From 15d2f7294491c8bdf9f415c5ea5c420cc6ef8ec8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: matrevis Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 22:34:55 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] - User manual, controlling the simulation. git-svn-id: svn://svn.gna.org/svn/sgpemv2/trunk@1120 3ecf2c5c-341e-0410-92b4-d18e462d057c --- doc/sgpem2uman.texi | 41 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 41 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/sgpem2uman.texi b/doc/sgpem2uman.texi index c8fd4a6..ea27b93 100644 --- a/doc/sgpem2uman.texi +++ b/doc/sgpem2uman.texi @@ -944,6 +944,47 @@ button of the dialogis pressed. @cindex simulation +The simulation itself is not interactive, so it may be thought as a recording. + +From a mathematical point of view, every simulation has an instant, called +its @strong{end}, after wich no significant changes invove the simulated entities. +Our simulator does reproduce simualations from the beginning to the end, +and not further. + + +@subsubsection Simulation reproduction controls + +Controls over the simulation reproduction are very similar to those of a +digital audio player. + +The "play" button starts the reproduction, the "pause" button pauses it, and +the "stop" button stops it. After the simulation is stopped, the last reproduced +information is left on the screen, as if the simulation were paused. Anyway, +pressing play after having stopped the simulation will start the reproducion from +the beginning of the recording. + + +@subsubsection Simulation reproduction modes + +If the simulation play mode is set to @strong{continuous}, reproduction of the simulation +will continue until the end is reached. +Otherwise the simulation will pause after every single advance in reproduction. +The simulation mode may be selected on the "Simulation" menu. + + +@subsubsection Caching issues + +The content of the simulation itself is calculated on demand, and cached, so +the first reproduction will usually be slightly slower than the following ones. + +When a simulation is stopped the cache is @strong{not} erased. The cache is erased +each time the user @strong{modifies} the simulated environment, by adding, +removing or editing any kind of entity, or by changing any policy or any of +its parameters. + +This is also the reason for simulations using the lottery policy will sometimes +be reproduced identical. + @c % ------------------------------------------------- @node From the commandline, (none), From the GUI, Using SGPEM @section From the commandline