Contents

• Philosophy
• Coding Style
  • Indentation
  • Brace positioning
  • GRDOC
  • Header Files
  • Source Files
  • Naming Conventions
  • Functions
  
  
• Use of CVS
• Use of GNATS
• Release procedure
• Introduction
  • Note on philosophy of the make system
  
  
• Make files
  • Makefile
  • lib/make/make.configuration
  • lib/make/make.thornlib
  • lib/make/make.subdir
  • lib/make/make.pre and lib/make/make.post
  
  
• Autoconf stuff
  • configure.in
  • config.h.in
  • make.config.defn.in
  • make.config.rules.in
  • make.config.deps.in
  • aclocal.m4
  • CCTK_functions.sh
    • CCTK_Search
    • CCTK_CreateFile
    • CCTK_WriteLine
  • known-architectures
  • extras
  • config.sub and config.guess
  
  
• Perl scripts
  • setup_configuration.pl
  • configure.pl
  • new_thorn.pl
  
  
• Introduction
• The Databases
• The Generated Files
• The Parsing Routines
• The Output Routines
• Miscellaneous Routines
• Introduction
• Introduction
• Introduction
• Introduction
• Introduction
• Design and algorithms
• Implementation
• Summary of Interfaces
• XEmacs customisation

Preface

This document should describe the Cactus flesh. In particular it should describe

• The philosophy of the flesh
• The coding style used
• The make system
• The various source directories and all their files
• The perl scripts

In addition it should contain ideas for future enhancements.

Overview of documentation

This guide covers the following topics

1#1

Other topics to be discussed in separate documents include:

2#2

Typographical Conventions

3#3

How to Contact Us

Please let us know of any errors or omissions in this guide, as well as suggestions for future editions. These can be reported via our bug tracking system at http://www.cactuscode.org, or via email to cactus@cactuscode.org. Alternatively, write to us at

The Cactus Team
Albert Einstein Institute
Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics
Am Mühlenberg, 1
Potsdam
Germany

Acknowledgements

Hearty thanks to all those who have helped with documentation for the Cactus Code.

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