recognize STL files starting with "solid binary" as binary files

used in multiple runs (for custom/adios dump style)

.github/CODEOWNERS

@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@ src/GPU/pair_vashishta_gpu.*        @andeplane
 src/KOKKOS/pair_vashishta_kokkos.*  @andeplane
 src/MANYBODY/pair_vashishta_table.* @andeplane
 src/MANYBODY/pair_atm.*             @sergeylishchuk
-src/MANYBODY/pair_nb3b_screened.*   @flodesani
 src/REPLICA/*_grem.*                @dstelter92
 src/EXTRA-COMPUTE/compute_stress_mop*.* @RomainVermorel
 src/EXTRA-COMPUTE/compute_born_matrix.* @Bibobu @athomps
@@ -136,7 +135,6 @@ src/timer.*               @akohlmey
 src/utils.*               @akohlmey @rbberger
 src/verlet.*              @sjplimp @stanmoore1
 src/math_eigen_impl.h     @jewettaij
-src/fix_press_langevin.*  @Bibobu
 
 # tools
 tools/coding_standard/* @akohlmey @rbberger
@@ -153,12 +151,12 @@ tools/vim/*           @hammondkd
 unittest/*            @akohlmey
 
 # cmake
-cmake/*               @akohlmey
+cmake/*               @rbberger
 cmake/Modules/LAMMPSInterfacePlugin.cmake @akohlmey
 cmake/Modules/MPI4WIN.cmake @akohlmey
 cmake/Modules/OpenCLLoader.cmake @akohlmey
-cmake/Modules/Packages/COLVARS.cmake @giacomofiorin
+cmake/Modules/Packages/COLVARS.cmake @rbberger @giacomofiorin
-cmake/Modules/Packages/KIM.cmake @ellio167
+cmake/Modules/Packages/KIM.cmake @rbberger @ellio167
 cmake/presets/*.cmake @akohlmey
 
 # python

.github/CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ Thank you for considering to contribute to the LAMMPS software project.
 The following is a set of guidelines as well as explanations of policies and work flows for contributing to the LAMMPS molecular dynamics software project. These guidelines focus on submitting issues or pull requests on the LAMMPS GitHub project.
 
 Thus please also have a look at:
-* [The guide for submitting new features in the LAMMPS manual](https://docs.lammps.org/Modify_contribute.html)
+* [The guide for submitting new features in the LAMMPS manual](https://www.lammps.org/doc/Modify_contribute.html)
-* [The guide on programming style and requirement in the LAMMPS manual](https://docs.lammps.org/Modify_requirements.html)
+* [The guide on programming style and requirement in the LAMMPS manual](https://www.lammps.org/doc/Modify_style.html)
-* [The GitHub tutorial in the LAMMPS manual](http://docs.lammps.org/Howto_github.html)
+* [The GitHub tutorial in the LAMMPS manual](http://lammps.sandia.gov/doc/Howto_github.html)
 
 ## Table of Contents
 
@@ -27,17 +27,17 @@ __
 
 ## I don't want to read this whole thing I just have a question!
 
-> **Note:** Please do not file an issue to ask a general question about LAMMPS, its features, how to use specific commands, or how perform simulations or analysis in LAMMPS. Instead post your question to the [LAMMPS Material Science Discourse forum](https://matsci.org/lammps). Before posting to the forum, please read the general [guidelines](https://www.lammps.org/guidelines.html) and the forum specific [suggestions](https://matsci.org/t/please-read-this-first-guidelines-and-suggestions-for-posting-lammps-questions/49913). Following those guidelines and suggestions will help greatly to get a helpful response.  *Always* mention which LAMMPS version you are using. The MatSci website may be also used for discussions that would be off-topic for the LAMMPS categories. Those will just have to be posted to a different category.
+> **Note:** Please do not file an issue to ask a general question about LAMMPS, its features, how to use specific commands, or how perform simulations or analysis in LAMMPS. Instead post your question to either the ['lammps-users' mailing list](https://lammps.sandia.gov/mail.html) or the [LAMMPS Material Science Discourse forum](https://matsci.org/lammps). You do not need to be subscribed to post to the list (but a mailing list subscription avoids having your post delayed until it is approved by a mailing list moderator). Most posts to the mailing list receive a response within less than 24 hours. Before posting to the mailing list, please read the [mailing list guidelines](https://lammps.sandia.gov/guidelines.html). Following those guidelines will help greatly to get a helpful response. Always mention which LAMMPS version you are using. The LAMMPS forum was recently created as part of a larger effort to build a materials science community and have discussions not just about using LAMMPS. Thus the forum may be also used for discussions that would be off-topic for the mailing list. Those will just have to be posted to a more general category.
 
 ## How Can I Contribute?
 
 There are several ways how you can actively contribute to the LAMMPS project: you can discuss compiling and using LAMMPS, and solving LAMMPS related problems with other LAMMPS users on the lammps-users mailing list or the forum, you can report bugs or suggest enhancements by creating issues on GitHub (or posting them to the lammps-users mailing list or posting in the LAMMPS Materials Science Discourse forum), and you can contribute by submitting pull requests on GitHub or e-mail your code
-to one of the [LAMMPS core developers](https://www.lammps.org/authors.html). As you may see from the aforementioned developer page, the LAMMPS software package includes the efforts of a very large number of contributors beyond the principal authors and maintainers.
+to one of the [LAMMPS core developers](https://lammps.sandia.gov/authors.html). As you may see from the aforementioned developer page, the LAMMPS software package includes the efforts of a very large number of contributors beyond the principal authors and maintainers.
 
 ### Discussing How To Use LAMMPS
 
 The LAMMPS mailing list is hosted at SourceForge. The mailing list began in 2005, and now includes tens of thousands of messages in thousands of threads. LAMMPS developers try to respond to posted questions in a timely manner, but there are no guarantees. Please consider that people live in different timezone and may not have time to answer e-mails outside of their work hours.
-You can post to list by sending your email to lammps-users at lists.sourceforge.net (no subscription required), but before posting, please read the [mailing list guidelines](https://www.lammps.org/guidelines.html) to maximize your chances to receive a helpful response.
+You can post to list by sending your email to lammps-users at lists.sourceforge.net (no subscription required), but before posting, please read the [mailing list guidelines](https://lammps.sandia.gov/guidelines.html) to maximize your chances to receive a helpful response.
 
 Anyone can browse/search previous questions/answers in the archives. You do not have to subscribe to the list to post questions, receive answers (to your questions), or browse/search the archives. You **do** need to subscribe to the list if you want emails for **all** the posts (as individual messages or in digest form), or to answer questions yourself. Feel free to sign up and help us out! Answering questions from fellow LAMMPS users is a great way to pay back the community for providing you a useful tool for free, and to pass on the advice you have received yourself to others. It improves your karma and helps you understand your own research better.
 
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ The LAMMPS Materials Science Discourse forum was created recently to facilitate
 
 ### Reporting Bugs
 
-While developers writing code for LAMMPS are careful to test their code, LAMMPS is such a large and complex software, that it is impossible to test for all combinations of features under all normal and not so normal circumstances. Thus bugs do happen, and if you suspect, that you have encountered one, please try to document it and report it as an [Issue](https://github.com/lammps/lammps/issues) on the LAMMPS GitHub project web page. However, before reporting a bug, you need to check whether this is something that may have already been corrected. The [Latest Features and Bug Fixes in LAMMPS](https://www.lammps.org/bug.html) web page lists all significant changes to LAMMPS over the years. It also tells you what the current latest development version of LAMMPS is, and you should test whether your issue still applies to that version.
+While developers writing code for LAMMPS are careful to test their code, LAMMPS is such a large and complex software, that it is impossible to test for all combinations of features under all normal and not so normal circumstances. Thus bugs do happen, and if you suspect, that you have encountered one, please try to document it and report it as an [Issue](https://github.com/lammps/lammps/issues) on the LAMMPS GitHub project web page. However, before reporting a bug, you need to check whether this is something that may have already been corrected. The [Latest Features and Bug Fixes in LAMMPS](https://lammps.sandia.gov/bug.html) web page lists all significant changes to LAMMPS over the years. It also tells you what the current latest development version of LAMMPS is, and you should test whether your issue still applies to that version.
 
 When you click on the green "New Issue" button, you will be provided with a text field, where you can enter your message. That text field with contain a template with several headlines and some descriptions. Keep the headlines that are relevant to your reported potential bug and replace the descriptions with the information as suggested by the descriptions.
 You can also attach small text files (please add the file name extension `.txt` or it will be rejected), images, or small compressed text files (using gzip, do not use RAR or 7-ZIP or similar tools that are uncommon outside of Windows machines). In many cases, bugs are best illustrated by providing a small input deck (do **not** attach your entire production input, but remove everything that is not required to reproduce the issue, and scale down your system size, that the resulting calculation runs fast and can be run on small desktop quickly).
@@ -65,9 +65,9 @@ To be able to submit an issue on GitHub, you have to register for an account (fo
 
 We encourage users to submit new features or modifications for LAMMPS. Instructions, guidelines, requirements,
 and recommendations are in the following sections of the LAMMPS manual:
-* [The guide for submitting new features in the LAMMPS manual](https://docs.lammps.org/Modify_contribute.html)
+* [The guide for submitting new features in the LAMMPS manual](https://lammps.sandia.gov/doc/Modify_contribute.html)
-* [The guide on programming style and requirement in the LAMMPS manual](https://docs.lammps.org/Modify_requirements.html)
+* [The guide on programming style and requirement in the LAMMPS manual](https://lammps.sandia.gov/doc/Modify_contribute.html)
-* [The GitHub tutorial in the LAMMPS manual](http://docs.lammps.org/Howto_github.html)
+* [The GitHub tutorial in the LAMMPS manual](http://lammps.sandia.gov/doc/Howto_github.html)
 
 
 ## GitHub Workflows
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ For bug reports, the next step is that one of the core LAMMPS developers will se
 ### Pull Requests
 
 Pull requests are the **only** way that changes get made to the LAMMPS distribution.  So also the LAMMPS core developers will submit pull requests for their own changes and discuss them on GitHub.  Thus if you submit a pull request it will be treated in a similar fashion. When you submit a pull request you may opt to submit a "Draft" pull request.  That means your changes are visible and will be subject to testing, but reviewers will not be (auto-)assigned and comments will take into account that this is not complete. On the other hand, this is a perfect way to ask the LAMMPS developers for comments on non-obvious changes and get feedback and possible suggestions for improvements or recommendations about what to avoid.
-Immediately after the submission, the LAMMPS continuing integration server at https://ci.lammps.org will download your submitted branch and perform a number of tests: it will tests whether it compiles cleanly under various conditions, it will also do a check on whether your included documentation translates cleanly and run some unit tests and other checks. Whether these tests are successful or fail will be recorded.  If a test fails, please inspect the corresponding output on the CI server and take the necessary steps, if needed, so that the code can compile cleanly again.  The test will be re-run each time the pull request is updated with a push to the remote branch on GitHub.  If you are unsure about what you need to change, ask a question in the discussion area of the pull request.
+Immediately after the submission, the LAMMPS continuing integration server at ci.lammps.org will download your submitted branch and perform a number of tests: it will tests whether it compiles cleanly under various conditions, it will also do a check on whether your included documentation translates cleanly and run some unit tests and other checks. Whether these tests are successful or fail will be recorded.  If a test fails, please inspect the corresponding output on the CI server and take the necessary steps, if needed, so that the code can compile cleanly again.  The test will be re-run each time the pull request is updated with a push to the remote branch on GitHub.  If you are unsure about what you need to change, ask a question in the discussion area of the pull request.
 Next a LAMMPS core developer will self-assign and do an overall technical assessment of the submission.  If you submitted a draft pull request, this will not happen unless you mark it "ready for review".  If you are not yet invited as a LAMMPS collaborator, and your contribution seems significant, you may also receive an invitation for collaboration on the LAMMPS repository.  As part of the assessment, the pull request will be categorized with labels. There are two special labels: `needs_work` (indicates that work from the submitter of the pull request is needed) and `work_in_progress` (indicates, that the assigned LAMMPS developer will make changes, if not done by the contributor who made the submit). 
 You may also receive comments and suggestions on the overall submission or specific details and on occasion specific requests for changes as part of the review. If permitted, also additional changes may be pushed into your pull request branch or a pull request may be filed in your LAMMPS fork on GitHub to include those changes.
 The LAMMPS developer may then decide to assign the pull request to another developer (e.g. when that developer is more knowledgeable about the submitted feature or enhancement or has written the modified code). It may also happen, that additional developers are requested to provide a review and approve the changes. For submissions, that may change the general behavior of LAMMPS, or where a possibility of unwanted side effects exists, additional tests may be requested by the assigned developer.

.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml

@@ -25,17 +25,17 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
     - name: Checkout repository
-      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      uses: actions/checkout@v3
       with:
         fetch-depth: 2
 
     - name: Setup Python
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v4
       with:
         python-version: '3.x'
 
     - name: Initialize CodeQL
-      uses: github/codeql-action/init@v3
+      uses: github/codeql-action/init@v2
       with:
         languages: ${{ matrix.language }}
         config-file: ./.github/codeql/${{ matrix.language }}.yml
@@ -55,4 +55,4 @@ jobs:
         cmake --build . --parallel 2
 
     - name: Perform CodeQL Analysis
-      uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@v3
+      uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@v2

.github/workflows/compile-msvc.yml

@@ -19,12 +19,12 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
     - name: Checkout repository
-      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      uses: actions/checkout@v3
       with:
         fetch-depth: 2
 
     - name: Select Python version
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v4
       with:
         python-version: '3.11'
 

.github/workflows/coverity.yml

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
     - name: Checkout repository
-      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      uses: actions/checkout@v3
       with:
         fetch-depth: 2
 
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Cache Coverity
       id: cache-coverity
-      uses: actions/cache@v4
+      uses: actions/cache@v3
       with:
         path: ./download/
         key: ${{ runner.os }}-download-${{ hashFiles('**/coverity_tool.*') }}
@@ -59,13 +59,16 @@ jobs:
         -D BUILD_SHARED_LIBS=on \
         -D LAMMPS_SIZES=SMALLBIG \
         -D LAMMPS_EXCEPTIONS=off \
+        -D PKG_MESSAGE=on \
+        -D PKG_MPIIO=on \
         -D PKG_ATC=on \
         -D PKG_AWPMD=on \
+        -D PKG_BOCS=on \
+        -D PKG_EFF=on \
         -D PKG_H5MD=on \
         -D PKG_INTEL=on \
         -D PKG_LATBOLTZ=on \
         -D PKG_MANIFOLD=on \
-        -D PKG_MDI=on \
         -D PKG_MGPT=on \
         -D PKG_ML-PACE=on \
         -D PKG_ML-RANN=on \
@@ -74,6 +77,7 @@ jobs:
         -D PKG_PTM=on \
         -D PKG_QTB=on \
         -D PKG_SMTBQ=on \
+        -D PKG_TALLY=on \
         ../cmake
 
     - name: Run Coverity Scan

.github/workflows/unittest-macos.yml

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
     - name: Checkout repository
-      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      uses: actions/checkout@v3
       with:
         fetch-depth: 2
 
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ jobs:
       run: mkdir build
 
     - name: Set up ccache
-      uses: actions/cache@v4
+      uses: actions/cache@v3
       with:
         path: ${{ env.CCACHE_DIR }}
         key: macos-ccache-${{ github.sha }}

cmake/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 ########################################
 # CMake build system
 # This file is part of LAMMPS
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16)
+# Created by Christoph Junghans and Richard Berger
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.10)
 ########################################
 # set policy to silence warnings about ignoring <PackageName>_ROOT but use it
 if(POLICY CMP0074)
@@ -16,7 +17,13 @@ endif()
 if(POLICY CMP0135)
   cmake_policy(SET CMP0135 OLD)
 endif()
-
+########################################
+# Use CONFIGURE_DEPENDS as option for file(GLOB...) when available
+if(CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_LESS 3.12)
+  unset(CONFIGURE_DEPENDS)
+else()
+  set(CONFIGURE_DEPENDS CONFIGURE_DEPENDS)
+endif()
 ########################################
 
 project(lammps CXX)
@@ -105,7 +112,7 @@ if(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "Intel")
     if(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION VERSION_EQUAL 17.3 OR CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION VERSION_EQUAL 17.4)
       set(CMAKE_TUNE_DEFAULT "-xCOMMON-AVX512")
     else()
-      set(CMAKE_TUNE_DEFAULT "-xHost -fp-model fast=2 -no-prec-div -qoverride-limits -diag-disable=10441 -diag-disable=11074 -diag-disable=11076 -diag-disable=2196")
+      set(CMAKE_TUNE_DEFAULT "-xHost -fp-model fast=2 -no-prec-div -qoverride-limits -diag-disable=10441 -diag-disable=2196")
     endif()
   endif()
 endif()
@@ -120,33 +127,20 @@ if((CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "NVHPC") OR (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "
   set(CMAKE_TUNE_DEFAULT "-Minform=severe")
 endif()
 
-# this hack is required to compile fmt lib with CrayClang version 15.0.2
-# CrayClang is only directly recognized by version 3.28 and later
-if(CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_LESS 3.28)
-  get_filename_component(_exe "${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER}" NAME)
-  if((CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "Clang") AND (_exe STREQUAL "crayCC"))
-    set(CMAKE_TUNE_DEFAULT "-DFMT_STATIC_THOUSANDS_SEPARATOR")
-  endif()
-else()
-  if(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "CrayClang")
-    set(CMAKE_TUNE_DEFAULT "-DFMT_STATIC_THOUSANDS_SEPARATOR")
-  endif()
-endif()
-
 # silence nvcc warnings
 if((PKG_KOKKOS) AND (Kokkos_ENABLE_CUDA) AND NOT (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "Clang"))
   set(CMAKE_TUNE_DEFAULT "${CMAKE_TUNE_DEFAULT} -Xcudafe --diag_suppress=unrecognized_pragma")
 endif()
 
-# we require C++11 without extensions. Kokkos requires at least C++17 (currently)
+# we require C++11 without extensions. Kokkos requires at least C++14 (currently)
 if(NOT CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD)
   set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 11)
 endif()
 if(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD LESS 11)
   message(FATAL_ERROR "C++ standard must be set to at least 11")
 endif()
-if(PKG_KOKKOS AND (CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD LESS 17))
+if(PKG_KOKKOS AND (CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD LESS 14))
-  set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
+  set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 14)
 endif()
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)
 set(CMAKE_CXX_EXTENSIONS OFF CACHE BOOL "Use compiler extensions")
@@ -157,7 +151,6 @@ if(MSVC)
     add_compile_options(/Zc:__cplusplus)
     add_compile_options(/wd4244)
     add_compile_options(/wd4267)
-    add_compile_options(/wd4250)
     add_compile_options(/EHsc)
   endif()
   add_compile_definitions(_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS)
@@ -171,20 +164,17 @@ endif()
 ########################################################################
 # User input options                                                   #
 ########################################################################
-# backward compatibility with CMake before 3.12 and older LAMMPS documentation
-if (PYTHON_EXECUTABLE)
-  set(Python_EXECUTABLE "${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE}")
-endif()
 # set path to python interpreter and thus enforcing python version when
-# in a virtual environment and Python_EXECUTABLE is not set on command line
+# in a virtual environment and PYTHON_EXECUTABLE is not set on command line
-if(DEFINED ENV{VIRTUAL_ENV} AND NOT Python_EXECUTABLE)
+if(DEFINED ENV{VIRTUAL_ENV} AND NOT PYTHON_EXECUTABLE)
   if(CMAKE_HOST_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "Windows")
-    set(Python_EXECUTABLE "$ENV{VIRTUAL_ENV}/Scripts/python.exe")
+    set(PYTHON_EXECUTABLE "$ENV{VIRTUAL_ENV}/Scripts/python.exe")
   else()
-    set(Python_EXECUTABLE "$ENV{VIRTUAL_ENV}/bin/python")
+    set(PYTHON_EXECUTABLE "$ENV{VIRTUAL_ENV}/bin/python")
   endif()
+  set(Python_EXECUTABLE "${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE}")
   message(STATUS "Running in virtual environment: $ENV{VIRTUAL_ENV}\n"
-    "   Setting Python interpreter to: ${Python_EXECUTABLE}")
+    "   Setting Python interpreter to: ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE}")
 endif()
 
 set(LAMMPS_MACHINE "" CACHE STRING "Suffix to append to lmp binary (WON'T enable any features automatically")
@@ -209,8 +199,8 @@ else()
 endif()
 
 include(GNUInstallDirs)
-file(GLOB ALL_SOURCES CONFIGURE_DEPENDS ${LAMMPS_SOURCE_DIR}/[^.]*.cpp)
+file(GLOB ALL_SOURCES ${CONFIGURE_DEPENDS} ${LAMMPS_SOURCE_DIR}/[^.]*.cpp)
-file(GLOB MAIN_SOURCES CONFIGURE_DEPENDS ${LAMMPS_SOURCE_DIR}/main.cpp)
+file(GLOB MAIN_SOURCES ${CONFIGURE_DEPENDS} ${LAMMPS_SOURCE_DIR}/main.cpp)
 list(REMOVE_ITEM ALL_SOURCES ${MAIN_SOURCES})
 add_library(lammps ${ALL_SOURCES})
 
