We comment the template.par file provided in the distribution in the ’in/’ directory.

The parameter file is the list of all parameters (one per line). It is the equivalent of a namelist for a FORTRAN code.

A line that begins with a ’#’ is ignored (comment).
A line containing only separators, or an empty line, is also ignored.

Parameter references are case insensitive: AspectRatio, ASPECTRATIO or aspectratio are all valid.

Any trailing information (i.e. that appears after any separator after the parameter value) is discarded and constitutes therefore a comment.

This last comment stands alone on its line and therefore needs to begin with an ’#’.

Parameters can have several types. Here the type of PlanetConfig is STRING.

The type of ThicknessSmoothing is FLOAT.

Could be OPEN, RIGID or NONREFLECTING.

The type of Nrad is INTEGER.

Some parameters have a default value, and do not need to be defined if one wants them to be set to this default value. Others do not have a default value and must be defined (otherwise an error message is issued and the code stops).

The parameter ordering is arbitrary. A warning is issued if a parameter is defined more than once.