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32 * \brief Implementation of functions in selhelp.c.
42 #include "selcollection.h"
43 #include "selmethod.h"
51 } t_selection_help_item;
53 static const char *help_common[] = {
54 "SELECTION HELP[PAR]",
56 "This program supports selections in addition to traditional index files.",
57 "Please read the subtopic pages (available through \"help topic\") for",
59 "Explanation of command-line arguments for specifying selections can be",
60 "found under the \"cmdline\" subtopic, and general selection syntax is",
61 "described under \"syntax\". Available keywords can be found under",
62 "\"keywords\", and concrete examples under \"examples\".",
63 "Other subtopics give more details on certain aspects.",
64 "\"help all\" prints the help for all subtopics.",
67 static const char *help_arithmetic[] = {
68 "ARITHMETIC EXPRESSIONS IN SELECTIONS[PAR]",
70 "Basic arithmetic evaluation is supported for numeric expressions.",
71 "Supported operations are addition, subtraction, negation, multiplication,",
72 "division, and exponentiation (using ^).",
73 "Result of a division by zero or other illegal operations is undefined.",
76 static const char *help_cmdline[] = {
77 "SELECTION COMMAND-LINE ARGUMENTS[PAR]",
79 "There are two alternative command-line arguments for specifying",
81 "1. [TT]-select[tt] can be used to specify the complete selection as a",
82 "string on the command line.[BR]",
83 "2. [TT]-sf[tt] can be used to specify a file name from which the",
84 "selection is read.[BR]",
85 "If both options are specified, [TT]-select[tt] takes precedence.",
86 "If neither of the above is present, the user is prompted to type the",
87 "selection on the standard input (a pipe can also be used to provide",
88 "the selections in this case).",
89 "This is also done if an empty string is passed to [TT]-select[tt].[PAR]",
91 "Option [TT]-n[tt] can be used to provide an index file.",
92 "If no index file is provided, default groups are generated.",
93 "In both cases, the user can also select an index group instead of",
94 "writing a full selection.",
95 "The default groups are generated by reading selections from a file",
96 "[TT]defselection.dat[tt]. If such a file is found in the current",
97 "directory, it is used instead of the one provided by default.[PAR]",
99 "Depending on the tool, two additional command-line arguments may be",
100 "available to control the behavior:[BR]",
101 "1. [TT]-seltype[tt] can be used to specify the default type of",
102 "positions to calculate for each selection.[BR]",
103 "2. [TT]-selrpos[tt] can be used to specify the default type of",
104 "positions used in selecting atoms by coordinates.[BR]",
105 "See \"help positions\" for more information on these options.",
108 static const char *help_eval[] = {
109 "SELECTION EVALUATION AND OPTIMIZATION[PAR]",
111 "Boolean evaluation proceeds from left to right and is short-circuiting",
112 "i.e., as soon as it is known whether an atom will be selected, the",
113 "remaining expressions are not evaluated at all.",
114 "This can be used to optimize the selections: you should write the",
115 "most restrictive and/or the most inexpensive expressions first in",
116 "boolean expressions.",
117 "The relative ordering between dynamic and static expressions does not",
118 "matter: all static expressions are evaluated only once, before the first",
119 "frame, and the result becomes the leftmost expression.[PAR]",
121 "Another point for optimization is in common subexpressions: they are not",
122 "automatically recognized, but can be manually optimized by the use of",
123 "variables. This can have a big impact on the performance of complex",
124 "selections, in particular if you define several index groups like this:",
125 " [TT]rdist = distance from com of resnr 1 to 5;[tt][BR]",
126 " [TT]resname RES and rdist < 2;[tt][BR]",
127 " [TT]resname RES and rdist < 4;[tt][BR]",
128 " [TT]resname RES and rdist < 6;[tt][BR]",
129 "Without the variable assignment, the distances would be evaluated three",
130 "times, although they are exactly the same within each selection.",
131 "Anything assigned into a variable becomes a common subexpression that",
132 "is evaluated only once during a frame.",
133 "Currently, in some cases the use of variables can actually lead to a small",
134 "performance loss because of the checks necessary to determine for which",
135 "atoms the expression has already been evaluated, but this should not be",