@@ -284,6 +274,8 @@ set(STANDARD_PACKAGES
   MOFFF
   MOLECULE
   MOLFILE
+  MPIIO
+  MSCG
   NETCDF
   ORIENT
   PERI
@@ -389,9 +381,15 @@ if(NOT ${LAMMPS_MEMALIGN} STREQUAL "0")
   target_compile_definitions(lammps PRIVATE -DLAMMPS_MEMALIGN=${LAMMPS_MEMALIGN})
 endif()
 
+option(LAMMPS_EXCEPTIONS "enable the use of C++ exceptions for error messages (useful for library interface)" ${ENABLE_TESTING})
+if(LAMMPS_EXCEPTIONS)
+  target_compile_definitions(lammps PUBLIC -DLAMMPS_EXCEPTIONS)
+endif()
+
 # "hard" dependencies between packages resulting
 # in an error instead of skipping over files
 pkg_depends(ML-IAP ML-SNAP)
+pkg_depends(MPIIO MPI)
 pkg_depends(ATC MANYBODY)
 pkg_depends(LATBOLTZ MPI)
 pkg_depends(SCAFACOS MPI)
@@ -428,7 +426,6 @@ if(BUILD_OMP)
       (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "IntelLLVM") OR (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "XLClang") OR
       ((CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "AppleClang") AND (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL 10.0)) OR
       ((CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "Clang") AND (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL 10.0)) OR
-      ((CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "CrayClang") AND (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL 10.0)) OR
       ((CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "Intel") AND (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL 19.0)))
     # GCC 9.x and later plus Clang 10.x and later implement strict OpenMP 4.0 semantics for consts.
     # Intel 18.0 was tested to support both, so we switch to OpenMP 4+ from 19.x onward to be safe.
@@ -441,26 +438,14 @@ if(BUILD_OMP)
   target_link_libraries(lmp PRIVATE OpenMP::OpenMP_CXX)
 endif()
 
-# lower C++ standard for fmtlib sources when using Intel classic compiler
+if(PKG_MSCG OR PKG_ATC OR PKG_AWPMD OR PKG_ML-QUIP OR PKG_ML-POD OR PKG_ELECTRODE OR BUILD_TOOLS)
-if((CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "Intel") AND (CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD GREATER_EQUAL 17)
-    AND (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION VERSION_LESS 2021.10))
-  message(STATUS "Lowering C++ standard for compiling fmtlib sources with Intel Classic compiler")
-  get_filename_component(LMP_UTILS_SRC "${LAMMPS_SOURCE_DIR}/utils.cpp" ABSOLUTE)
-  get_filename_component(LMP_VARIABLE_SRC "${LAMMPS_SOURCE_DIR}/variable.cpp" ABSOLUTE)
-  get_filename_component(FMT_FORMAT_SRC "${LAMMPS_SOURCE_DIR}/fmtlib_format.cpp" ABSOLUTE)
-  get_filename_component(FMT_OS_SRC "${LAMMPS_SOURCE_DIR}/fmtlib_os.cpp" ABSOLUTE)
-  set_source_files_properties("${FMT_FORMAT_SRC}" "${FMT_OS_SRC}" "${LMP_VARIABLE_SRC}" "${LMP_UTILS_SRC}"
-          PROPERTIES COMPILE_OPTIONS "-std=c++14")
-endif()
-
-if(PKG_ATC OR PKG_AWPMD OR PKG_ML-QUIP OR PKG_ML-POD OR PKG_ELECTRODE OR BUILD_TOOLS)
   enable_language(C)
   if (NOT USE_INTERNAL_LINALG)
     find_package(LAPACK)
     find_package(BLAS)
   endif()
   if(NOT LAPACK_FOUND OR NOT BLAS_FOUND OR USE_INTERNAL_LINALG)
-    file(GLOB LINALG_SOURCES CONFIGURE_DEPENDS ${LAMMPS_LIB_SOURCE_DIR}/linalg/[^.]*.cpp)
+    file(GLOB LINALG_SOURCES ${CONFIGURE_DEPENDS} ${LAMMPS_LIB_SOURCE_DIR}/linalg/[^.]*.cpp)
     add_library(linalg STATIC ${LINALG_SOURCES})
     set_target_properties(linalg PROPERTIES OUTPUT_NAME lammps_linalg${LAMMPS_MACHINE})
     set(BLAS_LIBRARIES "$<TARGET_FILE:linalg>")
@@ -478,7 +463,12 @@ option(WITH_JPEG "Enable JPEG support" ${JPEG_FOUND})
 if(WITH_JPEG)
   find_package(JPEG REQUIRED)
   target_compile_definitions(lammps PRIVATE -DLAMMPS_JPEG)
-  target_link_libraries(lammps PRIVATE JPEG::JPEG)
+  if(CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_LESS 3.12)
+    target_include_directories(lammps PRIVATE ${JPEG_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+    target_link_libraries(lammps PRIVATE ${JPEG_LIBRARIES})
+  else()
+    target_link_libraries(lammps PRIVATE JPEG::JPEG)
+  endif()
 endif()
 
 find_package(PNG QUIET)
@@ -528,7 +518,7 @@ else()
 endif()
 
 foreach(PKG_WITH_INCL KSPACE PYTHON ML-IAP VORONOI COLVARS ML-HDNNP MDI MOLFILE NETCDF
-        PLUMED QMMM ML-QUIP SCAFACOS MACHDYN VTK KIM COMPRESS ML-PACE LEPTON)
+        PLUMED QMMM ML-QUIP SCAFACOS MACHDYN VTK KIM MSCG COMPRESS ML-PACE LEPTON)
   if(PKG_${PKG_WITH_INCL})
     include(Packages/${PKG_WITH_INCL})
   endif()
@@ -590,8 +580,8 @@ endforeach()
 foreach(PKG ${STANDARD_PACKAGES})
   set(${PKG}_SOURCES_DIR ${LAMMPS_SOURCE_DIR}/${PKG})
 
-  file(GLOB ${PKG}_SOURCES CONFIGURE_DEPENDS ${${PKG}_SOURCES_DIR}/[^.]*.cpp)
+  file(GLOB ${PKG}_SOURCES ${CONFIGURE_DEPENDS} ${${PKG}_SOURCES_DIR}/[^.]*.cpp)
-  file(GLOB ${PKG}_HEADERS CONFIGURE_DEPENDS ${${PKG}_SOURCES_DIR}/[^.]*.h)
+  file(GLOB ${PKG}_HEADERS ${CONFIGURE_DEPENDS} ${${PKG}_SOURCES_DIR}/[^.]*.h)
 
   # check for package files in src directory due to old make system
   DetectBuildSystemConflict(${LAMMPS_SOURCE_DIR} ${${PKG}_SOURCES} ${${PKG}_HEADERS})
@@ -607,12 +597,19 @@ foreach(PKG ${STANDARD_PACKAGES})
   RegisterPackages(${${PKG}_SOURCES_DIR})
 endforeach()
 
+# packages that need defines set
+foreach(PKG MPIIO)
+  if(PKG_${PKG})
+    target_compile_definitions(lammps PRIVATE -DLMP_${PKG})
+  endif()
+endforeach()
+
 # dedicated check for entire contents of accelerator packages
 foreach(PKG ${SUFFIX_PACKAGES})
   set(${PKG}_SOURCES_DIR ${LAMMPS_SOURCE_DIR}/${PKG})
 
-  file(GLOB ${PKG}_SOURCES CONFIGURE_DEPENDS ${${PKG}_SOURCES_DIR}/[^.]*.cpp)
+  file(GLOB ${PKG}_SOURCES ${CONFIGURE_DEPENDS} ${${PKG}_SOURCES_DIR}/[^.]*.cpp)
-  file(GLOB ${PKG}_HEADERS CONFIGURE_DEPENDS ${${PKG}_SOURCES_DIR}/[^.]*.h)
+  file(GLOB ${PKG}_HEADERS ${CONFIGURE_DEPENDS} ${${PKG}_SOURCES_DIR}/[^.]*.h)
 
   # check for package files in src directory due to old make system
   DetectBuildSystemConflict(${LAMMPS_SOURCE_DIR} ${${PKG}_SOURCES} ${${PKG}_HEADERS})
@@ -626,7 +623,7 @@ endforeach()
 foreach(PKG_LIB POEMS ATC AWPMD H5MD)
   if(PKG_${PKG_LIB})
     string(TOLOWER "${PKG_LIB}" PKG_LIB)
-    file(GLOB_RECURSE ${PKG_LIB}_SOURCES CONFIGURE_DEPENDS
+    file(GLOB_RECURSE ${PKG_LIB}_SOURCES ${CONFIGURE_DEPENDS}
       ${LAMMPS_LIB_SOURCE_DIR}/${PKG_LIB}/[^.]*.c ${LAMMPS_LIB_SOURCE_DIR}/${PKG_LIB}/[^.]*.cpp)
     add_library(${PKG_LIB} STATIC ${${PKG_LIB}_SOURCES})
     set_target_properties(${PKG_LIB} PROPERTIES OUTPUT_NAME lammps_${PKG_LIB}${LAMMPS_MACHINE})
@@ -821,8 +818,20 @@ install(
 # This is primarily for people that only want to use the Python wrapper.
 ###############################################################################
 if(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
-  # backward compatibility
+  if(CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_LESS 3.12)
-  find_package(Python COMPONENTS Interpreter)
+    # adjust so we find Python 3 versions before Python 2 on old systems with old CMake
+    set(Python_ADDITIONAL_VERSIONS 3.12 3.11 3.10 3.9 3.8 3.7 3.6)
+    find_package(PythonInterp) # Deprecated since version 3.12
+    if(PYTHONINTERP_FOUND)
+      set(Python_EXECUTABLE ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE})
+    endif()
+  else()
+    # backward compatibility
+    if(PYTHON_EXECUTABLE)
+      set(Python_EXECUTABLE ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE})
+    endif()
+    find_package(Python COMPONENTS Interpreter)
+  endif()
   if(BUILD_IS_MULTI_CONFIG)
     set(MY_BUILD_DIR ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/$<CONFIG>)
   else()
@@ -941,9 +950,11 @@ if(_index GREATER -1)
 endif()
 message(STATUS "<<< Linker flags: >>>")
 message(STATUS "Executable name:  ${LAMMPS_BINARY}")
-get_target_property(OPTIONS lammps LINK_OPTIONS)
+if(CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL 3.13)
-if(OPTIONS)
+  get_target_property(OPTIONS lammps LINK_OPTIONS)
-  message(STATUS "Linker options:   ${OPTIONS}")
+  if(OPTIONS)
+    message(STATUS "Linker options:   ${OPTIONS}")
+  endif()
 endif()
 if(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS)
   message(STATUS "Executable linker flags: ${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS}")
@@ -985,37 +996,34 @@ if(PKG_KOKKOS)
   endif()
 endif()
 if(PKG_KSPACE)
-  if (FFT_USE_HEFFTE)
+  message(STATUS "<<< FFT settings >>>
-    message(STATUS "<<< FFT settings >>>
--- Primary FFT lib:  heFFTe")
-    if (FFT_HEFFTE_BACKEND)
-      message(STATUS "heFFTe backend:  ${FFT_HEFFTE_BACKEND}")
-    else()
-      message(STATUS "heFFTe backend:  stock (builtin FFT implementation, tested for corrected but not optimized for production)")
-    endif()
-    message(STATUS "Using distributed FFT algorithms from heFTTe")
-    if(FFT_SINGLE)
-      message(STATUS "Using single precision FFTs")
-    else()
-      message(STATUS "Using double precision FFTs")
-    endif()
-  else()
-    message(STATUS "<<< FFT settings >>>
 -- Primary FFT lib:  ${FFT}")
-    if(FFT_SINGLE)
+  if(FFT_SINGLE)
-      message(STATUS "Using single precision FFTs")
+    message(STATUS "Using single precision FFTs")
-    else()
+  else()
-      message(STATUS "Using double precision FFTs")
+    message(STATUS "Using double precision FFTs")
-    endif()
+  endif()
-    if(FFT_FFTW_THREADS OR FFT_MKL_THREADS)
+  if(FFT_FFTW_THREADS OR FFT_MKL_THREADS)
-      message(STATUS "Using threaded FFTs")
+    message(STATUS "Using threaded FFTs")
-    else()
+  else()
-      message(STATUS "Using non-threaded FFTs")
+    message(STATUS "Using non-threaded FFTs")
-    endif()
-    message(STATUS "Using builtin distributed FFT algorithms")
   endif()
   if(PKG_KOKKOS)
-    message(STATUS "Kokkos FFT: ${FFT_KOKKOS}")
+    if(Kokkos_ENABLE_CUDA)
+      if(FFT STREQUAL "KISS")
+        message(STATUS "Kokkos FFT: KISS")
+      else()
+        message(STATUS "Kokkos FFT: cuFFT")
+      endif()
+    elseif(Kokkos_ENABLE_HIP)
+      if(FFT STREQUAL "KISS")
+        message(STATUS "Kokkos FFT: KISS")
+      else()
+        message(STATUS "Kokkos FFT: hipFFT")
+      endif()
+    else()
+      message(STATUS "Kokkos FFT: ${FFT}")
+    endif()
   endif()
 endif()
 if(BUILD_DOC)

cmake/Modules/CodingStandard.cmake

@@ -1,11 +1,19 @@
-# use default (or custom) Python executable, if version is sufficient
+if(CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_LESS 3.12)
-if(Python_VERSION VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL 3.6)
+    find_package(PythonInterp 3.5 QUIET) # Deprecated since version 3.12
-  set(Python3_EXECUTABLE ${Python_EXECUTABLE})
+    if(PYTHONINTERP_FOUND)
+        set(Python3_EXECUTABLE ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE})
+        set(Python3_VERSION ${PYTHON_VERSION_STRING})
+    endif()
+else()
+    # use default (or custom) Python executable, if version is sufficient
+    if(Python_VERSION VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL 3.5)
+      set(Python3_EXECUTABLE ${Python_EXECUTABLE})
+    endif()
+    find_package(Python3 COMPONENTS Interpreter QUIET)
 endif()
-find_package(Python3 COMPONENTS Interpreter)
 
 if(Python3_EXECUTABLE)
-    if(Python3_VERSION VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL 3.6)
+    if(Python3_VERSION VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL 3.5)
         add_custom_target(
           check-whitespace
           ${Python3_EXECUTABLE} ${LAMMPS_TOOLS_DIR}/coding_standard/whitespace.py .

cmake/Modules/DetectHIPInstallation.cmake

@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+if(NOT DEFINED HIP_PATH)
+    if(NOT DEFINED ENV{HIP_PATH})
+        message(FATAL_ERROR "HIP support requires HIP_PATH to be defined.\n"
+        "Either pass the HIP_PATH as a CMake option via -DHIP_PATH=... or set the HIP_PATH environment variable.")
+    else()
+        set(HIP_PATH $ENV{HIP_PATH} CACHE PATH "Path to HIP installation")
+    endif()
+endif()
 if(NOT DEFINED ROCM_PATH)
     if(NOT DEFINED ENV{ROCM_PATH})
         set(ROCM_PATH "/opt/rocm" CACHE PATH "Path to ROCm installation")
@@ -5,4 +13,4 @@ if(NOT DEFINED ROCM_PATH)
         set(ROCM_PATH $ENV{ROCM_PATH} CACHE PATH "Path to ROCm installation")
     endif()
 endif()
-list(APPEND CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH ${ROCM_PATH})
+list(APPEND CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH ${HIP_PATH} ${ROCM_PATH})

cmake/Modules/Documentation.cmake

@@ -5,18 +5,24 @@ option(BUILD_DOC "Build LAMMPS HTML documentation" OFF)
 
 if(BUILD_DOC)
   # Current Sphinx versions require at least Python 3.8
-  # use default (or custom) Python executable, if version is sufficient
+  if(CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_LESS 3.12)
-  if(Python_VERSION VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL 3.8)
+    find_package(PythonInterp 3.8 REQUIRED)
-    set(Python3_EXECUTABLE ${Python_EXECUTABLE})
+    set(VIRTUALENV ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE} -m venv)
+  else()
+    # use default (or custom) Python executable, if version is sufficient
+    if(Python_VERSION VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL 3.8)
+      set(Python3_EXECUTABLE ${Python_EXECUTABLE})
+    endif()
+    find_package(Python3 REQUIRED COMPONENTS Interpreter)
+    if(Python3_VERSION VERSION_LESS 3.8)
+      message(FATAL_ERROR "Python 3.8 and up is required to build the HTML documentation")
+    endif()
+    set(VIRTUALENV ${Python3_EXECUTABLE} -m venv)
   endif()
-  find_package(Python3 REQUIRED COMPONENTS Interpreter)
-  if(Python3_VERSION VERSION_LESS 3.8)
-    message(FATAL_ERROR "Python 3.8 and up is required to build the HTML documentation")
-  endif()
-  set(VIRTUALENV ${Python3_EXECUTABLE} -m venv)
-
   find_package(Doxygen 1.8.10 REQUIRED)
-  file(GLOB DOC_SOURCES CONFIGURE_DEPENDS ${LAMMPS_DOC_DIR}/src/[^.]*.rst)
+
+  file(GLOB DOC_SOURCES ${CONFIGURE_DEPENDS} ${LAMMPS_DOC_DIR}/src/[^.]*.rst)
+
 
   add_custom_command(
     OUTPUT docenv
@@ -74,7 +80,7 @@ if(BUILD_DOC)
       message(STATUS "Using already downloaded archive ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/libpace.tar.gz")
     endif()
     execute_process(COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E tar xzf mathjax.tar.gz WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR})
-    file(GLOB MATHJAX_VERSION_DIR CONFIGURE_DEPENDS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/MathJax-*)
+    file(GLOB MATHJAX_VERSION_DIR ${CONFIGURE_DEPENDS} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/MathJax-*)
     execute_process(COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E rename ${MATHJAX_VERSION_DIR} ${DOC_BUILD_STATIC_DIR}/mathjax)
   endif()
 

cmake/Modules/ExternalCMakeProject.cmake

@@ -43,5 +43,5 @@ function(ExternalCMakeProject target url hash basedir cmakedir cmakefile)
       "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/_deps/${target}-src/${cmakedir}/CMakeLists.txt")
   endif()
   add_subdirectory("${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/_deps/${target}-src/${cmakedir}"
-    "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/_deps/${target}-build" EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
+    "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/_deps/${target}-build")
 endfunction(ExternalCMakeProject)

cmake/Modules/FindCythonize.cmake

@@ -7,7 +7,15 @@
 # adapted from https://github.com/cmarshall108/cython-cmake-example/blob/master/cmake/FindCython.cmake
 #=============================================================================
 
