[gmx-developers] adding input records

[Jason de Joannis]

Sorry about that previous post.

> Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2005 12:13:13 +0200
> From: David <spoel at xray.bmc.uu.se>
> Subject: Re: [gmx-developers] adding input records
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> On Fri, 2005-07-29 at 16:58 -0400, Jason de Joannis wrote:
>> Dear Developers,
>>
>> How can I expand the parm->ir structure?
>> I have a lot of new parameters that I want to introduce into
>> my mdp-file, so parm->ir.userint1... are not enough.
>
> How many did you think of?
>

Seven integers and two reals right now.

>>
>> When I modify inputrec.h, tpxio.c and txtdump.c in a straightforward
>> way (e.g. adding userint5), I get a lot of warnings during compile.
>> "comparison between signed and unsigned". When I try to run the new
>> program I get
>
> You will also have to add kernel/readir.c, and there may be more
>

Aha. I missed that one!

> Then you'll have to make stuff conditional in tpxio.c, and increase the
> tpx version
>

There are no conditionals for e.g. userint1 so I should be fine.
Thanks for the tpx_version tip -- I have done that.

>
>>
>> Fatal error: calloc for ir->opts.eg_excl (nelem=-1986540631, elsize=4, file
>> tpxio.c, line 457): Cannot allocate memory
>>
>> How can I fix this without getting my hands dirty?
> Now you're asking too much, but it seems your hands are slightly greasy
> already...

Slightly greasy is acceptable ;) I have managed to get it working.
Incidently this requires a new grompp as well as mdrun - something that
escaped my first notice.

>
> If you are implementing something that you think would be useful for
> others as well, then please do it in the CVS version, that will make it
> easier to add your stuff to a future version of gmx.
>

This code mutates lipid species in a semigrand-CBMC fashion. Right now
it is capable of chopping one or both tails. We will add it to the cvs
maybe in a little while, if anyone is interested?


>>
>> /Jason
>>
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