139 static const char *help_examples[] = {
140 "SELECTION EXAMPLES[PAR]",
142 "Below, examples of increasingly complex selections are given.[PAR]",
144 "Selection of all water oxygens:[BR]",
145 " resname SOL and name OW",
148 "Centers of mass of residues 1 to 5 and 10:[BR]",
149 " res_com of resnr 1 to 5 10",
152 "All atoms farther than 1 nm of a fixed position:[BR]",
153 " not within 1 of (1.2, 3.1, 2.4)",
156 "All atoms of a residue LIG within 0.5 nm of a protein (with a custom name):[BR]",
157 " \"Close to protein\" resname LIG and within 0.5 of group \"Protein\"",
160 "All protein residues that have at least one atom within 0.5 nm of a residue LIG:[BR]",
161 " group \"Protein\" and same residue as within 0.5 of resname LIG",
164 "All RES residues whose COM is between 2 and 4 nm from the COM of all of them:[BR]",
165 " rdist = res_com distance from com of resname RES[BR]",
166 " resname RES and rdist >= 2 and rdist <= 4",
169 "Selection like C1 C2 C2 C3 C3 C4 ... C8 C9 (e.g., for g_bond):[BR]",
170 " name \"C[1-8]\" merge name \"C[2-9]\"",
173 static const char *help_keywords[] = {
174 "SELECTION KEYWORDS[PAR]",
176 "The following selection keywords are currently available.",
177 "For keywords marked with a star, additional help is available through",
178 "\"help KEYWORD\", where KEYWORD is the name of the keyword.",
181 static const char *help_limits[] = {
182 "SELECTION LIMITATIONS[PAR]",
184 "Some analysis programs may require a special structure for the input",
185 "selections (e.g., [TT]g_angle[tt] requires the index group to be made",
186 "of groups of three or four atoms).",
187 "For such programs, it is up to the user to provide a proper selection",
188 "expression that always returns such positions.",
191 "Due to technical reasons, having a negative value as the first value in",
192 "expressions like[BR]",
193 "[TT]charge -1 to -0.7[tt][BR]",
194 "result in a syntax error. A workaround is to write[BR]",
195 "[TT]charge {-1 to -0.7}[tt][BR]",
198 "When [TT]name[tt] selection keyword is used together with PDB input",
199 "files, the behavior may be unintuitive. When Gromacs reads in a PDB",
200 "file, 4 character atom names that start with a digit are transformed",
201 "such that, e.g., 1HG2 becomes HG21, and the latter is what is matched",
202 "by the [TT]name[tt] keyword. Use [TT]pdbname[tt] to match the atom name",
203 "as it appears in the input PDB file.",
206 static const char *help_positions[] = {
207 "SPECIFYING POSITIONS[PAR]",
209 "Possible ways of specifying positions in selections are:[PAR]",
211 "1. A constant position can be defined as [TT][XX, YY, ZZ][tt], where",
212 "[TT]XX[tt], [TT]YY[tt] and [TT]ZZ[tt] are real numbers.[PAR]",
214 "2. [TT]com of ATOM_EXPR [pbc][tt] or [TT]cog of ATOM_EXPR [pbc][tt]",
215 "calculate the center of mass/geometry of [TT]ATOM_EXPR[tt]. If",
216 "[TT]pbc[tt] is specified, the center is calculated iteratively to try",
217 "to deal with cases where [TT]ATOM_EXPR[tt] wraps around periodic",
218 "boundary conditions.[PAR]",
220 "3. [TT]POSTYPE of ATOM_EXPR[tt] calculates the specified positions for",
221 "the atoms in [TT]ATOM_EXPR[tt].",
222 "[TT]POSTYPE[tt] can be [TT]atom[tt], [TT]res_com[tt], [TT]res_cog[tt],",
223 "[TT]mol_com[tt] or [TT]mol_cog[tt], with an optional prefix [TT]whole_[tt]",
224 "[TT]part_[tt] or [TT]dyn_[tt].",
225 "[TT]whole_[tt] calculates the centers for the whole residue/molecule,",
226 "even if only part of it is selected.",
227 "[TT]part_[tt] prefix calculates the centers for the selected atoms, but",
228 "uses always the same atoms for the same residue/molecule. The used atoms",
229 "are determined from the the largest group allowed by the selection.",
230 "[TT]dyn_[tt] calculates the centers strictly only for the selected atoms.",
231 "If no prefix is specified, whole selections default to [TT]part_[tt] and",
232 "other places default to [TT]whole_[tt].",
233 "The latter is often desirable to select the same molecules in different",
234 "tools, while the first is a compromise between speed ([TT]dyn_[tt]",
235 "positions can be slower to evaluate than [TT]part_[tt]) and intuitive",
238 "4. [TT]ATOM_EXPR[tt], when given for whole selections, is handled as 3.",
239 "above, using the position type from the command-line argument",
240 "[TT]-seltype[tt].[PAR]",
242 "Selection keywords that select atoms based on their positions, such as",
243 "[TT]dist from[tt], use by default the positions defined by the",
244 "[TT]-selrpos[tt] command-line option.",
