9.2.7 Input Deck Handling

Nearly all simulation tools use a text file for configuration. The configuration files of MINIMOS are called input deck [16] files, and we will use this term for all simulation tools. SIESTA generates these files by substituting the values of the variables of a state in template files. If a template file contains a string <(foo)> and the value of foo in the current state is, e.g., 1.23, the string will be replaced with 1.23. This applies to free and user variables of a state.

In case the use of <( and )> leads to collisions in the input deck file of some simulation tool, the begin and end marker can be changed.