[gmx-users] Error on the manual (online and presumably the pdf) ?

[Stéphane Teletchéa]

David van der Spoel a écrit :
> Stéphane Teletchéa wrote:
> 
>> On the link :
>>
>> http://www.gromacs.org/documentation/reference_3.1/online/grompp.html
>>
>> On the files description, it is written :
>>
>> -po       mdout.mdp      Output      grompp input file with MD parameters
>>
>> I presume the description should be 'grompp output file with MD 
>> parameters'.
> 
> 
> Well actually the file can be used as input file, and the description 
> just follows from the file type. So despite that it is in fact an output 
> file, we regard the dscription as correct.

OK, if i understand correctly :
- 'type' explains what the 'option' will be used for,
- 'description' explains what is the 'filename'.

Seems counter-intuitive to me but since I'm French, it may be logical :-)

Thanks for the explanation.

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