245 "This can be overridden by prepending a [TT]POSTYPE[tt] specifier to the",
246 "keyword. For example, [TT]res_com dist from POS[tt] evaluates the",
247 "residue center of mass distances. In the example, all atoms of a residue",
248 "are either selected or not, based on the single distance calculated.",
251 static const char *help_syntax[] = {
252 "SELECTION SYNTAX[PAR]",
254 "A set of selections consists of one or more selections, separated by",
255 "semicolons. Each selection defines a set of positions for the analysis.",
256 "Each selection can also be preceded by a string that gives a name for",
257 "the selection for use in, e.g., graph legends.",
258 "If no name is provided, the string used for the selection is used",
259 "automatically as the name.[PAR]",
261 "For interactive input, the syntax is slightly altered: line breaks can",
262 "also be used to separate selections. \\ followed by a line break can",
263 "be used to continue a line if necessary.",
264 "Notice that the above only applies to real interactive input,",
265 "not if you provide the selections, e.g., from a pipe.[PAR]",
267 "It is possible to use variables to store selection expressions.",
268 "A variable is defined with the following syntax:[BR]",
269 "[TT]VARNAME = EXPR ;[tt][BR]",
270 "where [TT]EXPR[tt] is any valid selection expression.",
271 "After this, [TT]VARNAME[tt] can be used anywhere where [TT]EXPR[tt]",
272 "would be valid.[PAR]",
274 "Selections are composed of three main types of expressions, those that",
275 "define atoms ([TT]ATOM_EXPR[tt]s), those that define positions",
276 "([TT]POS_EXPR[tt]s), and those that evaluate to numeric values",
277 "([TT]NUM_EXPR[tt]s). Each selection should be a [TT]POS_EXPR[tt]",
278 "or a [TT]ATOM_EXPR[tt] (the latter is automatically converted to",
279 "positions). The basic rules are as follows:[BR]",
280 "1. An expression like [TT]NUM_EXPR1 < NUM_EXPR2[tt] evaluates to an",
281 "[TT]ATOM_EXPR[tt] that selects all the atoms for which the comparison",
283 "2. Atom expressions can be combined with gmx_boolean operations such as",
284 "[TT]not ATOM_EXPR[tt], [TT]ATOM_EXPR and ATOM_EXPR[tt], or",
285 "[TT]ATOM_EXPR or ATOM_EXPR[tt]. Parentheses can be used to alter the",
286 "evaluation order.[BR]",
287 "3. [TT]ATOM_EXPR[tt] expressions can be converted into [TT]POS_EXPR[tt]",
288 "expressions in various ways, see \"help positions\" for more details.[PAR]",
290 "Some keywords select atoms based on string values such as the atom name.",
291 "For these keywords, it is possible to use wildcards ([TT]name \"C*\"[tt])",
292 "or regular expressions (e.g., [TT]resname \"R[AB]\"[tt]).",
293 "The match type is automatically guessed from the string: if it contains",
294 "other characters than letters, numbers, '*', or '?', it is interpreted",
295 "as a regular expression.",
296 "Strings that contain non-alphanumeric characters should be enclosed in",
297 "double quotes as in the examples. For other strings, the quotes are",
298 "optional, but if the value conflicts with a reserved keyword, a syntax",
299 "error will occur. If your strings contain uppercase letters, this should",
302 "Index groups provided with the [TT]-n[tt] command-line option or",
303 "generated by default can be accessed with [TT]group NR[tt] or",
304 "[TT]group NAME[tt], where [TT]NR[tt] is a zero-based index of the group",
305 "and [TT]NAME[tt] is part of the name of the desired group.",
306 "The keyword [TT]group[tt] is optional if the whole selection is",
307 "provided from an index group.",
308 "To see a list of available groups in the interactive mode, press enter",
309 "in the beginning of a line.",
312 static const t_selection_help_item helpitems[] = {
313 {NULL, asize(help_common), help_common},
314 {"cmdline", asize(help_cmdline), help_cmdline},
315 {"syntax", asize(help_syntax), help_syntax},
316 {"positions", asize(help_positions), help_positions},
317 {"arithmetic", asize(help_arithmetic), help_arithmetic},
318 {"keywords", asize(help_keywords), help_keywords},
319 {"evaluation", asize(help_eval), help_eval},
320 {"limitations", asize(help_limits), help_limits},
321 {"examples", asize(help_examples), help_examples},
325 * Prints a brief list of keywords (selection methods) available.
327 * \param[in] sc Selection collection for which the list should be printed.
328 * \param[in] type Only methods that return this type are printed.
329 * \param[in] bMod If FALSE, \ref SMETH_MODIFIER methods are excluded, otherwise
330 * only them are printed.
