Input: options
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Normal Options
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On the right side of the AMSinput window you have the panels with
input options.

Most of the options presented in the different panels are generated
automatically from configuration files that define the input for ADF,
BAND etc.This ensures that all options are up-to-date, and that the
descriptions in the help balloons (when your mouse pointer is over an
option) are also up-to-date (and identical to the information in the
user manuals).

The options are logically grouped together, the most important are on
the Main panel.

Options regarding the physical Model are in the Model section, options
that determine how and what properties are calculated are in the
Properties section, and many other options that are details relating
to the calculation are in the Details section.

If you cannot locate the option you are looking for, use the search
field at the top right of the AMSinput window.


Expert Options
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Some options are either hardly ever used and have not been put
explicitly on some panel. And similar it might happen that the compute
codes have some new options that have not yet been explicitly added to
AMSinput. All such options are added to the Expert Options panel in
the Details section (again automatically generated).

Most users will not need to use these, but all options are available
in this way.

The Expert Options panel is available for all SCM software, except for
ADF (this will be fixed in a future release).

Again, if you cannot locate the option you are looking for, use the
search field at the top right of the AMSinput window.


Units
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Often options have some unit associated with them. The units are
clearly presented in the panels.

A hidden feature is that in most cases in AMSinput you can change the
units. Just click on the unit with your mouse, and a menu will pop up
that you can use to select the units that you like.

The units that are selected without moving the mouse are the default
units.

When you make a change, that change is saved when you quit AMSinput
(in the $HOME/.scm_guirc file). The next time you start AMSinput, that
particular field will use the units you selected. To revert everything
to the default units, use the Preferences module, and select the
'Reset AMSinput units' command from the File menu.
