=============================================================================== HELP FOR: Info =============================================================================== SYNOPSIS: - The `Info' object stores the text description of metrics and bases loaded via qload() (or grload()). - The contents of this variable can be displayed via grdisplay() or altered using grcalc(), in which case the user is prompted to type a new line of text. [To change the value of the Info variable, remember to use grclear() to clear its value before using grcalc().] - Alterations to the Info variable can be saved using grsaveg() so that it is retained for the next session using the same metric file. - In metric files, the Info string is read from the variable Info_. This variable can be modified using a text editor. - The Info variable in metric files can be used to provide a convenient listing of metrics using certain system-specific utilities external to MapleV. For instance, from a metric directory, the following Unix command will list the Info line for each metric in the directory: % grep Info_ *.mpl . . . planewave.mpl:Info_ := ` Plane wave metric. `: planewavempl.mpl:Info_ := ` The plane wave metric. `: rw.mpl:Info_:= ` Robertson-Walker Metric `: schmidt1.mpl:Info_ := ` A metric for which all curvature invariants vanish `: schw.mpl:Info_:=`The Classical Schwarzschild metric`: schwb.mpl:Info_ := ` Schwarzschild orthonormal basis `: schwl.mpl:Info_:` Schwarzschild Metric with Lambda `: schwx.mpl:Info_ := ` The Classical Schwarzschild metric `: shw.mpl:Info_ := ` ss.mpl:Info_ := ` Metric for the general homothetic spherical space time. `: ss1.mpl:Info_ := ` Self-similar metric "curvature form" `: ss2.mpl:Info_ := ` Self-similar metric "comoving form" `: ss3.mpl:Info_ := ` Self-similar metric "Bondi form" `: tb.mpl:Info_ := ` Tolman-Bondi, no constraints. `: . . . etc. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- EXAMPLE: > qload ( rw ): > grdisplay ( Info ): For the rw spacetime: Text description = Robertson-Walker Metric > grclear ( Info ): Cleared Info for the rw metric. > grcalc ( Info ): Enter text information: Friedmann-Lemaitre-Robertson-Walker metric > grsaveg ( flrw ): Information written to: /home/grtensor/metrics/flrw.mpl ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SEE ALSO: makeg, grsaveg, grclear. ===============================================================================