333 print_keyword_list(struct gmx_ana_selcollection_t *sc, e_selvalue_t type,
336 gmx_sel_symrec_t *symbol;
338 symbol = _gmx_sel_first_symbol(sc->symtab, SYMBOL_METHOD);
341 gmx_ana_selmethod_t *method = _gmx_sel_sym_value_method(symbol);
343 bShow = (method->type == type)
344 && ((bMod && (method->flags & SMETH_MODIFIER))
345 || (!bMod && !(method->flags & SMETH_MODIFIER)));
348 fprintf(stderr, " %c ",
349 (method->help.nlhelp > 0 && method->help.help) ? '*' : ' ');
350 if (method->help.syntax)
352 fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", method->help.syntax);
356 const char *symname = _gmx_sel_sym_name(symbol);
358 fprintf(stderr, "%s", symname);
359 if (strcmp(symname, method->name) != 0)
361 fprintf(stderr, " (synonym for %s)", method->name);
363 fprintf(stderr, "\n");
366 symbol = _gmx_sel_next_symbol(symbol, SYMBOL_METHOD);
371 * \param[in] sc Selection collection for which help should be printed.
372 * \param[in] topic Topic to print help on, or NULL for general help.
374 * \p sc is used to get information on which keywords are available in the
378 _gmx_sel_print_help(struct gmx_ana_selcollection_t *sc, const char *topic)
380 const t_selection_help_item *item = NULL;
383 /* Find the item for the topic */
386 item = &helpitems[0];
388 else if (strcmp(topic, "all") == 0)
390 for (i = 0; i < asize(helpitems); ++i)
392 item = &helpitems[i];
393 _gmx_sel_print_help(sc, item->topic);
394 if (i != asize(helpitems) - 1)
396 fprintf(stderr, "\n\n");
403 for (i = 1; i < asize(helpitems); ++i)
405 if (strncmp(helpitems[i].topic, topic, strlen(topic)) == 0)
407 item = &helpitems[i];
412 /* If the topic is not found, check the available methods.
413 * If they don't provide any help either, tell the user and exit. */
416 gmx_sel_symrec_t *symbol;
418 symbol = _gmx_sel_first_symbol(sc->symtab, SYMBOL_METHOD);
421 gmx_ana_selmethod_t *method = _gmx_sel_sym_value_method(symbol);
422 if (method->help.nlhelp > 0 && method->help.help
423 && strncmp(method->name, topic, strlen(topic)) == 0)
425 print_tty_formatted(stderr, method->help.nlhelp,
426 method->help.help, 0, NULL, NULL, FALSE);
429 symbol = _gmx_sel_next_symbol(symbol, SYMBOL_METHOD);
432 fprintf(stderr, "No help available for '%s'.\n", topic);
436 print_tty_formatted(stderr, item->nl, item->text, 0, NULL, NULL, FALSE);
437 /* Special handling of certain pages */
442 /* Print the subtopics on the main page */
443 fprintf(stderr, "\nAvailable subtopics:\n");
444 for (i = 1; i < asize(helpitems); ++i)
446 int len1 = strlen(helpitems[i].topic) + 2;
451 fprintf(stderr, "\n");
454 fprintf(stderr, " %s", helpitems[i].topic);
456 fprintf(stderr, "\n");
458 else if (strcmp(item->topic, "keywords") == 0)
460 /* Print the list of keywords */
461 fprintf(stderr, "\nKeywords that select atoms by an integer property:\n");
462 fprintf(stderr, "(use in expressions or like \"atomnr 1 to 5 7 9\")\n");
463 print_keyword_list(sc, INT_VALUE, FALSE);
465 fprintf(stderr, "\nKeywords that select atoms by a numeric property:\n");
466 fprintf(stderr, "(use in expressions or like \"occupancy 0.5 to 1\")\n");
467 print_keyword_list(sc, REAL_VALUE, FALSE);
469 fprintf(stderr, "\nKeywords that select atoms by a string property:\n");
470 fprintf(stderr, "(use like \"name PATTERN [PATTERN] ...\")\n");
471 print_keyword_list(sc, STR_VALUE, FALSE);
473 fprintf(stderr, "\nAdditional keywords that directly select atoms:\n");
474 print_keyword_list(sc, GROUP_VALUE, FALSE);
476 fprintf(stderr, "\nKeywords that directly evaluate to positions:\n");
477 fprintf(stderr, "(see also \"help positions\")\n");
478 print_keyword_list(sc, POS_VALUE, FALSE);
480 fprintf(stderr, "\nAdditional keywords:\n");
481 print_keyword_list(sc, POS_VALUE, TRUE);
482 print_keyword_list(sc, NO_VALUE, TRUE);