-find_package(Python 3.6 COMPONENTS Interpreter QUIET)
+if(CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_LESS 3.12)
+    set(Python_ADDITIONAL_VERSIONS 3.12 3.11 3.10 3.9 3.8 3.7 3.6)
+    find_package(PythonInterp 3.6 QUIET) # Deprecated since version 3.12
+    if(PYTHONINTERP_FOUND)
+        set(Python_EXECUTABLE ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE})
+    endif()
+else()
+    find_package(Python 3.6 COMPONENTS Interpreter QUIET)
+endif()
 
 # Use the Cython executable that lives next to the Python executable
 # if it is a local installation.

cmake/Modules/LAMMPSInterfacePlugin.cmake

@@ -28,8 +28,9 @@ if(MSVC)
     add_compile_options(/Zc:__cplusplus)
     add_compile_options(/wd4244)
     add_compile_options(/wd4267)
-    add_compile_options(/wd4250)
+    if(LAMMPS_EXCEPTIONS)
-    add_compile_options(/EHsc)
+      add_compile_options(/EHsc)
+    endif()
   endif()
   add_compile_definitions(_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS)
 endif()
@@ -64,7 +65,7 @@ endfunction(validate_option)
 
 # helper function for getting the most recently modified file or folder from a glob pattern
 function(get_newest_file path variable)
-  file(GLOB _dirs CONFIGURE_DEPENDS ${path})
+  file(GLOB _dirs ${CONFIGURE_DEPENDS} ${path})
   set(_besttime 2000-01-01T00:00:00)
   set(_bestfile "<unknown>")
   foreach(_dir ${_dirs})

cmake/Modules/LAMMPSUtils.cmake

@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ endfunction()
 
 # helper function for getting the most recently modified file or folder from a glob pattern
 function(get_newest_file path variable)
-  file(GLOB _dirs CONFIGURE_DEPENDS ${path})
+  file(GLOB _dirs ${CONFIGURE_DEPENDS} ${path})
   set(_besttime 2000-01-01T00:00:00)
   set(_bestfile "<unknown>")
   foreach(_dir ${_dirs})
@@ -80,20 +80,20 @@ endfunction()
 
 function(check_for_autogen_files source_dir)
     message(STATUS "Running check for auto-generated files from make-based build system")
-    file(GLOB SRC_AUTOGEN_FILES CONFIGURE_DEPENDS ${source_dir}/style_*.h)
+    file(GLOB SRC_AUTOGEN_FILES ${CONFIGURE_DEPENDS} ${source_dir}/style_*.h)
-    file(GLOB SRC_AUTOGEN_PACKAGES CONFIGURE_DEPENDS ${source_dir}/packages_*.h)
+    file(GLOB SRC_AUTOGEN_PACKAGES ${CONFIGURE_DEPENDS} ${source_dir}/packages_*.h)
     list(APPEND SRC_AUTOGEN_FILES ${SRC_AUTOGEN_PACKAGES} ${source_dir}/lmpinstalledpkgs.h ${source_dir}/lmpgitversion.h)
-    list(APPEND SRC_AUTOGEN_FILES ${source_dir}/mliap_model_python_couple.h ${source_dir}/mliap_model_python_couple.cpp)
+    list(APPEND SRC_AUTOGEN_FILES ${SRC_AUTOGEN_PACKAGES} ${source_dir}/mliap_model_python_couple.h ${source_dir}/mliap_model_python_couple.cpp)
     foreach(_SRC ${SRC_AUTOGEN_FILES})
       get_filename_component(FILENAME "${_SRC}" NAME)
       if(EXISTS ${source_dir}/${FILENAME})
         message(FATAL_ERROR "\n########################################################################\n"
-                            "Found header file ${source_dir}/${FILENAME} generated by the make-based build system\n"
+                              "Found header file(s) generated by the make-based build system\n"
-                            "\n"
+                              "\n"
-                            "Please run\n"
+                              "Please run\n"
-                            "make -C ${source_dir} purge\n"
+                              "make -C ${source_dir} purge\n"
-                            "to remove\n"
+                              "to remove\n"
-                            "########################################################################")
+                              "########################################################################")
       endif()
     endforeach()
 endfunction()

cmake/Modules/OpenCLLoader.cmake

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 message(STATUS "Downloading and building OpenCL loader library")
-set(OPENCL_LOADER_URL "${LAMMPS_THIRDPARTY_URL}/opencl-loader-2024.02.09.tar.gz" CACHE STRING "URL for OpenCL loader tarball")
+set(OPENCL_LOADER_URL "${LAMMPS_THIRDPARTY_URL}/opencl-loader-2022.01.04.tar.gz" CACHE STRING "URL for OpenCL loader tarball")
-set(OPENCL_LOADER_MD5 "f3573cf9daa3558ba46fd5866517f38f" CACHE STRING "MD5 checksum of OpenCL loader tarball")
+set(OPENCL_LOADER_MD5 "8d3a801e87a2c6653bf0e27707063914" CACHE STRING "MD5 checksum of OpenCL loader tarball")
 mark_as_advanced(OPENCL_LOADER_URL)
 mark_as_advanced(OPENCL_LOADER_MD5)
 
@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@ set(INSTALL_LIBOPENCL OFF CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
 include(ExternalCMakeProject)
 ExternalCMakeProject(opencl_loader ${OPENCL_LOADER_URL} ${OPENCL_LOADER_MD5} opencl-loader . "")
 
+add_library(OpenCL::OpenCL ALIAS OpenCL)

cmake/Modules/Packages/COLVARS.cmake

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 set(COLVARS_SOURCE_DIR ${LAMMPS_LIB_SOURCE_DIR}/colvars)
 
-file(GLOB COLVARS_SOURCES CONFIGURE_DEPENDS ${COLVARS_SOURCE_DIR}/[^.]*.cpp)
+file(GLOB COLVARS_SOURCES ${CONFIGURE_DEPENDS} ${COLVARS_SOURCE_DIR}/[^.]*.cpp)
 
 option(COLVARS_DEBUG "Enable debugging messages for Colvars (quite verbose)" OFF)
 

cmake/Modules/Packages/GPU.cmake

@@ -1,10 +1,3 @@
-
-# Silence CMake warnings about FindCUDA being obsolete.
-# We may need to eventually rewrite this section to use enable_language(CUDA)
-if(POLICY CMP0146)
-  cmake_policy(SET CMP0146 OLD)
-endif()
-
 set(GPU_SOURCES_DIR ${LAMMPS_SOURCE_DIR}/GPU)
 set(GPU_SOURCES ${GPU_SOURCES_DIR}/gpu_extra.h
                 ${GPU_SOURCES_DIR}/fix_gpu.h
@@ -46,7 +39,7 @@ if (PKG_AMOEBA)
               ${GPU_SOURCES_DIR}/amoeba_convolution_gpu.cpp)
 endif()
 
-file(GLOB GPU_LIB_SOURCES CONFIGURE_DEPENDS ${LAMMPS_LIB_SOURCE_DIR}/gpu/[^.]*.cpp)
+file(GLOB GPU_LIB_SOURCES ${CONFIGURE_DEPENDS} ${LAMMPS_LIB_SOURCE_DIR}/gpu/[^.]*.cpp)
 file(MAKE_DIRECTORY ${LAMMPS_LIB_BINARY_DIR}/gpu)
 
 if(GPU_API STREQUAL "CUDA")
@@ -77,7 +70,7 @@ if(GPU_API STREQUAL "CUDA")
   set(GPU_ARCH "sm_50" CACHE STRING "LAMMPS GPU CUDA SM primary architecture (e.g. sm_60)")
 
   # ensure that no *cubin.h files exist from a compile in the lib/gpu folder
-  file(GLOB GPU_LIB_OLD_CUBIN_HEADERS CONFIGURE_DEPENDS ${LAMMPS_LIB_SOURCE_DIR}/gpu/*_cubin.h)
+  file(GLOB GPU_LIB_OLD_CUBIN_HEADERS ${CONFIGURE_DEPENDS} ${LAMMPS_LIB_SOURCE_DIR}/gpu/*_cubin.h)
   if(GPU_LIB_OLD_CUBIN_HEADERS)
     message(FATAL_ERROR "########################################################################\n"
       "Found file(s) generated by the make-based build system in lib/gpu\n"
@@ -87,15 +80,15 @@ if(GPU_API STREQUAL "CUDA")
       "########################################################################")
   endif()
 
-  file(GLOB GPU_LIB_CU CONFIGURE_DEPENDS ${LAMMPS_LIB_SOURCE_DIR}/gpu/[^.]*.cu ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/gpu/[^.]*.cu)
+  file(GLOB GPU_LIB_CU ${CONFIGURE_DEPENDS} ${LAMMPS_LIB_SOURCE_DIR}/gpu/[^.]*.cu ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/gpu/[^.]*.cu)
   list(REMOVE_ITEM GPU_LIB_CU ${LAMMPS_LIB_SOURCE_DIR}/gpu/lal_pppm.cu)
 
   cuda_include_directories(${LAMMPS_LIB_SOURCE_DIR}/gpu ${LAMMPS_LIB_BINARY_DIR}/gpu)
 
   if(CUDPP_OPT)
     cuda_include_directories(${LAMMPS_LIB_SOURCE_DIR}/gpu/cudpp_mini)
-    file(GLOB GPU_LIB_CUDPP_SOURCES CONFIGURE_DEPENDS ${LAMMPS_LIB_SOURCE_DIR}/gpu/cudpp_mini/[^.]*.cpp)
+    file(GLOB GPU_LIB_CUDPP_SOURCES ${CONFIGURE_DEPENDS} ${LAMMPS_LIB_SOURCE_DIR}/gpu/cudpp_mini/[^.]*.cpp)
-    file(GLOB GPU_LIB_CUDPP_CU CONFIGURE_DEPENDS ${LAMMPS_LIB_SOURCE_DIR}/gpu/cudpp_mini/[^.]*.cu)
+    file(GLOB GPU_LIB_CUDPP_CU ${CONFIGURE_DEPENDS} ${LAMMPS_LIB_SOURCE_DIR}/gpu/cudpp_mini/[^.]*.cu)
   endif()
 
   # build arch/gencode commands for nvcc based on CUDA toolkit version and use choice
@@ -158,10 +151,10 @@ if(GPU_API STREQUAL "CUDA")
   endif()
 
   cuda_compile_fatbin(GPU_GEN_OBJS ${GPU_LIB_CU} OPTIONS ${CUDA_REQUEST_PIC}
-          -DUNIX -O3 --use_fast_math -Wno-deprecated-gpu-targets -allow-unsupported-compiler -DNV_KERNEL -DUCL_CUDADR ${GPU_CUDA_GENCODE} -D_${GPU_PREC_SETTING} -DLAMMPS_${LAMMPS_SIZES})
+          -DUNIX -O3 --use_fast_math -Wno-deprecated-gpu-targets -DNV_KERNEL -DUCL_CUDADR ${GPU_CUDA_GENCODE} -D_${GPU_PREC_SETTING} -DLAMMPS_${LAMMPS_SIZES})
 
   cuda_compile(GPU_OBJS ${GPU_LIB_CUDPP_CU} OPTIONS ${CUDA_REQUEST_PIC}
-          -DUNIX -O3 --use_fast_math -Wno-deprecated-gpu-targets -allow-unsupported-compiler -DUCL_CUDADR ${GPU_CUDA_GENCODE} -D_${GPU_PREC_SETTING} -DLAMMPS_${LAMMPS_SIZES})
+          -DUNIX -O3 --use_fast_math -Wno-deprecated-gpu-targets -DUCL_CUDADR ${GPU_CUDA_GENCODE} -D_${GPU_PREC_SETTING} -DLAMMPS_${LAMMPS_SIZES})
 
   foreach(CU_OBJ ${GPU_GEN_OBJS})
     get_filename_component(CU_NAME ${CU_OBJ} NAME_WE)
@@ -212,7 +205,7 @@ elseif(GPU_API STREQUAL "OPENCL")
   include(OpenCLUtils)
   set(OCL_COMMON_HEADERS ${LAMMPS_LIB_SOURCE_DIR}/gpu/lal_preprocessor.h ${LAMMPS_LIB_SOURCE_DIR}/gpu/lal_aux_fun1.h)
 
-  file(GLOB GPU_LIB_CU CONFIGURE_DEPENDS ${LAMMPS_LIB_SOURCE_DIR}/gpu/[^.]*.cu)
+  file(GLOB GPU_LIB_CU ${CONFIGURE_DEPENDS} ${LAMMPS_LIB_SOURCE_DIR}/gpu/[^.]*.cu)
   list(REMOVE_ITEM GPU_LIB_CU
     ${LAMMPS_LIB_SOURCE_DIR}/gpu/lal_gayberne.cu
     ${LAMMPS_LIB_SOURCE_DIR}/gpu/lal_gayberne_lj.cu
@@ -342,7 +335,7 @@ elseif(GPU_API STREQUAL "HIP")
     endif()
   endif()
 
-  file(GLOB GPU_LIB_CU CONFIGURE_DEPENDS ${LAMMPS_LIB_SOURCE_DIR}/gpu/[^.]*.cu ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/gpu/[^.]*.cu)
+  file(GLOB GPU_LIB_CU ${CONFIGURE_DEPENDS} ${LAMMPS_LIB_SOURCE_DIR}/gpu/[^.]*.cu ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/gpu/[^.]*.cu)
   list(REMOVE_ITEM GPU_LIB_CU ${LAMMPS_LIB_SOURCE_DIR}/gpu/lal_pppm.cu)
 
   set(GPU_LIB_CU_HIP "")

cmake/Modules/Packages/KIM.cmake

@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
 set(KIM-API_MIN_VERSION 2.1.3)
 find_package(CURL)
 if(CURL_FOUND)
-  target_link_libraries(lammps PRIVATE CURL::libcurl)
+  if(CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_LESS 3.12)
+    target_include_directories(lammps PRIVATE ${CURL_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+    target_link_libraries(lammps PRIVATE ${CURL_LIBRARIES})
+  else()
+    target_link_libraries(lammps PRIVATE CURL::libcurl)
+  endif()
   target_compile_definitions(lammps PRIVATE -DLMP_KIM_CURL)
   set(LMP_DEBUG_CURL OFF CACHE STRING "Set libcurl verbose mode on/off. If on, it displays a lot of verbose information about its operations.")
   mark_as_advanced(LMP_DEBUG_CURL)

cmake/Modules/Packages/KOKKOS.cmake

@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 ########################################################################
-# As of version 4.0.0 Kokkos requires C++17
+# As of version 3.3.0 Kokkos requires C++14
-if(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD LESS 17)
+if(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD LESS 14)
-  message(FATAL_ERROR "The KOKKOS package requires the C++ standard to
+  message(FATAL_ERROR "The KOKKOS package requires the C++ standard to be set to at least C++14")
-be set to at least C++17")
 endif()
 
 ########################################################################
@@ -16,6 +15,11 @@ endif()
 if(Kokkos_ENABLE_OPENMP)
   if(NOT BUILD_OMP)
     message(FATAL_ERROR "Must enable BUILD_OMP with Kokkos_ENABLE_OPENMP")
+  else()
+    # NVHPC/(AMD)Clang does not seem to provide a detectable OpenMP version, but is far beyond version 3.1
+    if((OpenMP_CXX_VERSION VERSION_LESS 3.1) AND NOT ((CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "NVHPC") OR (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "Clang")))
+      message(FATAL_ERROR "Compiler must support OpenMP 3.1 or later with Kokkos_ENABLE_OPENMP")
+    endif()
   endif()
 endif()
 ########################################################################
@@ -45,8 +49,8 @@ if(DOWNLOAD_KOKKOS)
   list(APPEND KOKKOS_LIB_BUILD_ARGS "-DCMAKE_CXX_EXTENSIONS=${CMAKE_CXX_EXTENSIONS}")
   list(APPEND KOKKOS_LIB_BUILD_ARGS "-DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=${CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE}")
   include(ExternalProject)
-  set(KOKKOS_URL "https://github.com/kokkos/kokkos/archive/4.2.00.tar.gz" CACHE STRING "URL for KOKKOS tarball")
+  set(KOKKOS_URL "https://github.com/kokkos/kokkos/archive/3.7.02.tar.gz" CACHE STRING "URL for KOKKOS tarball")
-  set(KOKKOS_MD5 "731647b61a4233f568d583702e9cd6d1" CACHE STRING "MD5 checksum of KOKKOS tarball")
+  set(KOKKOS_MD5 "34d7860d548c06a4040236d959c9f99a" CACHE STRING "MD5 checksum of KOKKOS tarball")
   mark_as_advanced(KOKKOS_URL)
   mark_as_advanced(KOKKOS_MD5)
   GetFallbackURL(KOKKOS_URL KOKKOS_FALLBACK)
@@ -71,7 +75,7 @@ if(DOWNLOAD_KOKKOS)
   add_dependencies(LAMMPS::KOKKOSCORE kokkos_build)
   add_dependencies(LAMMPS::KOKKOSCONTAINERS kokkos_build)
 elseif(EXTERNAL_KOKKOS)
-  find_package(Kokkos 4.2.00 REQUIRED CONFIG)
+  find_package(Kokkos 3.7.02 REQUIRED CONFIG)
   target_link_libraries(lammps PRIVATE Kokkos::kokkos)
 else()
   set(LAMMPS_LIB_KOKKOS_SRC_DIR ${LAMMPS_LIB_SOURCE_DIR}/kokkos)
@@ -126,32 +130,16 @@ if(PKG_KSPACE)
   list(APPEND KOKKOS_PKG_SOURCES ${KOKKOS_PKG_SOURCES_DIR}/fft3d_kokkos.cpp
                                  ${KOKKOS_PKG_SOURCES_DIR}/grid3d_kokkos.cpp
                                  ${KOKKOS_PKG_SOURCES_DIR}/remap_kokkos.cpp)
-  set(FFT_KOKKOS "KISS" CACHE STRING "FFT library for Kokkos-enabled KSPACE package")
-  set(FFT_KOKKOS_VALUES KISS FFTW3 MKL HIPFFT CUFFT)
-  set_property(CACHE FFT_KOKKOS PROPERTY STRINGS ${FFT_KOKKOS_VALUES})
-  validate_option(FFT_KOKKOS FFT_KOKKOS_VALUES)
-  string(TOUPPER ${FFT_KOKKOS} FFT_KOKKOS)
-
   if(Kokkos_ENABLE_CUDA)
-    if(NOT ((FFT_KOKKOS STREQUAL "KISS") OR (FFT_KOKKOS STREQUAL "CUFFT")))
+    if(NOT (FFT STREQUAL "KISS"))
-      message(FATAL_ERROR "The CUDA backend of Kokkos requires either KISS FFT or CUFFT.")
+      target_compile_definitions(lammps PRIVATE -DFFT_CUFFT)
-    elseif(FFT_KOKKOS STREQUAL "KISS")
-      message(WARNING "Using KISS FFT with the CUDA backend of Kokkos may be sub-optimal.")
-      target_compile_definitions(lammps PRIVATE -DFFT_KOKKOS_KISS)
-    elseif(FFT_KOKKOS STREQUAL "CUFFT")
-      target_compile_definitions(lammps PRIVATE -DFFT_KOKKOS_CUFFT)
       target_link_libraries(lammps PRIVATE cufft)
     endif()
   elseif(Kokkos_ENABLE_HIP)
-    if(NOT ((FFT_KOKKOS STREQUAL "KISS") OR (FFT_KOKKOS STREQUAL "HIPFFT")))
+    if(NOT (FFT STREQUAL "KISS"))
-      message(FATAL_ERROR "The HIP backend of Kokkos requires either KISS FFT or HIPFFT.")
-    elseif(FFT_KOKKOS STREQUAL "KISS")
-      message(WARNING "Using KISS FFT with the HIP backend of Kokkos may be sub-optimal.")
-      target_compile_definitions(lammps PRIVATE -DFFT_KOKKOS_KISS)
-    elseif(FFT_KOKKOS STREQUAL "HIPFFT")
       include(DetectHIPInstallation)
       find_package(hipfft REQUIRED)
-      target_compile_definitions(lammps PRIVATE -DFFT_KOKKOS_HIPFFT)
+      target_compile_definitions(lammps PRIVATE -DFFT_HIPFFT)
       target_link_libraries(lammps PRIVATE hip::hipfft)
     endif()
   endif()
@@ -167,7 +155,7 @@ if(PKG_ML-IAP)
 
