An Introduction to SLI
From NEST
NEST can be started by typing
<prefix>/bin/nest
at the command prompt. You should then see something like this:
gewaltig@jasmin-vm:~$ nest
-- N E S T 2 beta --
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Version 1.9-svn Feb 6 2010 00:33:50
This program is provided AS IS and comes with
NO WARRANTY. See the file LICENSE for details.
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Command line switches
Type
nest --help
to find out about NEST's command-line parameters.
gewaltig@jasmin-vm:~$ nest --help
usage: nest [options] [file ..]
-h --help print usage and exit
-v --version print version information and exit.
- --batch read input from a stdin/pipe
--userargs=arg1:... put user defined arguments in statusdict::userargs
-d --debug start in debug mode (implies --verbosity=ALL)
--verbosity=ALL turn on all messages.
--verbosity=DEBUG|STATUS|INFO|WARNING|ERROR|FATAL
show messages of this priority and above.
--verbosity=QUIET turn off all messages.
--verbosity=QUIET turn off all messages.
This manual gives a brief overview of the SLI programming language. It is incomplete and you can read the following chapters:
Please write more chapters to complete this manual. A good starting point would be a chapter on the basic concepts for neural simulations.
