[gmx-developers] mdp option names

[Justin A. Lemkul]

Aren't the hyphen and underscore interchangeable, such that either is already 
accepted?

-Justin

Alexey Shvetsov wrote:
> Hi all!
> 
> Seems it will be good idea to have all mdp option names consistent. In its
> current state some of them has '-' in its names like E-t while some other
> options has '_' in their names like init_step. It will be good if all 
> options
> will have same naming scheme like only '_' in names or only '-' in its 
> names.
> Also it will simplyfy mdp file generation and parsing  by external 
> software.
> 
> I prepared two patches in gerrit
> 
> https://gerrit.gromacs.org/229 <- it replaces '_' to '-' in mdp option 
> names
> 
> https://gerrit.gromacs.org/229 <- it changes mdp.html and mdp_opt.html
> 
> PS currently we use such mdp file parser for gromacs grid ui in nnn grid
> 

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Justin A. Lemkul
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Department of Biochemistry
Virginia Tech
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