   # Add KOKKOS version of ML-IAP Python coupling if non-KOKKOS version is included
   if(MLIAP_ENABLE_PYTHON AND Cythonize_EXECUTABLE)
-    file(GLOB MLIAP_KOKKOS_CYTHON_SRC CONFIGURE_DEPENDS ${LAMMPS_SOURCE_DIR}/KOKKOS/*.pyx)
+    file(GLOB MLIAP_KOKKOS_CYTHON_SRC ${CONFIGURE_DEPENDS} ${LAMMPS_SOURCE_DIR}/KOKKOS/*.pyx)
     foreach(MLIAP_CYTHON_FILE ${MLIAP_KOKKOS_CYTHON_SRC})
       get_filename_component(MLIAP_CYTHON_BASE ${MLIAP_CYTHON_FILE} NAME_WE)
       add_custom_command(OUTPUT  ${MLIAP_BINARY_DIR}/${MLIAP_CYTHON_BASE}.cpp ${MLIAP_BINARY_DIR}/${MLIAP_CYTHON_BASE}.h

cmake/Modules/Packages/KSPACE.cmake

@@ -46,61 +46,6 @@ else()
   target_compile_definitions(lammps PRIVATE -DFFT_KISS)
 endif()
 
-option(FFT_USE_HEFFTE  "Use heFFTe as the distributed FFT engine, overrides the FFT option."  OFF)
-if(FFT_USE_HEFFTE)
-  # if FFT_HEFFTE is enabled, use the heFFTe parallel engine instead of the builtin fftMPI engine
-
-  # map standard FFT choices to available heFFTe backends: FFTW3 -> FFTW, KISS -> BUILTIN
-  set(FFT_HEFFTE_BACKEND_VALUES FFTW MKL BUILTIN)
-  string(REPLACE FFTW3 FFTW FFT_HEFFTE_BACKEND_DEFAULT ${FFT})
-  string(REPLACE KISS BUILTIN FFT_HEFFTE_BACKEND_DEFAULT ${FFT_HEFFTE_BACKEND_DEFAULT})
-  set(FFT_HEFFTE_BACKEND "${FFT_HEFFTE_BACKEND_DEFAULT}" CACHE STRING "Select heFFTe backend, e.g., FFTW or MKL")
-  set_property(CACHE FFT_HEFFTE_BACKEND PROPERTY STRINGS ${FFT_HEFFTE_BACKEND_VALUES})
-  validate_option(FFT_HEFFTE_BACKEND FFT_HEFFTE_BACKEND_VALUES)
-
-  if(FFT_HEFFTE_BACKEND STREQUAL "FFTW") # respect the backend choice, FFTW or MKL
-    set(HEFFTE_COMPONENTS "FFTW")
-    set(Heffte_ENABLE_FFTW "ON" CACHE BOOL "Enables FFTW backend for heFFTe")
-  elseif(FFT_HEFFTE_BACKEND STREQUAL "MKL")
-    set(HEFFTE_COMPONENTS "MKL")
-    set(Heffte_ENABLE_MKL "ON" CACHE BOOL "Enables MKL backend for heFFTe")
-  else()
-    set(HEFFTE_COMPONENTS "BUILTIN")
-    message(WARNING "FFT_HEFFTE_BACKEND not selected, defaulting to the builtin 'stock' backend, which is intended for testing and is not optimized for production runs")
-  endif()
-
-  find_package(Heffte 2.4.0 QUIET COMPONENTS ${HEFFTE_COMPONENTS})
-  if (NOT Heffte_FOUND) # download and build
-    if(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
-      set(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS_WAS_ON YES)
-      set(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS OFF)
-    endif()
-    if(CMAKE_REQUEST_PIC)
-      set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
-    endif()
-    set(Heffte_ENABLE_${FFT_HEFFTE_BACKEND} ON)
-    include(FetchContent)
-    FetchContent_Declare(HEFFTE_PROJECT # using v2.4.0
-      URL  "https://github.com/icl-utk-edu/heffte/archive/refs/tags/v2.4.0.tar.gz"
-      URL_HASH SHA256=02310fb4f9688df02f7181667e61c3adb7e38baf79611d80919d47452ff7881d
-      )
-    FetchContent_Populate(HEFFTE_PROJECT)
-
-    # fixup git hash to show "(unknown)" to avoid compilation failures.
-    file(READ ${heffte_project_SOURCE_DIR}/include/heffte_config.cmake.h HEFFTE_CFG_FILE_TEXT)
-    string(REPLACE "@Heffte_GIT_HASH@" "(unknown)" HEFFTE_CFG_FILE_TEXT "${HEFFTE_CFG_FILE_TEXT}")
-    file(WRITE ${heffte_project_SOURCE_DIR}/include/heffte_config.cmake.h "${HEFFTE_CFG_FILE_TEXT}")
-
-    add_subdirectory(${heffte_project_SOURCE_DIR} ${heffte_project_BINARY_DIR} EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
-    add_library(Heffte::Heffte ALIAS Heffte)
-    if(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS_WAS_ON)
-      set(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS ON)
-    endif()
-  endif()
-  target_compile_definitions(lammps PRIVATE -DFFT_HEFFTE "-DFFT_HEFFTE_${FFT_HEFFTE_BACKEND}")
-  target_link_libraries(lammps PRIVATE Heffte::Heffte)
-endif()
-
 set(FFT_PACK "array" CACHE STRING "Optimization for FFT")
 set(FFT_PACK_VALUES array pointer memcpy)
 set_property(CACHE FFT_PACK PROPERTY STRINGS ${FFT_PACK_VALUES})

cmake/Modules/Packages/LEPTON.cmake

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ if(LEPTON_SOURCE_DIR)
 endif()
 set(LEPTON_SOURCE_DIR ${LAMMPS_LIB_SOURCE_DIR}/lepton)
 
-file(GLOB LEPTON_SOURCES CONFIGURE_DEPENDS ${LEPTON_SOURCE_DIR}/src/[^.]*.cpp)
+file(GLOB LEPTON_SOURCES ${CONFIGURE_DEPENDS} ${LEPTON_SOURCE_DIR}/src/[^.]*.cpp)
 
 if((CMAKE_HOST_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR STREQUAL "amd64") OR
    (CMAKE_HOST_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR STREQUAL "AMD64") OR
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ else()
 endif()
 
 if(LEPTON_ENABLE_JIT)
-  file(GLOB ASMJIT_SOURCES CONFIGURE_DEPENDS ${LEPTON_SOURCE_DIR}/asmjit/*/[^.]*.cpp)
+  file(GLOB ASMJIT_SOURCES ${CONFIGURE_DEPENDS} ${LEPTON_SOURCE_DIR}/asmjit/*/[^.]*.cpp)
 endif()
 
 add_library(lepton STATIC ${LEPTON_SOURCES} ${ASMJIT_SOURCES})

cmake/Modules/Packages/MDI.cmake

@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ option(DOWNLOAD_MDI "Download and compile the MDI library instead of using an al
 
 if(DOWNLOAD_MDI)
   message(STATUS "MDI download requested - we will build our own")
-  set(MDI_URL "https://github.com/MolSSI-MDI/MDI_Library/archive/v1.4.26.tar.gz" CACHE STRING "URL for MDI tarball")
+  set(MDI_URL "https://github.com/MolSSI-MDI/MDI_Library/archive/v1.4.16.tar.gz" CACHE STRING "URL for MDI tarball")
-  set(MDI_MD5 "3124bb85259471e2a53a891f04bf697a" CACHE STRING "MD5 checksum for MDI tarball")
+  set(MDI_MD5 "407db44e2d79447ab5c1233af1965f65" CACHE STRING "MD5 checksum for MDI tarball")
   mark_as_advanced(MDI_URL)
   mark_as_advanced(MDI_MD5)
   GetFallbackURL(MDI_URL MDI_FALLBACK)
@@ -26,9 +26,29 @@ if(DOWNLOAD_MDI)
 
   # detect if we have python development support and thus can enable python plugins
   set(MDI_USE_PYTHON_PLUGINS OFF)
-  find_package(Python QUIET COMPONENTS Development)
+  if(CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_LESS 3.12)
-  if(Python_Development_FOUND)
+    if(NOT PYTHON_VERSION_STRING)
-    set(MDI_USE_PYTHON_PLUGINS ON)
+      set(Python_ADDITIONAL_VERSIONS 3.12 3.11 3.10 3.9 3.8 3.7 3.6)
+      # search for interpreter first, so we have a consistent library
+      find_package(PythonInterp) # Deprecated since version 3.12
+      if(PYTHONINTERP_FOUND)
+        set(Python_EXECUTABLE ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE})
+      endif()
+    endif()
+    # search for the library matching the selected interpreter
+    set(Python_ADDITIONAL_VERSIONS ${PYTHON_VERSION_MAJOR}.${PYTHON_VERSION_MINOR})
+    find_package(PythonLibs QUIET) # Deprecated since version 3.12
+    if(PYTHONLIBS_FOUND)
+      if(NOT (PYTHON_VERSION_STRING STREQUAL PYTHONLIBS_VERSION_STRING))
+        message(FATAL_ERROR "Python Library version ${PYTHONLIBS_VERSION_STRING} does not match Interpreter version ${PYTHON_VERSION_STRING}")
+      endif()
+      set(MDI_USE_PYTHON_PLUGINS ON)
+    endif()
+  else()
+    find_package(Python QUIET COMPONENTS Development)
+    if(Python_Development_FOUND)
+      set(MDI_USE_PYTHON_PLUGINS ON)
+    endif()
   endif()
   # python plugins are not supported and thus must be always off on Windows
   if(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "Windows")
@@ -82,9 +102,13 @@ if(DOWNLOAD_MDI)
   # if compiling with python plugins we need
   # to add python libraries as dependency.
   if(MDI_USE_PYTHON_PLUGINS)
-    list(APPEND MDI_DEP_LIBS Python::Python)
+    if(CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_LESS 3.12)
-  endif()
+      list(APPEND MDI_DEP_LIBS ${PYTHON_LIBRARIES})
+    else()
+      list(APPEND MDI_DEP_LIBS Python::Python)
+    endif()
 
+  endif()
   # need to add support for dlopen/dlsym, except when compiling for Windows.
   if(NOT (CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "Windows"))
     list(APPEND MDI_DEP_LIBS "${CMAKE_DL_LIBS}")

cmake/Modules/Packages/ML-IAP.cmake

@@ -2,7 +2,12 @@
 set(MLIAP_ENABLE_PYTHON_DEFAULT OFF)
 if(PKG_PYTHON)
   find_package(Cythonize QUIET)
-  find_package(Python COMPONENTS NumPy QUIET)
+  if (CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL 3.14)
+    find_package(Python COMPONENTS NumPy QUIET)
+  else()
+    # assume we have NumPy
+    set(Python_NumPy_FOUND ON)
+  endif()
   if(Cythonize_FOUND AND Python_NumPy_FOUND)
     set(MLIAP_ENABLE_PYTHON_DEFAULT ON)
   endif()
@@ -12,16 +17,24 @@ option(MLIAP_ENABLE_PYTHON "Build ML-IAP package with Python support" ${MLIAP_EN
 
 if(MLIAP_ENABLE_PYTHON)
   find_package(Cythonize REQUIRED)
-  find_package(Python COMPONENTS NumPy REQUIRED)
+  if (CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL 3.14)
+    find_package(Python COMPONENTS NumPy REQUIRED)
+  endif()
   if(NOT PKG_PYTHON)
     message(FATAL_ERROR "Must enable PYTHON package for including Python support in ML-IAP")
   endif()
-  if(Python_VERSION VERSION_LESS 3.6)
+  if(CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_LESS 3.12)
-    message(FATAL_ERROR "Python support in ML-IAP requires Python 3.6 or later")
+    if(PYTHONLIBS_VERSION_STRING VERSION_LESS 3.6)
+      message(FATAL_ERROR "Python support in ML-IAP requires Python 3.6 or later")
+    endif()
+  else()
+    if(Python_VERSION VERSION_LESS 3.6)
+      message(FATAL_ERROR "Python support in ML-IAP requires Python 3.6 or later")
+    endif()
   endif()
 
   set(MLIAP_BINARY_DIR ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/cython)
-  file(GLOB MLIAP_CYTHON_SRC CONFIGURE_DEPENDS ${LAMMPS_SOURCE_DIR}/ML-IAP/*.pyx)
+  file(GLOB MLIAP_CYTHON_SRC ${CONFIGURE_DEPENDS} ${LAMMPS_SOURCE_DIR}/ML-IAP/*.pyx)
   file(MAKE_DIRECTORY ${MLIAP_BINARY_DIR})
   foreach(MLIAP_CYTHON_FILE ${MLIAP_CYTHON_SRC})
     get_filename_component(MLIAP_CYTHON_BASE ${MLIAP_CYTHON_FILE} NAME_WE)

cmake/Modules/Packages/ML-PACE.cmake

@@ -1,40 +1,33 @@
-set(PACELIB_URL "https://github.com/ICAMS/lammps-user-pace/archive/refs/tags/v.2023.11.25.fix.tar.gz" CACHE STRING "URL for PACE evaluator library sources")
+set(PACELIB_URL "https://github.com/ICAMS/lammps-user-pace/archive/refs/tags/v.2023.01.3.fix.tar.gz" CACHE STRING "URL for PACE evaluator library sources")
 
-set(PACELIB_MD5 "b45de9a633f42ed65422567e3ce56f9f" CACHE STRING "MD5 checksum of PACE evaluator library tarball")
+set(PACELIB_MD5 "4f0b3b5b14456fe9a73b447de3765caa" CACHE STRING "MD5 checksum of PACE evaluator library tarball")
 mark_as_advanced(PACELIB_URL)
 mark_as_advanced(PACELIB_MD5)
 GetFallbackURL(PACELIB_URL PACELIB_FALLBACK)
 
-# LOCAL_ML-PACE points to top-level dir with local lammps-user-pace repo,
+# download library sources to build folder
-# to make it easier to check local build without going through the public github releases
+if(EXISTS ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/libpace.tar.gz)
-if(LOCAL_ML-PACE)
+  file(MD5 ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/libpace.tar.gz DL_MD5)
- set(lib-pace "${LOCAL_ML-PACE}")
-else()
-  # download library sources to build folder
-  if(EXISTS ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/libpace.tar.gz)
-    file(MD5 ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/libpace.tar.gz DL_MD5)
-  endif()
-  if(NOT "${DL_MD5}" STREQUAL "${PACELIB_MD5}")
-    message(STATUS "Downloading ${PACELIB_URL}")
-    file(DOWNLOAD ${PACELIB_URL} ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/libpace.tar.gz STATUS DL_STATUS SHOW_PROGRESS)
-    file(MD5 ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/libpace.tar.gz DL_MD5)
-    if((NOT DL_STATUS EQUAL 0) OR (NOT "${DL_MD5}" STREQUAL "${PACELIB_MD5}"))
-      message(WARNING "Download from primary URL ${PACELIB_URL} failed\nTrying fallback URL ${PACELIB_FALLBACK}")
-      file(DOWNLOAD ${PACELIB_FALLBACK} ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/libpace.tar.gz EXPECTED_HASH MD5=${PACELIB_MD5} SHOW_PROGRESS)
-    endif()
-  else()
-    message(STATUS "Using already downloaded archive ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/libpace.tar.gz")
-  endif()
-
-
-  # uncompress downloaded sources
-  execute_process(
-    COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E remove_directory lammps-user-pace*
-    COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E tar xzf libpace.tar.gz
-    WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}
-  )
-  get_newest_file(${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/lammps-user-pace-* lib-pace)
 endif()
+if(NOT "${DL_MD5}" STREQUAL "${PACELIB_MD5}")
+  message(STATUS "Downloading ${PACELIB_URL}")
+  file(DOWNLOAD ${PACELIB_URL} ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/libpace.tar.gz STATUS DL_STATUS SHOW_PROGRESS)
+  file(MD5 ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/libpace.tar.gz DL_MD5)
+  if((NOT DL_STATUS EQUAL 0) OR (NOT "${DL_MD5}" STREQUAL "${PACELIB_MD5}"))
+    message(WARNING "Download from primary URL ${PACELIB_URL} failed\nTrying fallback URL ${PACELIB_FALLBACK}")
+    file(DOWNLOAD ${PACELIB_FALLBACK} ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/libpace.tar.gz EXPECTED_HASH MD5=${PACELIB_MD5} SHOW_PROGRESS)
+  endif()
+else()
+  message(STATUS "Using already downloaded archive ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/libpace.tar.gz")
+endif()
+
+# uncompress downloaded sources
+execute_process(
+  COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E remove_directory lammps-user-pace*
+  COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E tar xzf libpace.tar.gz
+  WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}
+)
+get_newest_file(${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/lammps-user-pace-* lib-pace)
 
 add_subdirectory(${lib-pace} build-pace)
 set_target_properties(pace PROPERTIES CXX_EXTENSIONS ON OUTPUT_NAME lammps_pace${LAMMPS_MACHINE})

cmake/Modules/Packages/ML-QUIP.cmake

@@ -18,9 +18,7 @@ if(DOWNLOAD_QUIP)
     set(temp "${temp}F77FLAGS += -fpp -fixed -fPIC\n")
     set(temp "${temp}F95_PRE_FILENAME_FLAG = -Tf\n")
   elseif(CMAKE_Fortran_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL GNU)
-    # quip library uses GNU fortran extensions. If any more restrictive standards are set, reset them
+    set(temp "${temp}FPP=${CMAKE_Fortran_COMPILER} -E -x f95-cpp-input\nOPTIM=${CMAKE_Fortran_FLAGS_${BTYPE}}\n")
-    string(REGEX REPLACE -std=f[0-9]+ -std=gnu _fopt "${CMAKE_Fortran_FLAGS_${BTYPE}}")
-    set(temp "${temp}FPP=${CMAKE_Fortran_COMPILER} -E -x f95-cpp-input\nOPTIM=${_fopt} -fmax-stack-var-size=6553600\n")
     set(temp "${temp}DEFINES += -DGETARG_F2003 -DGETENV_F2003 -DGFORTRAN -DFORTRAN_UNDERSCORE\n")
     set(temp "${temp}F95FLAGS += -x f95-cpp-input -ffree-line-length-none -ffree-form -fno-second-underscore -fPIC\n")
     set(temp "${temp}F77FLAGS += -x f77-cpp-input -fno-second-underscore -fPIC\n")
@@ -58,7 +56,7 @@ if(DOWNLOAD_QUIP)
     GIT_SUBMODULES "src/fox;src/GAP"
     PATCH_COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_if_different ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/quip.config <SOURCE_DIR>/arch/Makefile.lammps
     CONFIGURE_COMMAND env QUIP_ARCH=lammps make config
-    BUILD_COMMAND env QUIP_ARCH=lammps make -j1 libquip
+    BUILD_COMMAND env QUIP_ARCH=lammps make libquip
     INSTALL_COMMAND ""
     BUILD_IN_SOURCE YES
     BUILD_BYPRODUCTS <SOURCE_DIR>/build/lammps/${CMAKE_STATIC_LIBRARY_PREFIX}quip${CMAKE_STATIC_LIBRARY_SUFFIX}

cmake/Modules/Packages/MSCG.cmake

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+find_package(GSL REQUIRED)
+find_package(MSCG QUIET)
+if(MSGC_FOUND)
+  set(DOWNLOAD_MSCG_DEFAULT OFF)
+else()
+  set(DOWNLOAD_MSCG_DEFAULT ON)
+endif()
+option(DOWNLOAD_MSCG "Download MSCG library instead of using an already installed one)" ${DOWNLOAD_MSCG_DEFAULT})
+if(DOWNLOAD_MSCG)
+  set(MSCG_URL "https://github.com/uchicago-voth/MSCG-release/archive/491270a73539e3f6951e76f7dbe84e258b3ebb45.tar.gz" CACHE STRING "URL for MSCG tarball")
+  set(MSCG_MD5 "7ea50748fba5c3a372e0266bd31d2f11" CACHE STRING "MD5 checksum of MSCG tarball")
+  mark_as_advanced(MSCG_URL)
+  mark_as_advanced(MSCG_MD5)
+
+  include(ExternalCMakeProject)
+  ExternalCMakeProject(mscg ${MSCG_URL} ${MSCG_MD5} MSCG-release src/CMake "")
+
+  # set include and link library
+  target_include_directories(lammps PRIVATE "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/_deps/mscg-src/src")
+  target_link_libraries(lammps PRIVATE mscg)
+else()
+  find_package(MSCG)
+  if(NOT MSCG_FOUND)
+    message(FATAL_ERROR "MSCG not found, help CMake to find it by setting MSCG_LIBRARY and MSCG_INCLUDE_DIR, or set DOWNLOAD_MSCG=ON to download it")
+  endif()
+  target_link_libraries(lammps PRIVATE MSCG::MSCG)
+endif()
+target_link_libraries(lammps PRIVATE GSL::gsl ${LAPACK_LIBRARIES})

cmake/Modules/Packages/PLUMED.cmake

@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@ else()
   set(PLUMED_CONFIG_OMP "--disable-openmp")
 endif()
 
