[gmx-users] Precision of timestamp in xvg-files

[Anton Feenstra]

Oliver Lange wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I use g_anaeig to plot the projection on eigenvectors of my trajectory
> between 10ns and 11ns.
> The precision of the x-value in the generated grace-file (.xvg) is only
> 4 digits. That means i
> get a lot of values for 1.000e+4 ps, a lot of values for 1.001e+4 ps and
> so on.
> In my opinion,  the g_anaeig-tool (probably all the ".xvg" generating
> tools) should have an option to set the output-precision of the time
> values.

Most tools (g_anaeig too) already have a -tu option (although I am not 
sure in which version these first appeared) which sets the time unit to 
be used; you can choose anything from femtoseconds to hours.


-- 
Groetjes,

Anton
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