Offline Software Release dev (98i) -> new with tag SL98j, Nov. 30,1998

... Yuri,Lidia,Kathy

(K. Turner - Dec. 2, 1998 at ~ 12:00)

Nov. 30, 1998 (afternoon) ==>

• "dev" (SL98j, tagged with SL98j) version of STAR library was moved to "new" with all code in "dev" thru 11/24.
• "dev" still set to pointer SL98j which will be changed in a week with new release

The recommended version to use is "pro" (SL98h).

NOTE! This release was done on 11/30, but contains changes to SL98j in dev only until 11/24!!

The main purpose for this version of NEW is to fix bugs in ftpc and emc in order to run full chain for 1000 hijing and venus events. The fptc,ctf,mwc,emc,tss packages will be used for these events.

NEW PAMS:

• pams/l3
• pams/strange/smdst/smdst2
• pams/global/idl/dst_v0_vertex.idl

PAM code - code changed to following areas:

• pams/ctf
  • cts
• pams/emc - major code restructuring
  • ems
  • emc
  • jet
• pams/ftpc - code & idl table changes
  • fcl
  • fss
  • fte
  • ffs
• pams/global
  • egr
  • dst
• pams/sim
  • g2t
• pams/strange
  • smdst - change to code & new module: smdst2
• pams/tpc
  • tpt
  • tpg
  • tid/*tpi_pid*
  • tfc
• pams/trg
  • idl
  • rl0

PAM kumacs - following areas had changes to kumacs:

• pams/trg/kumac
• pams/strange/kumac - for smdst & smdst2
• pams/gen/kumac --> for running hijing in BFC
• pams/global/kumac - changes to kumacs for:
  • ev02,egr,desum,drsum,ev0_dst
• pams/emc/kumac
  • due to major restructuring of code/idl
• pams/tpc/kumac --> new kumacs for processing minidaq data

Default parameter files remade for following pams:

• pams/ftpc -> fss_pars.xdf
• pams/global -> ev0pars.xdf
• pams/emc -> cal_params,ems_params,jet_params.xdf

• Changes to steering kumacs under kumacs/*domain*/
  
  1. kumacs/ftpc
  2. kumacs/sim - now can run geant old or new way
  3. kumacs/mwc
  4. kumacs/pp - new domain

• kumacs/util - changes to UTIL kumacs

  took out unecessary macros

  • load_libraries.kumac
  • write_table_to_file.kumac
  • write_table_to_ntuple.kumac

• kumacs/chain - changes to BFC kumacs
  1. BFC.kumac - fixes to global macros and default settings
  2. BFC_UTIL.kumac - new chain variables
     
     • tpt_r - tpc track residuals
     • ev02 - V0 reco w/separate params for SVT&TPC trks; should replace ev0
     • ev0d - creates dst_v0_vertex table
     • obin - read from objectivity database
     • obout - write out to objectivity database
     • ntup2 - add 2nd ntuple to output ntuple file
     • tfc_r - unpacks minidaq tpc data and reformats
     • mdin - read in mini-daq data
     • rhij - run hijing - uses hijev.inp in top directory as input !!
  3. BFC_UTIL.kumac - changes
     
     • ems - fixed
     • emc - fixed
     • jet - fixed
     • dstin - for rerunning desum & drsum from dst
  4. call_bfc*.kumac examples:
     - current list of all examples is given in   $STAR/kumacs/chain/README
     - fixes to README file

• kumacs/dst
  1. current list of all examples is given in $STAR/kumacs/dst/README
  2. fixes to README file