-set(PLUMED_URL "https://github.com/plumed/plumed2/releases/download/v2.8.3/plumed-src-2.8.3.tgz"
+set(PLUMED_URL "https://github.com/plumed/plumed2/releases/download/v2.8.2/plumed-src-2.8.2.tgz"
   CACHE STRING "URL for PLUMED tarball")
-set(PLUMED_MD5 "76d23cd394eba9e6530316ed1184e219" CACHE STRING "MD5 checksum of PLUMED tarball")
+set(PLUMED_MD5 "599092b6a0aa6fff992612537ad98994" CACHE STRING "MD5 checksum of PLUMED tarball")
 
 mark_as_advanced(PLUMED_URL)
 mark_as_advanced(PLUMED_MD5)

cmake/Modules/Packages/PYTHON.cmake

@@ -1,11 +1,29 @@
-
+if(CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_LESS 3.12)
-if(NOT Python_INTERPRETER)
+  if(NOT PYTHON_VERSION_STRING)
-  # backward compatibility with CMake before 3.12 and older LAMMPS documentation
+    set(Python_ADDITIONAL_VERSIONS 3.12 3.11 3.10 3.9 3.8 3.7 3.6)
-  if(PYTHON_EXECUTABLE)
+    # search for interpreter first, so we have a consistent library
-    set(Python_EXECUTABLE ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE})
+    find_package(PythonInterp) # Deprecated since version 3.12
+    if(PYTHONINTERP_FOUND)
+      set(Python_EXECUTABLE ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE})
+    endif()
   endif()
-  find_package(Python COMPONENTS Interpreter)
+  # search for the library matching the selected interpreter
+  set(Python_ADDITIONAL_VERSIONS ${PYTHON_VERSION_MAJOR}.${PYTHON_VERSION_MINOR})
+  find_package(PythonLibs REQUIRED) # Deprecated since version 3.12
+  if(NOT (PYTHON_VERSION_STRING STREQUAL PYTHONLIBS_VERSION_STRING))
+    message(FATAL_ERROR "Python Library version ${PYTHONLIBS_VERSION_STRING} does not match Interpreter version ${PYTHON_VERSION_STRING}")
+  endif()
+  target_include_directories(lammps PRIVATE ${PYTHON_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+  target_link_libraries(lammps PRIVATE ${PYTHON_LIBRARIES})
+else()
+  if(NOT Python_INTERPRETER)
+    # backward compatibility
+    if(PYTHON_EXECUTABLE)
+      set(Python_EXECUTABLE ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE})
+    endif()
+    find_package(Python COMPONENTS Interpreter)
+  endif()
+  find_package(Python REQUIRED COMPONENTS Interpreter Development)
+  target_link_libraries(lammps PRIVATE Python::Python)
 endif()
-find_package(Python REQUIRED COMPONENTS Interpreter Development)
-target_link_libraries(lammps PRIVATE Python::Python)
 target_compile_definitions(lammps PRIVATE -DLMP_PYTHON)

cmake/Modules/StyleHeaderUtils.cmake

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 function(FindStyleHeaders path style_class file_pattern headers)
-    file(GLOB files CONFIGURE_DEPENDS "${path}/${file_pattern}*.h")
+    file(GLOB files ${CONFIGURE_DEPENDS} "${path}/${file_pattern}*.h")
     get_property(hlist GLOBAL PROPERTY ${headers})
 
     foreach(file_name ${files})
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ endfunction(DetectBuildSystemConflict)
 
 
 function(FindPackagesHeaders path style_class file_pattern headers)
-    file(GLOB files CONFIGURE_DEPENDS "${path}/${file_pattern}*.h")
+    file(GLOB files ${CONFIGURE_DEPENDS} "${path}/${file_pattern}*.h")
     get_property(plist GLOBAL PROPERTY ${headers})
 
     foreach(file_name ${files})

cmake/Modules/Testing.cmake

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ if(ENABLE_TESTING)
   find_program(VALGRIND_BINARY NAMES valgrind)
   # generate custom suppression file
   file(WRITE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/lammps.supp "\n")
-  file(GLOB VALGRIND_SUPPRESSION_FILES CONFIGURE_DEPENDS ${LAMMPS_TOOLS_DIR}/valgrind/[^.]*.supp)
+  file(GLOB VALGRIND_SUPPRESSION_FILES ${CONFIGURE_DEPENDS} ${LAMMPS_TOOLS_DIR}/valgrind/[^.]*.supp)
   foreach(SUPP ${VALGRIND_SUPPRESSION_FILES})
     file(READ ${SUPP} SUPPRESSIONS)
     file(APPEND ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/lammps.supp "${SUPPRESSIONS}")
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ if(ENABLE_TESTING)
   # we need to build and link a LOT of tester executables, so it is worth checking if
   # a faster linker is available. requires GNU or Clang compiler, newer CMake.
   # also only verified with Fedora Linux > 30 and Ubuntu 18.04 or 22.04+(Ubuntu 20.04 fails)
-  if((CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "Linux")
+  if((CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "Linux") AND (CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL 3.13)
       AND ((CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "GNU") OR (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "Clang")))
     if(((CMAKE_LINUX_DISTRO STREQUAL "Ubuntu") AND
           ((CMAKE_DISTRO_VERSION VERSION_LESS_EQUAL 18.04) OR (CMAKE_DISTRO_VERSION VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL 22.04)))
@@ -66,8 +66,16 @@ if(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "GNU")
   option(ENABLE_COVERAGE "Enable collecting code coverage data" OFF)
   mark_as_advanced(ENABLE_COVERAGE)
   if(ENABLE_COVERAGE)
-    target_compile_options(lammps PUBLIC --coverage)
+    if(CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_LESS 3.13)
-    target_link_options(lammps PUBLIC --coverage)
+      if(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS)
+        set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} --coverage")
+      else()
+        set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}_FLAGS} --coverage")
+      endif()
+    else()
+      target_compile_options(lammps PUBLIC --coverage)
+      target_link_options(lammps PUBLIC --coverage)
+    endif()
   endif()
 endif()
 
@@ -110,8 +118,16 @@ validate_option(ENABLE_SANITIZER ENABLE_SANITIZER_VALUES)
 string(TOLOWER ${ENABLE_SANITIZER} ENABLE_SANITIZER)
 if(NOT ENABLE_SANITIZER STREQUAL "none")
   if((${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID} STREQUAL "GNU") OR (${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID} STREQUAL "Clang"))
-    target_compile_options(lammps PUBLIC -fsanitize=${ENABLE_SANITIZER})
+    if(CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_LESS 3.13)
-    target_link_options(lammps PUBLIC -fsanitize=${ENABLE_SANITIZER})
+      if(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS)
+        set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -fsanitize=${ENABLE_SANITIZER}")
+      else()
+        set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}_FLAGS} -fsanitize=${ENABLE_SANITIZER}")
+      endif()
+    else()
+      target_compile_options(lammps PUBLIC -fsanitize=${ENABLE_SANITIZER})
+      target_link_options(lammps PUBLIC -fsanitize=${ENABLE_SANITIZER})
+    endif()
   else()
     message(WARNING "ENABLE_SANITIZER option not supported by ${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID} compilers. Ignoring.")
     set(ENABLE_SANITIZER "none")

cmake/Modules/Tools.cmake

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ if(BUILD_TOOLS)
 
   enable_language(C)
   get_filename_component(MSI2LMP_SOURCE_DIR ${LAMMPS_TOOLS_DIR}/msi2lmp/src ABSOLUTE)
-  file(GLOB MSI2LMP_SOURCES CONFIGURE_DEPENDS ${MSI2LMP_SOURCE_DIR}/[^.]*.c)
+  file(GLOB MSI2LMP_SOURCES ${CONFIGURE_DEPENDS} ${MSI2LMP_SOURCE_DIR}/[^.]*.c)
   add_executable(msi2lmp ${MSI2LMP_SOURCES})
   if(STANDARD_MATH_LIB)
     target_link_libraries(msi2lmp PRIVATE ${STANDARD_MATH_LIB})
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ if(BUILD_LAMMPS_SHELL)
   endif()
   find_package(PkgConfig REQUIRED)
   pkg_check_modules(READLINE IMPORTED_TARGET REQUIRED readline)
+  if(NOT LAMMPS_EXCEPTIONS)
+    message(WARNING "The LAMMPS shell needs LAMMPS_EXCEPTIONS enabled for full functionality")
+  endif()
 
   # include resource compiler to embed icons into the executable on Windows
   if(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "Windows")

cmake/packaging/MacOSXBundleInfo.plist.in

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 	<key>CFBundleLongVersionString</key>
 	<string>${MACOSX_BUNDLE_LONG_VERSION_STRING}</string>
 	<key>CFBundleName</key>
-	<string>LAMMPS_GUI</string>
+	<string>LAMMPS</string>
 	<key>CFBundlePackageType</key>
 	<string>APPL</string>
 	<key>CFBundleShortVersionString</key>

cmake/packaging/README.macos

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ of the available packages.
 The following individual commands are included:
 binary2txt lammps-gui lmp msi2lmp phana stl_bin2txt
 
-After copying the LAMMPS_GUI folder into your Applications folder, please follow
+After copying the lammps-gui folder into your Applications folder, please follow
 these steps:
 
 1. Open the Terminal app
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ these steps:
 
 3. Add the following lines to the end of the file, save it, and close the editor
 
-   LAMMPS_INSTALL_DIR=/Applications/LAMMPS_GUI.app/Contents
+   LAMMPS_INSTALL_DIR=/Applications/LAMMPS.app/Contents
    LAMMPS_POTENTIALS=${LAMMPS_INSTALL_DIR}/share/lammps/potentials
    LAMMPS_BENCH_DIR=${LAMMPS_INSTALL_DIR}/share/lammps/bench
    MSI2LMP_LIBRARY=${LAMMPS_INSTALL_DIR}/share/lammps/frc_files
@@ -38,9 +38,9 @@ these steps:
    the changes from .zprofile automatically.
 
    Note: the above assumes you use the default shell (zsh) that comes with
-   MacOS. If you customized MacOS to use a different shell, you'll need to
+   MacOS. If you customized MacOS to use a different shell, you'll need to modify
-   modify that shell's init file (.cshrc, .bashrc, etc.) instead with
+   that shell's init file (.cshrc, .bashrc, etc.) instead with appropiate commands
-   appropiate commands to modify the same environment variables.
+   to modify the same environment variables.
 
 5. Try running LAMMPS (which might fail, see step 7)
 
@@ -50,10 +50,10 @@ these steps:
 
    lammps-gui ${LAMMPS_BENCH_DIR}/in.rhodo
 
-   Depending on the size and resolution of your screen, the fonts may be too
+   Depending on the size and resolution of your screen, the fonts may
-   small to read. This can be adjusted by setting the environment variable
+   be too small to read. This can be adjusted by setting the environment
-   QT_FONT_DPI. The default value would be 72, so to increase the fonts by a
+   variable QT_FONT_DPI. The default value would be 72, so to increase
-   third, one can add to the .zprofile file the line
+   the fonts by a third one can add to the .zprofile file the line
 
    export QT_FONT_DPI=96
 
@@ -61,9 +61,9 @@ these steps:
 
 7. Give permission to execute the commands (lmp, lammps-gui, msi2lmp, binary2txt, phana, stl_bin2txt)
 
-   MacOS will likely block the initial run of the executables, since they were
+   MacOS will likely block the initial run of the executables, since they
-   downloaded from the internet and are missing a known signature from an
+   were downloaded from the internet and are missing a known signature from an
-   identified developer. Go to "Settings" and search for "Security settings".
+   identified developer. Go to "Settings" and search for "Security settings". It
-   It should display a message that an executable like "lmp" was blocked. Press
+   should display a message that an executable like "lmp" was blocked. Press
    "Open anyway", which might prompt you for your admin credentials. Afterwards
    "lmp" and the other executables should work as expected.

cmake/packaging/build_linux_tgz.sh

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ APP_NAME=lammps-gui
 DESTDIR=${PWD}/../LAMMPS_GUI
 
 echo "Delete old files, if they exist"
-rm -rf ${DESTDIR} ../LAMMPS_GUI-Linux-amd64.tar.gz
+rm -rf ${DESTDIR} ../LAMMPS-Linux-amd64.tar.gz
 
 echo "Create staging area for deployment and populate"
 DESTDIR=${DESTDIR} cmake --install .  --prefix "/"
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ do \
 done
 
 pushd ..
-tar -czvvf LAMMPS_GUI-Linux-amd64.tar.gz LAMMPS_GUI
+tar -czvvf LAMMPS-Linux-amd64.tar.gz LAMMPS_GUI
 popd
 
 echo "Cleanup dir"

cmake/packaging/build_macos_dmg.sh

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 APP_NAME=lammps-gui
 
 echo "Delete old files, if they exist"
-rm -f ${APP_NAME}.dmg ${APP_NAME}-rw.dmg LAMMPS_GUI-macOS-multiarch.dmg
+rm -f ${APP_NAME}.dmg ${APP_NAME}-rw.dmg LAMMPS-macOS-multiarch.dmg
 
 echo "Create initial dmg file with macdeployqt"
 macdeployqt  lammps-gui.app -dmg
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ ln -s /Applications .
 mv  ${APP_NAME}.app/Contents/Resources/README.txt .
 mkdir  .background
 mv ${APP_NAME}.app/Contents/Resources/LAMMPS_DMG_Background.png .background/background.png
-mv ${APP_NAME}.app LAMMPS_GUI.app
+mv ${APP_NAME}.app LAMMPS.app
-cd LAMMPS_GUI.app/Contents
+cd LAMMPS.app/Contents
 
 echo "Attach icons to LAMMPS console and GUI executables"
 echo "read 'icns' (-16455) \"Resources/lammps.icns\";" > icon.rsrc
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ echo '
           set statusbar visible to false
           set toolbar visible to false
           set the bounds to { 100, 40, 868, 640 }
-          set position of item "'LAMMPS_GUI'.app" to { 190, 216 }
+          set position of item "'LAMMPS'.app" to { 190, 216 }
           set position of item "Applications" to { 576, 216 }
           set position of item "README.txt" to { 190, 400 }
         end tell
@@ -96,12 +96,12 @@ sync
 
 echo "Unmount modified disk image and convert to compressed read-only image"
 hdiutil detach "${DEVICE}"
-hdiutil convert "${APP_NAME}-rw.dmg" -format UDZO -o "LAMMPS_GUI-macOS-multiarch.dmg"
+hdiutil convert "${APP_NAME}-rw.dmg" -format UDZO -o "LAMMPS-macOS-multiarch.dmg"
 
 echo "Attach icon to .dmg file"
 echo "read 'icns' (-16455) \"lammps-gui.app/Contents/Resources/lammps.icns\";" > icon.rsrc
-Rez -a icon.rsrc -o LAMMPS_GUI-macOS-multiarch.dmg
+Rez -a icon.rsrc -o LAMMPS-macOS-multiarch.dmg
-SetFile -a C LAMMPS_GUI-macOS-multiarch.dmg
+SetFile -a C LAMMPS-macOS-multiarch.dmg
 rm icon.rsrc
 
 echo "Delete temporary disk images"

cmake/packaging/build_windows_vs.cmake

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # CMake script to be run post installation to build zipped package
 
 # clean up old zipfile and deployment tree
-file(REMOVE LAMMPS_GUI-Win10-amd64.zip)
+file(REMOVE LAMMPS-Win10-amd64.zip)
 file(REMOVE_RECURSE LAMMPS_GUI)
 file(RENAME ${INSTNAME} LAMMPS_GUI)
 
@@ -21,15 +21,8 @@ file(WRITE qtdeploy.bat "@ECHO OFF\r\nset VSCMD_DEBUG=0\r\nCALL ${VC_INIT} x64\r
 execute_process(COMMAND cmd.exe /c qtdeploy.bat COMMAND_ECHO STDERR)
 file(REMOVE qtdeploy.bat)
 
