[cig-commits] r14716 - doc/snac

[sue at geodynamics.org]

Author: sue
Date: 2009-04-15 11:34:02 -0700 (Wed, 15 Apr 2009)
New Revision: 14716

Modified:
   doc/snac/snac.lyx
Log:
typos fixed

Modified: doc/snac/snac.lyx
===================================================================
--- doc/snac/snac.lyx	2009-04-15 17:33:45 UTC (rev 14715)
+++ doc/snac/snac.lyx	2009-04-15 18:34:02 UTC (rev 14716)
@@ -6896,7 +6896,7 @@
 \end_layout
 
 \begin_layout Subsection
-Chekpointing
+Checkpointing
 \end_layout
 
 \begin_layout Standard
@@ -6907,8 +6907,8 @@
 checkpointing
 \emph default
 .
- It is possible to checkpoint as a response to emergency like a certain
- type of error or disk quota and wall clock limit soon to be exceeded.
+ It is possible to checkpoint as a response to an emergency like receiving
+ a certain type of error or disk quota and wall clock limit soon to be exceeded.
  However, SNAC currently only allows a user to specify the frequency of
  checkpointnig by assigning a non-zero value to 
 \begin_inset Quotes sld
@@ -6940,8 +6940,8 @@
 the number of time steps between events of checkpointing
 \emph default
 .
- The default value of this parameter is 0 and SNAC checkpoints only at the
- last time step.
+ The default value of this parameter is 0, and SNAC checkpoints only at
+ the last time step.
  Since the size of checkpoint data files are much larger than that of the
  regular outputs, it is advised to set 
 \family typewriter
@@ -6976,12 +6976,12 @@
 \family typewriter
 stressTensorCP.2
 \family default
-, etc).
+, etc.).
  The major difference from the regular outputs is the storing format of
  element-associated variables such as stress and plastic strain.
- To restart with the exactly the same state as before, those values need
- to be recorded at the tetrahedra level.
- On the contrary, the regular outputs contains one single-precision floating
+ To restart with exactly the same state as before, those values need to
+ be recorded at the tetrahedra level.
+ On the contrary, the regular outputs contain one single-precision floating
  point number per hexahedral element.
 \end_layout
 
@@ -7001,7 +7001,7 @@
 \family typewriter
 snac2restart
 \family default
- in the orignial 
+ in the original 
 \family typewriter
 outputPath
 \family default
@@ -7011,7 +7011,7 @@
 
 \begin_layout Enumerate
 Create a new directory for the restarting run.
- This is mandatory to prevent accidental overwirting of the exisitng data
+ This is mandatory to prevent accidental overwriting of the existing data
  files.
 \end_layout
 
@@ -7115,14 +7115,15 @@
 checkpointTimeStep.0
 \family default
 .
- The last two specifies a path to where your output files to process are
- and where to write the processed restart files, respectively.
- All the arguments are optional and by default 
+ The last two specify a path to where your output files are which need processin
+g, and where to write the processed restart files, respectively.
+ All the arguments are optional and, by default, 
 \family typewriter
 snac2restart
 \family default
  tries to read and write in the current directory and process for the last
- time step recorded inFiles with the suffix of *.restart are created.
+ time step recorded.
+ Files with the suffix of *.restart are created.
 \end_layout
 
 \begin_layout Chapter
@@ -7452,7 +7453,7 @@
 \end_layout
 
 \begin_layout Standard
-The only required argument is a path to output fiels including 
+The only required argument is a path to output files including 
 \family typewriter
 sim.0
 \family default