NAME

       evolver — The Surface Evolver, minimize energy of a surface

SYNOPSIS

       evolver [-adehimqwxy] [-f file] [-pN] [datafile]

DESCRIPTION

       The  Surface  Evolver  is  a  program  that  minimizes  the energy of a triangulated surface according to
       designated energies and constraints.  This man page only documents command line options  and  environment
       variables.  The full package and documentation are available at http://www.susqu.edu/brakke/evolver.

       Command line options:

       datafile
                Text file defining a surface. If omitted, you will be prompted.

       -a       Autoconvert  to  named  quantities  when  needed  (default  is  on);  use  "-a-"  to  deactivate
                autoconversion.

       -d       Begin with parser debugging on (equivalent to  "debug"  runtime  command).   Beware  of  copious
                output.

       -e       Echo stdin to stdout; meant for testing piped input.

       -f file  After loading datafile, read commands from file, then command line prompt.

       -h       Print help for command line options.

       -i       Preserve datafile numbers for element id's, rather than renumbering.

       -m       Begin  with  memory  debugging on (equivalent to "memdebug" runtime command).  Beware of copious
                output.

       -pN      Run with N concurrent processes.

       -q       Convert to named quantities at start (equivalent to "convert_to_quantities" runtime command).

       -Q       Suppress echoing of "read" section of datafile, and other files read in.

       -w       Exit immediately after any warning or error message; meant for batch runs.

       -x       Exit immediately after any error message; meant for batch runs.

       -y       Break to user prompt after any warning message.

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

       EVOLVERPATH  Colon-separated list of paths automatically searched for datafiles, included files, or  help
                    documentation.

FURTHER DOCUMENTATION

       See  manual224.pdf  in  the  Evolver  distribution,  browse  evolver.htm  in  the doc subdirectory of the
       distribution, or browse the documentation on-line at http://www.susqu.edu/brakke/evolver/html/evolver.htm

WEBSITE

       The Surface Evolver home page is http://www.susqu.edu/brakke/evolver.

BUGS

       Send bug reports to brakke@susqu.edu.  Please include the datafile and exact instructions for reproducing
       the problem.

                                                 Mon May 19 2003                                      Evolver(1)