-# download and uncompress static FFMpeg and gzip binaries
-file(DOWNLOAD "https://download.lammps.org/thirdparty/ffmpeg-gzip.zip" ffmpeg-gzip.zip)
-file(WRITE unpackzip.ps1 "Expand-Archive -Path ffmpeg-gzip.zip -DestinationPath LAMMPS_GUI")
-execute_process(COMMAND powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File unpackzip.ps1)
-file(REMOVE unpackzip.ps1)
-file(REMOVE ffmpeg-gzip.zip)
-
 # create zip archive
-file(WRITE makearchive.ps1 "Compress-Archive -Path LAMMPS_GUI -CompressionLevel Optimal -DestinationPath LAMMPS_GUI-Win10-amd64.zip")
+file(WRITE makearchive.ps1 "Compress-Archive -Path LAMMPS_GUI -CompressionLevel Optimal -DestinationPath LAMMPS-Win10-amd64.zip")
 execute_process(COMMAND powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File makearchive.ps1)
 file(REMOVE makearchive.ps1)
 file(REMOVE_RECURSE LAMMPS_GUI)

cmake/presets/all_off.cmake

@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ set(ALL_PACKAGES
   MOFFF
   MOLECULE
   MOLFILE
+  MPIIO
+  MSCG
   NETCDF
   OPENMP
   OPT

cmake/presets/all_on.cmake

@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@ set(ALL_PACKAGES
   MOFFF
   MOLECULE
   MOLFILE
+  MPIIO
+  MSCG
   NETCDF
   OPENMP
   OPT

cmake/presets/download.cmake

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ endforeach()
 
 set(DOWNLOAD_KIM ON CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
 set(DOWNLOAD_MDI ON CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
+set(DOWNLOAD_MSCG ON CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
 set(DOWNLOAD_VORO ON CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
 set(DOWNLOAD_EIGEN3 ON CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
 set(DOWNLOAD_PACE ON CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)

cmake/presets/gpu-cuda.cmake

@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-# preset that enables GPU and selects CUDA API
-
-set(PKG_GPU ON CACHE BOOL "Build GPU package" FORCE)
-set(GPU_API "cuda" CACHE STRING "APU used by GPU package" FORCE)
-set(GPU_PREC "mixed" CACHE STRING "" FORCE)
-
-set(CUDA_NVCC_FLAGS "-allow-unsupported-compiler" CACHE STRING "" FORCE)
-set(CUDA_NVCC_FLAGS_DEBUG "-allow-unsupported-compiler" CACHE STRING "" FORCE)
-set(CUDA_NVCC_FLAGS_MINSIZEREL "-allow-unsupported-compiler" CACHE STRING "" FORCE)
-set(CUDA_NVCC_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO "-allow-unsupported-compiler" CACHE STRING "" FORCE)
-set(CUDA_NVCC_FLAGS_RELEASE "-allow-unsupported-compiler" CACHE STRING "" FORCE)

cmake/presets/kokkos-cuda.cmake

@@ -6,11 +6,6 @@ set(Kokkos_ENABLE_SERIAL ON CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
 set(Kokkos_ENABLE_CUDA   ON CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
 set(Kokkos_ARCH_PASCAL60 ON CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
 set(BUILD_OMP ON CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
-get_filename_component(NVCC_WRAPPER_CMD ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../lib/kokkos/bin/nvcc_wrapper ABSOLUTE)
-set(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER ${NVCC_WRAPPER_CMD} CACHE FILEPATH "" FORCE)
-
-# If KSPACE is also enabled, use CUFFT for FFTs
-set(FFT_KOKKOS "CUFFT" CACHE STRING FORCE)
 
 # hide deprecation warnings temporarily for stable release
 set(Kokkos_ENABLE_DEPRECATION_WARNINGS OFF CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)

cmake/presets/kokkos-hip.cmake

@@ -12,9 +12,6 @@ set(BUILD_OMP ON CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
 set(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER hipcc CACHE STRING "" FORCE)
 set(CMAKE_TUNE_FLAGS "-munsafe-fp-atomics" CACHE STRING "" FORCE)
 
-# If KSPACE is also enabled, use CUFFT for FFTs
-set(FFT_KOKKOS "HIPFFT" CACHE STRING FORCE)
-
 # hide deprecation warnings temporarily for stable release
 set(Kokkos_ENABLE_DEPRECATION_WARNINGS OFF CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
 

cmake/presets/macos-multiarch.cmake

@@ -10,3 +10,5 @@ set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE "-O3 -DNDEBUG" CACHE STRING "" FORCE)
 set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELEASE "-O3 -DNDEBUG" CACHE STRING "" FORCE)
 
 set(BUILD_MPI FALSE CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
+set(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS FALSE CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
+set(LAMMPS_EXCEPTIONS TRUE CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)

cmake/presets/mingw-cross.cmake

@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ endforeach()
 
 # these two packages require a full MPI implementation
 if(BUILD_MPI)
+  set(PKG_MPIIO ON CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
   set(PKG_LATBOLTZ ON CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
 endif()
 

cmake/presets/most.cmake

@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ set(ALL_PACKAGES
   DPD-REACT
   DPD-SMOOTH
   DRUDE
-  EFF
   ELECTRODE
+  EFF
   EXTRA-COMPUTE
   EXTRA-DUMP
   EXTRA-FIX

cmake/presets/nolib.cmake

@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ set(PACKAGES_WITH_LIB
   ML-PACE
   ML-QUIP
   MOLFILE
+  MPIIO
+  MSCG
   NETCDF
   PLUMED
   PYTHON

cmake/presets/oneapi.cmake

@@ -18,11 +18,11 @@ set(MPI_CXX_COMPILER "mpicxx" CACHE STRING "" FORCE)
 
 unset(HAVE_OMP_H_INCLUDE CACHE)
 set(OpenMP_C "icx" CACHE STRING "" FORCE)
-set(OpenMP_C_FLAGS "-qopenmp;-qopenmp-simd" CACHE STRING "" FORCE)
+set(OpenMP_C_FLAGS "-qopenmp -qopenmp-simd" CACHE STRING "" FORCE)
 set(OpenMP_C_LIB_NAMES "omp" CACHE STRING "" FORCE)
 set(OpenMP_CXX "icpx" CACHE STRING "" FORCE)
-set(OpenMP_CXX_FLAGS "-qopenmp;-qopenmp-simd" CACHE STRING "" FORCE)
+set(OpenMP_CXX_FLAGS "-qopenmp -qopenmp-simd" CACHE STRING "" FORCE)
 set(OpenMP_CXX_LIB_NAMES "omp" CACHE STRING "" FORCE)
-set(OpenMP_Fortran_FLAGS "-qopenmp;-qopenmp-simd" CACHE STRING "" FORCE)
+set(OpenMP_Fortran_FLAGS "-qopenmp -qopenmp-simd" CACHE STRING "" FORCE)
 set(OpenMP_omp_LIBRARY "libiomp5.so" CACHE PATH "" FORCE)
 

doc/Makefile

@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@ help:
 	@echo "  anchor_check  scan for duplicate anchor labels"
 	@echo "  style_check   check for complete and consistent style lists"
 	@echo "  package_check check for complete and consistent package lists"
-	@echo "  role_check    check for misformatted role keywords"
 	@echo "  spelling      spell-check the manual"
 
 # ------------------------------------------
@@ -99,8 +98,6 @@ html: xmlgen $(VENV) $(SPHINXCONFIG)/conf.py $(ANCHORCHECK) $(MATHJAX)
 		env LC_ALL=C grep -n '[^ -~]' $(RSTDIR)/*.rst ;\
 		env LC_ALL=C grep -n ' :[a-z]\+`' $(RSTDIR)/*.rst ;\
 		env LC_ALL=C grep -n ' `[^`]\+<[a-z][^`]\+`[^_]' $(RSTDIR)/*.rst ;\
-		env LC_ALL=C grep -n ':\(ref\|doc\):[^`]' $(RSTDIR)/*.rst ;\
-		env LC_ALL=C grep -n '\(ref\|doc\)`[^`]' $(RSTDIR)/*.rst ;\
 		$(PYTHON) $(BUILDDIR)/utils/check-styles.py -s ../src -d src ;\
 		echo "############################################" ;\
 		deactivate ;\
@@ -182,8 +179,6 @@ pdf: xmlgen $(VENV) $(SPHINXCONFIG)/conf.py $(ANCHORCHECK)
 		env LC_ALL=C grep -n '[^ -~]' $(RSTDIR)/*.rst ;\
 		env LC_ALL=C grep -n ' :[a-z]\+`' $(RSTDIR)/*.rst ;\
 		env LC_ALL=C grep -n ' `[^`]\+<[a-z][^`]\+`[^_]' $(RSTDIR)/*.rst ;\
-		env LC_ALL=C grep -n ':\(ref\|doc\):[^`]' $(RSTDIR)/*.rst ;\
-		env LC_ALL=C grep -n '\(ref\|doc\)`[^`]' $(RSTDIR)/*.rst ;\
 		$(PYTHON) utils/check-styles.py -s ../src -d src ;\
 		echo "############################################" ;\
 		deactivate ;\
@@ -232,8 +227,6 @@ char_check :
 role_check :
 	@( env LC_ALL=C grep -n ' :[a-z]\+`' $(RSTDIR)/*.rst && exit 1 || : )
 	@( env LC_ALL=C grep -n ' `[^`]\+<[a-z][^`]\+`[^_]' $(RSTDIR)/*.rst && exit 1 || : )
-	@( env LC_ALL=C grep -n ':\(ref\|doc\):[^`]' $(RSTDIR)/*.rst && exit 1 || : )
-	@( env LC_ALL=C grep -n '\(ref\|doc\)`[^`]' $(RSTDIR)/*.rst && exit 1 || : )
 
 link_check : $(VENV) html
 	@(\

doc/github-development-workflow.md

@@ -36,10 +36,10 @@ requests.
 MUST be submitted as a pull request to GitHub.  All changes to the
 "develop" branch must be made exclusively through merging pull requests.
 The "release" and "stable" branches, respectively, are only to be
-updated upon "feature releases" or "stable releases" based on the
+updated upon feature or stable releases based on the associated
-associated tags.  Updates to the stable release in between stable releases
+tags.  Updates to the stable release in between stable releases
 (for example, back-ported bug fixes) are first merged into the "maintenance"
-branch and then into the "stable" branch as "stable update releases".
+branch and then into the "stable" branch as update releases.
 
 Pull requests may also be submitted to (long-running) feature branches
 created by LAMMPS developers inside the LAMMPS project, if needed. Those
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ testing -- that the code in the branch "develop" does not get easily
 broken.  These tests are run after every update to a pull request.  More
 extensive and time-consuming tests (including regression testing) are
 performed after code is merged to the "develop" branch.  There are feature
-releases of LAMMPS made about every 4-8 weeks at a point, when the LAMMPS
+releases of LAMMPS made about every 4-6 weeks at a point, when the LAMMPS
 developers feel, that a sufficient number of changes have been included
 and all post-merge testing has been successful.  These feature releases are
 marked with a `patch_<version date>` tag and the "release" branch

doc/graphviz/Makefile

@@ -16,11 +16,8 @@ clean:
 	rm -f $(IMGSVG) $(IMGPDF) $(IMGPNG) *~
 
 ifeq ($(HAS_DOT),YES)
-$(IMGDIR)/lammps-classes.png : lammps-classes.dot
-	dot -Tpng -Kneato -o $@ $<
-
 $(IMGDIR)/%.png: %.dot
-	dot -Tpng -Kdot -o $@ $<
+	dot -Tpng -Kneato -o $@ $<
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(HAS_DOT),NO)

doc/graphviz/lammps-releases.dot

@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-// LAMMPS branches and releases
-digraph releases {
-    rankdir="LR";
-    github [shape="box" label="Pull Requests\non GitHub" height=0.75];
-    github -> develop [label="Merge commits"];
-    {
-        rank = "same";
-        work [shape="none" label="Development branches:"]
-        develop [label="'develop' branch" height=0.75];
-        maintenance [label="'maintenance' branch" height=0.75];
-    };
-    {
-        rank = "same";
-        upload [shape="none" label="Release branches:"]
-        release [label="'release' branch" height=0.75];
-        stable [label="'stable' branch" height=0.75];
-    };
-    develop -> release [label="Feature release\n(every 4-8 weeks)"];
-    release -> stable [label="Stable release\n(once per year)"];
-    stable -> maintenance [label="Reset on stable release" style="setlinewidth(2)"];
-    develop -> maintenance [label="Backports of bugfixes" style="dashed"];
-    maintenance -> stable [label="Updates to stable release"];
-    {
-        rank = "same";
-        tag [shape="none" label="Applied tags:"];
-        patchtag [shape="box" label="patch_<date>"];
-        stabletag [shape="box" label="stable_<date>"];
-        updatetag [shape="box" label="stable_<date>_update<num>"];
-    };
-    release -> patchtag [label="feature release" style="dotted"];
-    stable -> stabletag [label="stable release" style="dotted"];
-    stable -> updatetag [label="update release" style="dotted"];
-}
-

doc/lammps.1

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-.TH LAMMPS "1" "7 February 2024" "2024-02-07"
+.TH LAMMPS "1" "2 August 2023" "2023-08-2"
 .SH NAME
 .B LAMMPS
-\- Molecular Dynamics Simulator.  Version 7 February 2024
+\- Molecular Dynamics Simulator.  Version 2 August 2023
 
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B lmp

doc/src/Bibliography.rst

@@ -562,9 +562,6 @@ Bibliography
 **(Kumar)**
    Kumar and Skinner, J. Phys. Chem. B, 112, 8311 (2008)
 
-**(Lafourcade)**
-  Lafourcade, Maillet, Denoual, Duval, Allera, Goryaeva, and Marinica, `Comp. Mat. Science, 230, 112534 (2023) <https://doi.org/10.1016/j.commatsci.2023.112534>`_
-
 **(Lamoureux and Roux)**
    G.\  Lamoureux, B. Roux, J. Chem. Phys 119, 3025 (2003)
 

doc/src/Build_basics.rst

@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ standard. A more detailed discussion of that is below.
       directory, or ``make`` from the ``src/STUBS`` dir.  If the build
       fails, you may need to edit the ``STUBS/Makefile`` for your
       platform.  The stubs library does not provide MPI/IO functions
-      required by some LAMMPS packages, e.g. ``LATBOLTZ``,
+      required by some LAMMPS packages, e.g. ``MPIIO`` or ``LATBOLTZ``,
       and thus is not compatible with those packages.
 
       .. note::
@@ -128,13 +128,14 @@ and adds vectorization support when compiled with compatible compilers,
 in particular the Intel compilers on top of OpenMP. Also, the ``KOKKOS``
 package can be compiled to include OpenMP threading.
 
-In addition, there are a few commands in LAMMPS that have native OpenMP
+In addition, there are a few commands in LAMMPS that have native
-support included as well.  These are commands in the ``ML-SNAP``,
+OpenMP support included as well.  These are commands in the ``MPIIO``,
-``DIFFRACTION``, and ``DPD-REACT`` packages.  Furthermore, some packages
+``ML-SNAP``, ``DIFFRACTION``, and ``DPD-REACT`` packages.
-support OpenMP threading indirectly through the libraries they interface
+Furthermore, some packages support OpenMP threading indirectly through
-to: e.g. ``KSPACE``, and ``COLVARS``.  See the :doc:`Packages details
+the libraries they interface to: e.g. ``KSPACE``, and ``COLVARS``.
-<Packages_details>` page for more info on these packages, and the pages
+See the :doc:`Packages details <Packages_details>` page for more info
-for their respective commands for OpenMP threading info.
+on these packages, and the pages for their respective commands for
+OpenMP threading info.
 
 For CMake, if you use ``BUILD_OMP=yes``, you can use these packages
 and turn on their native OpenMP support and turn on their native OpenMP

doc/src/Build_cmake.rst

@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ environments is on a :doc:`separate page <Howto_cmake>`.
 
 .. note::
 
-   LAMMPS currently requires that CMake version 3.16 or later is available.
+   LAMMPS currently requires that CMake version 3.10 or later is available;
+   version 3.12 or later is preferred.
 
 .. warning::
 
@@ -33,18 +34,19 @@ Advantages of using CMake
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
 CMake is an alternative to compiling LAMMPS in the traditional way
-through :doc:`(manually customized) makefiles <Build_make>`.  Using
+through :doc:`(manually customized) makefiles <Build_make>` and a recent
-CMake has multiple advantages that are specifically helpful for
+addition to LAMMPS thanks to the efforts of Christoph Junghans (LANL)
-people with limited experience in compiling software or for people
+and Richard Berger (Temple U).  Using CMake has multiple advantages that
-that want to modify or extend LAMMPS.
+are specifically helpful for people with limited experience in compiling
+software or for people that want to modify or extend LAMMPS.
 
 - CMake can detect available hardware, tools, features, and libraries
   and adapt the LAMMPS default build configuration accordingly.
 - CMake can generate files for different build tools and integrated
   development environments (IDE).
 - CMake supports customization of settings with a command line, text
-  mode, or graphical user interface.  No manual editing of files,
+  mode, or graphical user interface.  No knowledge of file formats or
-  knowledge of file formats or complex command line syntax is required.
+  complex command line syntax is required.
 - All enabled components are compiled in a single build operation.
 - Automated dependency tracking for all files and configuration options.
 - Support for true out-of-source compilation. Multiple configurations
@@ -177,13 +179,13 @@ configuration is selected with the *-C* flag:
 
    ctest -C Debug
 
-The CMake scripts in LAMMPS have basic support for being compiled using
+The CMake scripts in LAMMPS have basic support for being compiled using a
-a multi-config build system, but not all of it has been ported.  This is
+multi-config build system, but not all of it has been ported.  This is in
-in particular applicable to compiling packages that require additional
+particular applicable to compiling packages that require additional libraries
-libraries that would be downloaded and compiled by CMake.  The
+that would be downloaded and compiled by CMake.  The "windows" preset file
-``windows.cmake`` preset file tries to keep track of which packages can
+tries to keep track of which packages can be compiled natively with the
-be compiled natively with the MSVC compilers out-of-the box.  Not all of
+MSVC compilers out-of-the box.  Not all of those external libraries are
-the external libraries are portable to Windows, either.
+portable to Windows, either.
 
 
 Installing CMake

doc/src/Build_development.rst

@@ -122,39 +122,32 @@ Code Coverage and Unit Testing (CMake only)
 -------------------------------------------
 
 The LAMMPS code is subject to multiple levels of automated testing
-during development:
+during development: integration testing (i.e. whether the code compiles
-
+on various platforms and with a variety of settings), unit testing
-- Integration testing (i.e. whether the code compiles
+(i.e. whether certain individual parts of the code produce the expected
-  on various platforms and with a variety of compilers and settings),
+results for given inputs), run testing (whether selected complete input
-- Unit testing (i.e. whether certain functions or classes of the code
+decks run without crashing for multiple configurations), and regression
-  produce the expected results for given inputs),
+testing (i.e. whether selected input examples reproduce the same
-- Run testing (i.e. whether selected input decks can run to completion
+results over a given number of steps and operations within a given
-  without crashing for multiple configurations),
+error margin).  The status of this automated testing can be viewed on
-- Regression testing (i.e. whether selected input examples reproduce the
+`https://ci.lammps.org <https://ci.lammps.org>`_.
-  same results over a given number of steps and operations within a
-  given error margin).
-
-The status of this automated testing can be viewed on `https://ci.lammps.org
-<https://ci.lammps.org>`_.
 
 The scripts and inputs for integration, run, and regression testing
 are maintained in a
 `separate repository <https://github.com/lammps/lammps-testing>`_
-of the LAMMPS project on GitHub.  A few tests are also run as GitHub
+of the LAMMPS project on GitHub.
-Actions and their configuration files are in the ``.github/workflows/``
-folder of the LAMMPS git tree.
 
-The unit testing facility is integrated into the CMake build process of
+The unit testing facility is integrated into the CMake build process
-the LAMMPS source code distribution itself.  It can be enabled by
+of the LAMMPS source code distribution itself.  It can be enabled by
 setting ``-D ENABLE_TESTING=on`` during the CMake configuration step.
-It requires the `YAML <https://pyyaml.org/>`_ library and matching
+It requires the `YAML <https://pyyaml.org/>`_ library and development
-development headers to compile (if those are not found locally a recent
+headers (if those are not found locally a recent version will be
-version of that library will be downloaded and compiled along with
+downloaded and compiled along with LAMMPS and the test program) to
-LAMMPS and the test programs) and will download and compile a specific
+compile and will download and compile a specific recent version of the
-version of the `GoogleTest <https://github.com/google/googletest/>`_ C++
+`Googletest <https://github.com/google/googletest/>`_ C++ test framework
-test framework that is used to implement the tests.
+for implementing the tests.
 
