commands may be given to \ctsimtext. The shell is exited by the -\texttt{quit} command. +\texttt{quit} command. \ctsimtext\ uses the +\urlref{readline}{http://www.gnu.org} library on UNIX and Linux platforms +to provide for command history processing. \item \ctsimtext\ can also be called to execute a single command. This is especially useful for batch @@ -29,7 +35,7 @@ as a shortcut rather than the equivalent command \\ \end{enumerate} -\section{Parallel Processing With a Computer Cluster} +\section{Parallel Processing} \ctsimtext\ can be used to spread it's processing over a cluster. Specifically, \ctsimtext\ supports the \urlref{LAM}{http://www.mpi.nd.edu/lam} version of the MPI environment. On platforms with LAM installed, a parallel version of