-.. admonition:: Software version and LAMMPS configuration requirements
+.. admonition:: Software version requirements for testing
    :class: note
 
    The compiler and library version requirements for the testing
@@ -162,7 +155,7 @@ test framework that is used to implement the tests.
    example the default GNU C++ and Fortran compilers of RHEL/CentOS 7.x
    (version 4.8.x) are not sufficient.  The CMake configuration will try
    to detect incompatible versions and either skip incompatible tests or
-   stop with an error.  Also the number of available tests will depend on
+   stop with an error.  Also the number of tests will depend on
    installed LAMMPS packages, development environment, operating system,
    and configuration settings.
 
@@ -241,31 +234,12 @@ will be skipped if prerequisite features are not available in LAMMPS.
    time.  Preference is given to parts of the code base that are easy to
    test or commonly used.
 
-Tests as shown by the ``ctest`` program are command lines defined in the
+Tests for styles of the same kind of style (e.g. pair styles or bond
-``CMakeLists.txt`` files in the ``unittest`` directory tree.  A few
+styles) are performed with the same test executable using different
-tests simply execute LAMMPS with specific command line flags and check
+input files in YAML format.  So to add a test for another style of the
-the output to the screen for expected content.  A large number of unit
+same kind it may be sufficient to add a suitable YAML file.
-tests are special tests programs using the `GoogleTest framework
+:doc:`Detailed instructions for adding tests <Developer_unittest>` are
-<https://github.com/google/googletest/>`_ and linked to the LAMMPS
+provided in the Programmer Guide part of the manual.
-library that test individual functions or create a LAMMPS class
-instance, execute one or more commands and check data inside the LAMMPS
-class hierarchy.  There are also tests for the C-library, Fortran, and
-Python module interfaces to LAMMPS.  The Python tests use the Python
-"unittest" module in a similar fashion than the others use `GoogleTest`.
-These special test programs are structured to perform multiple
-individual tests internally and each of those contains several checks
-(aka assertions) for internal data being changed as expected.
-
-Tests for force computing or modifying styles (e.g. styles for non-bonded
-and bonded interactions and selected fixes) are run by using a more generic
-test program that reads its input from files in YAML format. The YAML file
-provides the information on how to customized the test program to test
-a specific style and - if needed - with specific settings.
-To add a test for another, similar style (e.g. a new pair style) it is
-usually sufficient to add a suitable YAML file.  :doc:`Detailed
-instructions for adding tests <Developer_unittest>` are provided in the
-Programmer Guide part of the manual.  A description of what happens
-during the tests is given below.
 
 Unit tests for force styles
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
@@ -281,18 +255,16 @@ A test run is then a a collection multiple individual test runs each
 with many comparisons to reference results based on template input
 files, individual command settings, relative error margins, and
 reference data stored in a YAML format file with ``.yaml``
-suffix. Currently the programs ``test_pair_style``, ``test_bond_style``,
+suffix. Currently the programs ``test_pair_style``, ``test_bond_style``, and
-``test_angle_style``, ``test_dihedral_style``, and
+``test_angle_style`` are implemented.  They will compare forces, energies and
-``test_improper_style`` are implemented.  They will compare forces,
+(global) stress for all atoms after a ``run 0`` calculation and after a
-energies and (global) stress for all atoms after a ``run 0`` calculation
+few steps of MD with :doc:`fix nve <fix_nve>`, each in multiple variants
-and after a few steps of MD with :doc:`fix nve <fix_nve>`, each in
+with different settings and also for multiple accelerated styles. If a
-multiple variants with different settings and also for multiple
+prerequisite style or package is missing, the individual tests are
-accelerated styles. If a prerequisite style or package is missing, the
+skipped.  All tests will be executed on a single MPI process, so using
-individual tests are skipped.  All force style tests will be executed on
+the CMake option ``-D BUILD_MPI=off`` can significantly speed up testing,
-a single MPI process, so using the CMake option ``-D BUILD_MPI=off`` can
+since this will skip the MPI initialization for each test run.
-significantly speed up testing, since this will skip the MPI
+Below is an example command and output:
-initialization for each test run.  Below is an example command and
-output:
 
 .. code-block:: console
 
@@ -444,16 +416,15 @@ When compiling LAMMPS with enabled tests, most test executables will
 need to be linked against the LAMMPS library.  Since this can be a very
 large library with many C++ objects when many packages are enabled, link
 times can become very long on machines that use the GNU BFD linker (e.g.
-Linux systems).  Alternatives like the ``mold`` linker, the ``lld``
+Linux systems).  Alternatives like the ``lld`` linker of the LLVM project
-linker of the LLVM project, or the ``gold`` linker available with GNU
+or the ``gold`` linker available with GNU binutils can speed up this step
-binutils can speed up this step substantially (in this order).  CMake
+substantially. CMake will by default test if any of the two can be
-will by default test if any of the three can be enabled and use it when
+enabled and use it when ``ENABLE_TESTING`` is active.  It can also be
-``ENABLE_TESTING`` is active.  It can also be selected manually through
+selected manually through the ``CMAKE_CUSTOM_LINKER`` CMake variable.
-the ``CMAKE_CUSTOM_LINKER`` CMake variable.  Allowed values are
+Allowed values are ``lld``, ``gold``, ``bfd``, or ``default``.  The
-``mold``, ``lld``, ``gold``, ``bfd``, or ``default``.  The ``default``
+``default`` option will use the system default linker otherwise, the
-option will use the system default linker otherwise, the linker is
+linker is chosen explicitly.  This option is only available for the
-chosen explicitly.  This option is only available for the GNU or Clang
+GNU or Clang C++ compiler.
-C++ compilers.
 
 Tests for other components and utility functions
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
@@ -547,8 +518,6 @@ The following options are available.
    make fix-errordocs       # remove error docs in header files
    make check-permissions   # search for files with permissions issues
    make fix-permissions     # correct permissions issues in files
-   make check-docs          # search for several issues in the manual
-   make check-version       # list files with pending release version tags
    make check               # run all check targets from above
 
 These should help to make source and documentation files conforming

doc/src/Build_extras.rst

@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ This is the list of packages that may require additional steps.
    * :ref:`ML-POD <ml-pod>`
    * :ref:`ML-QUIP <ml-quip>`
    * :ref:`MOLFILE <molfile>`
+   * :ref:`MSCG <mscg>`
    * :ref:`NETCDF <netcdf>`
    * :ref:`OPENMP <openmp>`
    * :ref:`OPT <opt>`
@@ -626,24 +627,18 @@ They must be specified in uppercase.
    *  - HOPPER90
       - GPU
       - NVIDIA Hopper generation CC 9.0 GPU
-   *  - AMD_GFX906
+   *  - VEGA900
       - GPU
-      - AMD GPU MI50/MI60
+      - AMD GPU MI25 GFX900
-   *  - AMD_GFX908
+   *  - VEGA906
       - GPU
-      - AMD GPU MI100
+      - AMD GPU MI50/MI60 GFX906
-   *  - AMD_GFX90A
+   *  - VEGA908
       - GPU
-      - AMD GPU MI200
+      - AMD GPU MI100 GFX908
-   *  - AMD_GFX942
+   *  - VEGA90A
       - GPU
-      - AMD GPU MI300
+      - AMD GPU MI200 GFX90A
-   *  - AMD_GFX1030
-      - GPU
-      - AMD GPU V620/W6800
-   *  - AMD_GFX1100
-      - GPU
-      - AMD GPU RX7900XTX
    *  - INTEL_GEN
       - GPU
       - SPIR64-based devices, e.g. Intel GPUs, using JIT
@@ -666,7 +661,7 @@ They must be specified in uppercase.
       - GPU
       - Intel GPU Ponte Vecchio
 
-This list was last updated for version 4.2 of the Kokkos library.
+This list was last updated for version 3.7.1 of the Kokkos library.
 
 .. tabs::
 
@@ -722,10 +717,9 @@ This list was last updated for version 4.2 of the Kokkos library.
       ``cmake/presets`` folder, ``kokkos-serial.cmake``,
       ``kokkos-openmp.cmake``, ``kokkos-cuda.cmake``,
       ``kokkos-hip.cmake``, and ``kokkos-sycl.cmake``.  They will enable
-      the KOKKOS package and enable some hardware choices.  For GPU
+      the KOKKOS package and enable some hardware choice.  So to compile
-      support those preset files must be customized to match the
+      with CUDA device parallelization (for GPUs with CC 5.0 and up)
-      hardware used. So to compile with CUDA device parallelization with
+      with some common packages enabled, you can do the following:
-      some common packages enabled, you can do the following:
 
       .. code-block:: bash
 
@@ -981,6 +975,59 @@ Python version 3.6 or later.
 
 ----------
 
+.. _mscg:
+
+MSCG package
+-----------------------
+
+To build with this package, you must download and build the MS-CG
+library.  Building the MS-CG library requires that the GSL
+(GNU Scientific Library) headers and libraries are installed on your
+machine.  See the ``lib/mscg/README`` and ``MSCG/Install`` files for
+more details.
+
+.. tabs::
+
+   .. tab:: CMake build
+
+      .. code-block:: bash
+
+         -D DOWNLOAD_MSCG=value    # download MSCG for build, value = no (default) or yes
+         -D MSCG_LIBRARY=path      # MSCG library file (only needed if a custom location)
+         -D MSCG_INCLUDE_DIR=path  # MSCG include directory (only needed if a custom location)
+
+      If ``DOWNLOAD_MSCG`` is set, the MSCG library will be downloaded
+      and built inside the CMake build directory.  If the MSCG library
+      is already on your system (in a location CMake cannot find it),
+      ``MSCG_LIBRARY`` is the filename (plus path) of the MSCG library
+      file, not the directory the library file is in.
+      ``MSCG_INCLUDE_DIR`` is the directory the MSCG include file is in.
+
+   .. tab:: Traditional make
+
+      You can download and build the MS-CG library manually if you
+      prefer; follow the instructions in ``lib/mscg/README``\ .  You can
+      also do it in one step from the ``lammps/src`` dir, using a
+      command like these, which simply invokes the
+      ``lib/mscg/Install.py`` script with the specified args:
+
+      .. code-block:: bash
+
+         make lib-mscg             # print help message
+         make lib-mscg args="-b -m serial"   # download and build in lib/mscg/MSCG-release-master
+                                             # with the settings compatible with "make serial"
+         make lib-mscg args="-b -m mpi"      # download and build in lib/mscg/MSCG-release-master
+                                             # with the settings compatible with "make mpi"
+         make lib-mscg args="-p /usr/local/mscg-release" # use the existing MS-CG installation in /usr/local/mscg-release
+
+      Note that 2 symbolic (soft) links, ``includelink`` and ``liblink``,
+      will be created in ``lib/mscg`` to point to the MS-CG
+      ``src/installation`` dir.  When LAMMPS is built in src it will use
+      these links.  You should not need to edit the
+      ``lib/mscg/Makefile.lammps`` file.
+
+----------
+
 .. _opt:
 
 OPT package
@@ -1056,12 +1103,12 @@ additional details.
 
       .. code-block:: bash
 
-         -D Python_EXECUTABLE=path   # path to Python executable to use
+         -D PYTHON_EXECUTABLE=path   # path to Python executable to use
 
       Without this setting, CMake will guess the default Python version
       on your system.  To use a different Python version, you can either
       create a virtualenv, activate it and then run cmake.  Or you can
-      set the Python_EXECUTABLE variable to specify which Python
+      set the PYTHON_EXECUTABLE variable to specify which Python
       interpreter should be used.  Note note that you will also need to
       have the development headers installed for this version,
       e.g. python2-devel.

doc/src/Build_package.rst

@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ packages:
    * :ref:`ML-POD <ml-pod>`
    * :ref:`ML-QUIP <ml-quip>`
    * :ref:`MOLFILE <molfile>`
+   * :ref:`MSCG <mscg>`
    * :ref:`NETCDF <netcdf>`
    * :ref:`OPENMP <openmp>`
    * :ref:`OPT <opt>`
@@ -182,7 +183,6 @@ make a copy of one of them and modify it to suit your needs.
     cmake -C ../cmake/presets/all_on.cmake   [OPTIONS] ../cmake  # enable all packages
     cmake -C ../cmake/presets/all_off.cmake  [OPTIONS] ../cmake  # disable all packages
     mingw64-cmake -C ../cmake/presets/mingw-cross.cmake [OPTIONS] ../cmake  #  compile with MinGW cross-compilers
-    cmake -C ../cmake/presets/macos-multiarch.cmake [OPTIONS] ../cmake # compile serial multi-arch binaries on macOS
 
 Presets that have names starting with "windows" are specifically for
 compiling LAMMPS :doc:`natively on Windows <Build_windows>` and

doc/src/Build_settings.rst

@@ -44,14 +44,6 @@ require use of an FFT library to compute 1d FFTs.  The KISS FFT
 library is included with LAMMPS, but other libraries can be faster.
 LAMMPS can use them if they are available on your system.
 
-.. versionadded:: 7Feb2024
-
-Alternatively, LAMMPS can use the `heFFTe
-<https://icl-utk-edu.github.io/heffte/>`_ library for the MPI
-communication algorithms, which comes with many optimizations for
-special cases, e.g. leveraging available 2D and 3D FFTs in the back end
-libraries and better pipelining for packing and communication.
-
 .. tabs::
 
    .. tab:: CMake build
@@ -59,19 +51,14 @@ libraries and better pipelining for packing and communication.
       .. code-block:: bash
 
          -D FFT=value              # FFTW3 or MKL or KISS, default is FFTW3 if found, else KISS
-         -D FFT_KOKKOS=value       # FFTW3 or MKL or KISS or CUFFT or HIPFFT, default is KISS
          -D FFT_SINGLE=value       # yes or no (default), no = double precision
          -D FFT_PACK=value         # array (default) or pointer or memcpy
-         -D FFT_USE_HEFFTE=value   # yes or no (default), yes links to heFFTe
 
       .. note::
 
-         When the Kokkos variant of a package is compiled and selected at run time,
+         The values for the FFT variable must be in upper-case.  This is
-         the FFT library selected by the FFT_KOKKOS variable applies. Otherwise,
+         an exception to the rule that all CMake variables can be specified
-         the FFT library selected by the FFT variable applies.
+         with lower-case values.
-         The same FFT settings apply to both. FFT_KOKKOS must be compatible with the
-         Kokkos back end - for example, when using the CUDA back end of Kokkos,
-         you must use either CUFFT or KISS.
 
       Usually these settings are all that is needed.  If FFTW3 is
       selected, then CMake will try to detect, if threaded FFTW
@@ -89,16 +76,6 @@ libraries and better pipelining for packing and communication.
          -D MKL_INCLUDE_DIR=path     # ditto for Intel MKL library
          -D FFT_MKL_THREADS=on       # enable using threaded FFTs with MKL libraries
          -D MKL_LIBRARY=path         # path to MKL libraries
-         -D FFT_HEFFTE_BACKEND=value # FFTW or MKL or empty/undefined for the stock heFFTe back end
-         -D Heffte_ROOT=path         # path to an existing heFFTe installation
-
-      .. note::
-
-         heFFTe comes with a builtin (= stock) back end for FFTs, i.e. a
-         default internal FFT implementation; however, this stock back
-         end is intended for testing purposes only and is not optimized
-         for production runs.
-
 
    .. tab:: Traditional make
 
@@ -110,8 +87,6 @@ libraries and better pipelining for packing and communication.
 
          FFT_INC = -DFFT_FFTW3         # -DFFT_FFTW3, -DFFT_FFTW (same as -DFFT_FFTW3), -DFFT_MKL, or -DFFT_KISS
                                        # default is KISS if not specified
-         FFT_INC = -DFFT_KOKKOS_CUFFT  # -DFFT_KOKKOS_{FFTW,FFTW3,MKL,CUFFT,HIPFFT,KISS}
-                                       # default is KISS if not specified
          FFT_INC = -DFFT_SINGLE        # do not specify for double precision
          FFT_INC = -DFFT_FFTW_THREADS  # enable using threaded FFTW3 libraries
          FFT_INC = -DFFT_MKL_THREADS   # enable using threaded FFTs with MKL libraries
@@ -122,8 +97,6 @@ libraries and better pipelining for packing and communication.
 
          FFT_INC =       -I/usr/local/include
          FFT_PATH =      -L/usr/local/lib
-         FFT_LIB =       -lhipfft            # hipFFT either precision
-         FFT_LIB =       -lcufft             # cuFFT either precision
          FFT_LIB =       -lfftw3             # FFTW3 double precision
          FFT_LIB =       -lfftw3 -lfftw3_omp # FFTW3 double precision with threads (needs -DFFT_FFTW_THREADS)
          FFT_LIB =       -lfftw3 -lfftw3f    # FFTW3 single precision
@@ -138,24 +111,6 @@ libraries and better pipelining for packing and communication.
       files in its default search path.  You must specify ``FFT_LIB``
       with the appropriate FFT libraries to include in the link.
 
-      Traditional make can also link to heFFTe using an existing installation
-
-      .. code-block:: make
-
-         include <path-to-heffte-installation>/share/heffte/HeffteMakefile.in
-         FFT_INC = -DFFT_HEFFTE -DFFT_HEFFTE_FFTW $(heffte_include)
-         FFT_PATH =
-         FFT_LIB = $(heffte_link) $(heffte_libs)
-
-      The heFFTe install path will contain `HeffteMakefile.in`.
-      which will define the `heffte_` include variables needed to link to heFFTe from
-      an external project using traditional make.
-      The `-DFFT_HEFFTE` is required to switch to using heFFTe, while the optional `-DFFT_HEFFTE_FFTW`
-      selects the desired heFFTe back end, e.g., `-DFFT_HEFFTE_FFTW` or `-DFFT_HEFFTE_MKL`,
-      omitting the variable will default to the `stock` back end.
-      The heFFTe `stock` back end is intended to be used for testing and debugging,
-      but is not performance optimized for large scale production runs.
-
 The `KISS FFT library <https://github.com/mborgerding/kissfft>`_ is
 included in the LAMMPS distribution.  It is portable across all
 platforms.  Depending on the size of the FFTs and the number of
@@ -186,11 +141,6 @@ The Intel MKL math library is part of the Intel compiler suite.  It
 can be used with the Intel or GNU compiler (see the ``FFT_LIB`` setting
 above).
 
-The cuFFT and hipFFT FFT libraries are packaged with NVIDIA's CUDA and
-AMD's HIP installations, respectively. These FFT libraries require the
-Kokkos acceleration package to be enabled and the Kokkos back end to be
-GPU-resident (i.e., HIP or CUDA).
-
 Performing 3d FFTs in parallel can be time-consuming due to data access
 and required communication.  This cost can be reduced by performing
 single-precision FFTs instead of double precision.  Single precision
@@ -202,11 +152,11 @@ generally less than the difference in precision. Using the
 ``-DFFT_SINGLE`` setting trades off a little accuracy for reduced memory
 use and parallel communication costs for transposing 3d FFT data.
 
-When using ``-DFFT_SINGLE`` with FFTW3, you may need to ensure that
+When using ``-DFFT_SINGLE`` with FFTW3, you may need to build the FFTW
-the FFTW3 installation includes support for single-precision.
+library a second time with support for single-precision.
 
-When compiler FFTW3 from source, you can do the following, which should
+For FFTW3, do the following, which should produce the additional
-produce the additional libraries ``libfftw3f.a`` and/or ``libfftw3f.so``\ .
+library ``libfftw3f.a`` or ``libfftw3f.so``\ .
 
 .. code-block:: bash
 
@@ -220,16 +170,6 @@ Depending on the machine, the size of the FFT grid, the number of
 processors used, one option may be slightly faster.  The default is
 ARRAY mode.
 
-When using ``-DFFT_HEFFTE`` CMake will first look for an existing
-install with hints provided by ``-DHeffte_ROOT``, as recommended by the
-CMake standard and note that the name is case sensitive. If CMake cannot
-find a heFFTe installation with the correct back end (e.g., FFTW or
-MKL), it will attempt to download and build the library automatically.
-In this case, LAMMPS CMake will also accept all heFFTe specific
-variables listed in the `heFFTe documentation
-<https://mkstoyanov.bitbucket.io/heffte/md_doxygen_installation.html>`_
-and those variables will be passed into the heFFTe build.
-
 ----------
 
 .. _size:
@@ -519,13 +459,27 @@ those systems:
 .. _exceptions:
 
 Exception handling when using LAMMPS as a library
--------------------------------------------------
+------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-LAMMPS errors do not kill the calling code, but throw an exception.  In
+This setting is useful when external codes drive LAMMPS as a library.
-the C-library interface, the call stack is unwound and control returns
+With this option enabled, LAMMPS errors do not kill the calling code.
-to the caller, e.g. to Python or a code that is coupled to LAMMPS. The
+Instead, the call stack is unwound and control returns to the caller,
-error status can then be queried.  When using C++ directly, the calling
+e.g. to Python. Of course, the calling code has to be set up to
-code has to be set up to *catch* exceptions thrown from within LAMMPS.
+*catch* exceptions thrown from within LAMMPS.
+
+.. tabs::
+
+   .. tab:: CMake build
+
+      .. code-block:: bash
+
+         -D LAMMPS_EXCEPTIONS=value        # yes or no (default)
+
+   .. tab:: Traditional make
+
+      .. code-block:: make
+
+         LMP_INC = -DLAMMPS_EXCEPTIONS   <other LMP_INC settings>
 
 .. note::
 

doc/src/Commands_bond.rst

@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ OPT.
    *
    *
    * :doc:`charmm (iko) <dihedral_charmm>`
-   * :doc:`charmmfsw (k) <dihedral_charmm>`
+   * :doc:`charmmfsw <dihedral_charmm>`
    * :doc:`class2 (ko) <dihedral_class2>`
    * :doc:`cosine/shift/exp (o) <dihedral_cosine_shift_exp>`
    * :doc:`fourier (io) <dihedral_fourier>`

doc/src/Commands_compute.rst

@@ -91,7 +91,6 @@ KOKKOS, o = OPENMP, t = OPT.
    * :doc:`ke/atom/eff <compute_ke_atom_eff>`
    * :doc:`ke/eff <compute_ke_eff>`
    * :doc:`ke/rigid <compute_ke_rigid>`
-   * :doc:`composition/atom (k) <compute_composition_atom>`
    * :doc:`mliap <compute_mliap>`
    * :doc:`momentum <compute_momentum>`
    * :doc:`msd <compute_msd>`
@@ -100,7 +99,6 @@ KOKKOS, o = OPENMP, t = OPT.
    * :doc:`nbond/atom <compute_nbond_atom>`
    * :doc:`omega/chunk <compute_omega_chunk>`
    * :doc:`orientorder/atom (k) <compute_orientorder_atom>`
-   * :doc:`pace <compute_pace>`
    * :doc:`pair <compute_pair>`
    * :doc:`pair/local <compute_pair_local>`
    * :doc:`pe <compute_pe>`
@@ -116,15 +114,12 @@ KOKKOS, o = OPENMP, t = OPT.
    * :doc:`property/grid <compute_property_grid>`
    * :doc:`property/local <compute_property_local>`
    * :doc:`ptm/atom <compute_ptm_atom>`
-   * :doc:`rattlers/atom <compute_rattlers_atom>`
    * :doc:`rdf <compute_rdf>`
-   * :doc:`reaxff/atom (k) <compute_reaxff_atom>`
    * :doc:`reduce <compute_reduce>`
    * :doc:`reduce/chunk <compute_reduce_chunk>`
    * :doc:`reduce/region <compute_reduce>`
    * :doc:`rigid/local <compute_rigid_local>`
    * :doc:`saed <compute_saed>`
-   * :doc:`slcsa/atom <compute_slcsa_atom>`
    * :doc:`slice <compute_slice>`
    * :doc:`smd/contact/radius <compute_smd_contact_radius>`
    * :doc:`smd/damage <compute_smd_damage>`

doc/src/Commands_dump.rst

@@ -23,14 +23,17 @@ An alphabetic list of all LAMMPS :doc:`dump <dump>` commands.
    * :doc:`atom <dump>`
    * :doc:`atom/adios <dump_adios>`
    * :doc:`atom/gz <dump>`
+   * :doc:`atom/mpiio <dump>`
    * :doc:`atom/zstd <dump>`
    * :doc:`cfg <dump>`
    * :doc:`cfg/gz <dump>`
+   * :doc:`cfg/mpiio <dump>`
    * :doc:`cfg/uef <dump_cfg_uef>`
    * :doc:`cfg/zstd <dump>`
    * :doc:`custom <dump>`
    * :doc:`custom/adios <dump_adios>`
    * :doc:`custom/gz <dump>`
+   * :doc:`custom/mpiio <dump>`
    * :doc:`custom/zstd <dump>`
    * :doc:`dcd <dump>`
    * :doc:`grid <dump>`
@@ -48,6 +51,7 @@ An alphabetic list of all LAMMPS :doc:`dump <dump>` commands.
    * :doc:`xtc <dump>`
    * :doc:`xyz <dump>`
    * :doc:`xyz/gz <dump>`
+   * :doc:`xyz/mpiio <dump>`
    * :doc:`xyz/zstd <dump>`
    * :doc:`yaml <dump>`
 

doc/src/Commands_fix.rst

@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ OPT.
    * :doc:`drude/transform/inverse <fix_drude_transform>`
    * :doc:`dt/reset (k) <fix_dt_reset>`
    * :doc:`edpd/source <fix_dpd_source>`
-   * :doc:`efield (k) <fix_efield>`
+   * :doc:`efield <fix_efield>`
    * :doc:`efield/tip4p <fix_efield>`
    * :doc:`ehex <fix_ehex>`
    * :doc:`electrode/conp (i) <fix_electrode>`
@@ -116,13 +116,13 @@ OPT.
    * :doc:`momentum (k) <fix_momentum>`
    * :doc:`momentum/chunk <fix_momentum>`
    * :doc:`move <fix_move>`
+   * :doc:`mscg <fix_mscg>`
    * :doc:`msst <fix_msst>`
    * :doc:`mvv/dpd <fix_mvv_dpd>`
    * :doc:`mvv/edpd <fix_mvv_dpd>`
    * :doc:`mvv/tdpd <fix_mvv_dpd>`
    * :doc:`neb <fix_neb>`
    * :doc:`neb/spin <fix_neb_spin>`
-   * :doc:`nonaffine/displacement <fix_nonaffine_displacement>`
    * :doc:`nph (ko) <fix_nh>`
    * :doc:`nph/asphere (o) <fix_nph_asphere>`
    * :doc:`nph/body <fix_nph_body>`
@@ -182,7 +182,6 @@ OPT.
    * :doc:`pour <fix_pour>`
    * :doc:`precession/spin <fix_precession_spin>`
    * :doc:`press/berendsen <fix_press_berendsen>`
-   * :doc:`press/langevin <fix_press_langevin>`
    * :doc:`print <fix_print>`
    * :doc:`propel/self <fix_propel_self>`
    * :doc:`property/atom (k) <fix_property_atom>`
@@ -234,15 +233,15 @@ OPT.
    * :doc:`spring <fix_spring>`
    * :doc:`spring/chunk <fix_spring_chunk>`
    * :doc:`spring/rg <fix_spring_rg>`
-   * :doc:`spring/self (k) <fix_spring_self>`
+   * :doc:`spring/self <fix_spring_self>`
    * :doc:`srd <fix_srd>`
    * :doc:`store/force <fix_store_force>`
    * :doc:`store/state <fix_store_state>`
    * :doc:`tdpd/source <fix_dpd_source>`
-   * :doc:`temp/berendsen (k) <fix_temp_berendsen>`
+   * :doc:`temp/berendsen <fix_temp_berendsen>`
    * :doc:`temp/csld <fix_temp_csvr>`
    * :doc:`temp/csvr <fix_temp_csvr>`
-   * :doc:`temp/rescale (k) <fix_temp_rescale>`
+   * :doc:`temp/rescale <fix_temp_rescale>`
    * :doc:`temp/rescale/eff <fix_temp_rescale_eff>`
    * :doc:`tfmc <fix_tfmc>`
    * :doc:`tgnpt/drude <fix_tgnh_drude>`

doc/src/Commands_pair.rst

@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ OPT.
    * :doc:`coul/long/soft (o) <pair_fep_soft>`
    * :doc:`coul/msm (o) <pair_coul>`
    * :doc:`coul/slater/cut <pair_coul_slater>`
-   * :doc:`coul/slater/long (g) <pair_coul_slater>`
+   * :doc:`coul/slater/long <pair_coul_slater>`
    * :doc:`coul/shield <pair_coul_shield>`
    * :doc:`coul/streitz <pair_coul>`
    * :doc:`coul/tt <pair_coul_tt>`
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ OPT.
    * :doc:`eam/he <pair_eam>`
    * :doc:`edip (o) <pair_edip>`
    * :doc:`edip/multi <pair_edip>`
-   * :doc:`edpd (g) <pair_mesodpd>`
+   * :doc:`edpd <pair_mesodpd>`
    * :doc:`eff/cut <pair_eff>`
    * :doc:`eim (o) <pair_eim>`
    * :doc:`exp6/rx (k) <pair_exp6_rx>`
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ OPT.
    * :doc:`lj/charmm/coul/long/soft (o) <pair_fep_soft>`
    * :doc:`lj/charmm/coul/msm (o) <pair_charmm>`
    * :doc:`lj/charmmfsw/coul/charmmfsh <pair_charmm>`
-   * :doc:`lj/charmmfsw/coul/long (k) <pair_charmm>`
+   * :doc:`lj/charmmfsw/coul/long <pair_charmm>`
    * :doc:`lj/class2 (gko) <pair_class2>`
    * :doc:`lj/class2/coul/cut (ko) <pair_class2>`
    * :doc:`lj/class2/coul/cut/soft <pair_fep_soft>`
@@ -158,14 +158,14 @@ OPT.
    * :doc:`lj/cut (gikot) <pair_lj>`
    * :doc:`lj/cut/coul/cut (gko) <pair_lj_cut_coul>`
    * :doc:`lj/cut/coul/cut/dielectric (o) <pair_dielectric>`
-   * :doc:`lj/cut/coul/cut/soft (go) <pair_fep_soft>`
+   * :doc:`lj/cut/coul/cut/soft (o) <pair_fep_soft>`
    * :doc:`lj/cut/coul/debye (gko) <pair_lj_cut_coul>`
    * :doc:`lj/cut/coul/debye/dielectric (o) <pair_dielectric>`
    * :doc:`lj/cut/coul/dsf (gko) <pair_lj_cut_coul>`
    * :doc:`lj/cut/coul/long (gikot) <pair_lj_cut_coul>`
    * :doc:`lj/cut/coul/long/cs <pair_cs>`
    * :doc:`lj/cut/coul/long/dielectric (o) <pair_dielectric>`
-   * :doc:`lj/cut/coul/long/soft (go) <pair_fep_soft>`
+   * :doc:`lj/cut/coul/long/soft (o) <pair_fep_soft>`
    * :doc:`lj/cut/coul/msm (go) <pair_lj_cut_coul>`
    * :doc:`lj/cut/coul/msm/dielectric <pair_dielectric>`
    * :doc:`lj/cut/coul/wolf (o) <pair_lj_cut_coul>`
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ OPT.
    * :doc:`lubricate/poly (o) <pair_lubricate>`
    * :doc:`lubricateU <pair_lubricateU>`
    * :doc:`lubricateU/poly <pair_lubricateU>`
-   * :doc:`mdpd (g) <pair_mesodpd>`
+   * :doc:`mdpd <pair_mesodpd>`
    * :doc:`mdpd/rhosum <pair_mesodpd>`
    * :doc:`meam (k) <pair_meam>`
    * :doc:`meam/ms (k) <pair_meam>`
@@ -220,8 +220,7 @@ OPT.
    * :doc:`morse/soft <pair_fep_soft>`
    * :doc:`multi/lucy <pair_multi_lucy>`
    * :doc:`multi/lucy/rx (k) <pair_multi_lucy_rx>`
-   * :doc:`nb3b/harmonic <pair_nb3b>`
+   * :doc:`nb3b/harmonic <pair_nb3b_harmonic>`
-   * :doc:`nb3b/screened <pair_nb3b>`
    * :doc:`nm/cut (o) <pair_nm>`
    * :doc:`nm/cut/coul/cut (o) <pair_nm>`
    * :doc:`nm/cut/coul/long (o) <pair_nm>`
@@ -266,13 +265,13 @@ OPT.
    * :doc:`smd/tri_surface <pair_smd_triangulated_surface>`
    * :doc:`smd/ulsph <pair_smd_ulsph>`
    * :doc:`smtbq <pair_smtbq>`
-   * :doc:`snap (ik) <pair_snap>`
+   * :doc:`snap (k) <pair_snap>`
    * :doc:`soft (go) <pair_soft>`
-   * :doc:`sph/heatconduction (g) <pair_sph_heatconduction>`
+   * :doc:`sph/heatconduction <pair_sph_heatconduction>`
    * :doc:`sph/idealgas <pair_sph_idealgas>`
-   * :doc:`sph/lj (g) <pair_sph_lj>`
+   * :doc:`sph/lj <pair_sph_lj>`
    * :doc:`sph/rhosum <pair_sph_rhosum>`
-   * :doc:`sph/taitwater (g) <pair_sph_taitwater>`
+   * :doc:`sph/taitwater <pair_sph_taitwater>`
    * :doc:`sph/taitwater/morris <pair_sph_taitwater_morris>`
    * :doc:`spin/dipole/cut <pair_spin_dipole>`
    * :doc:`spin/dipole/long <pair_spin_dipole>`
@@ -306,5 +305,5 @@ OPT.
    * :doc:`wf/cut <pair_wf_cut>`
    * :doc:`ylz <pair_ylz>`
    * :doc:`yukawa (gko) <pair_yukawa>`
-   * :doc:`yukawa/colloid (gko) <pair_yukawa_colloid>`
+   * :doc:`yukawa/colloid (go) <pair_yukawa_colloid>`
    * :doc:`zbl (gko) <pair_zbl>`

doc/src/Commands_removed.rst

@@ -85,35 +85,6 @@ The same functionality is available through
 :doc:`bond style mesocnt <bond_mesocnt>` and
 :doc:`angle style mesocnt <angle_mesocnt>`.
 
-MPIIO package
--------------
-
-.. deprecated:: 21Nov2023
-
-The MPIIO package has been removed from LAMMPS since it was unmaintained
-for many years and thus not updated to incorporate required changes that
-had been applied to the corresponding non-MPIIO commands. As a
-consequence the MPIIO commands had become unreliable and sometimes
-crashing LAMMPS or corrupting data.  Similar functionality is available
-through the :ref:`ADIOS package <PKG-ADIOS>` and the :ref:`NETCDF
-package <PKG-NETCDF>`.  Also, the :doc:`dump_modify nfile or dump_modify
-fileper <dump_modify>` keywords may be used for an efficient way of
-writing out dump files when running on large numbers of processors.
-Similarly, the "nfile" and "fileper" keywords exist for restarts:
-see :doc:`restart <restart>`, :doc:`read_restart <read_restart>`,
-:doc:`write_restart <write_restart>`.
-
-
-MSCG package
-------------
-
-.. deprecated:: 21Nov2023
-
-The MSCG package has been removed from LAMMPS since it was unmaintained
-for many years and instead superseded by the `OpenMSCG software
-<https://software.rcc.uchicago.edu/mscg/>`_ of the Voth group at the
-University of Chicago, which can be used independent from LAMMPS.
-
 REAX package
 ------------
 
@@ -126,17 +97,6 @@ syntax compatible with the removed reax pair style, so input files will
 have to be adapted.  The REAXFF package was originally called
 USER-REAXC.
 
-USER-REAXC package
-------------------
-
-.. deprecated:: 7Feb2024
-
-The USER-REAXC package has been renamed to :ref:`REAXFF <PKG-REAXFF>`.
-In the process also the pair style and related fixes were renamed to use
-the "reaxff" string instead of "reax/c". For a while LAMMPS was maintaining
-backward compatibility by providing aliases for the styles.  These have
-been removed, so using "reaxff" is now *required*.
-
 USER-CUDA package
 -----------------
 

doc/src/Developer_platform.rst

@@ -70,9 +70,6 @@ File and path functions and global constants
 .. doxygenfunction:: is_console
    :project: progguide
 
-.. doxygenfunction:: disk_free
-   :project: progguide
-
 .. doxygenfunction:: path_is_directory
    :project: progguide
 

doc/src/Developer_unittest.rst

@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ will be suppressed and only a summary printed, but adding
 the '-V' option will then produce output from the tests
 above like the following:
 
-.. code-block:: console
+.. code-block::
 
    [...]
    1: [ RUN      ] Tokenizer.empty_string
@@ -180,11 +180,19 @@ discarded but by setting the verbose flag (via setting the ``TEST_ARGS``
 environment variable, ``TEST_ARGS=-v``) it can be printed and used to
 understand why tests fail unexpectedly.
 
-The specifics of so-called "death tests", i.e. conditions where LAMMPS
+Another complexity of these tests stems from the need to capture
-should fail and throw an exception, are implemented in the
+situations where LAMMPS will stop with an error, i.e. handle so-called
-``TEST_FAILURE()`` macro. These tests operate by capturing the screen
+"death tests".  Here the LAMMPS code will operate differently depending
-output when executing the failing command and then comparing that with a
+on whether it was configured to throw C++ exceptions on errors or call
-provided regular expression string pattern.  Example:
+either ``exit()`` or ``MPI_Abort()``.  In the latter case, the test code
+also needs to detect whether LAMMPS was compiled with the OpenMPI
+library, as OpenMPI is **only** compatible the death test options of the
+GoogleTest library when C++ exceptions are enabled; otherwise those
+"death tests" must be skipped to avoid reporting bogus failures.  The
+specifics of this step are implemented in the ``TEST_FAILURE()``
+macro. These tests operate by capturing the screen output when executing
+the failing command and then comparing that with a provided regular
+expression string pattern.  Example:
 
 .. code-block:: c++
 
@@ -274,7 +282,9 @@ Tests for using the Fortran module are in the ``unittest/fortran``
 folder.  Since they are also using the GoogleTest library, they require
 to also implement test wrappers in C++ that will call fortran functions
 which provide a C function interface through ISO_C_BINDINGS that will in
-turn call the functions in the LAMMPS Fortran module.
+turn call the functions in the LAMMPS Fortran module.  This part of the
+unit tests is incomplete since the Fortran module it is based on is
+incomplete as well.
 
 Tests for the C++-style library interface
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
@@ -395,10 +405,10 @@ compare with the reference and also start from the data file.  A final
 check will use multi-cutoff r-RESPA (if supported by the pair style) at
 a 1:1 split and compare to the Verlet results.  These sets of tests are
 run with multiple test fixtures for accelerated styles (OPT, OPENMP,
-INTEL, KOKKOS (OpenMP only)) and for the latter three with 4 OpenMP
+INTEL) and for the latter two with 4 OpenMP threads enabled.  For
-threads enabled.  For these tests the relative error (epsilon) is lowered
+these tests the relative error (epsilon) is lowered by a common factor
-by a common factor due to the additional numerical noise, but the tests
+due to the additional numerical noise, but the tests are still comparing
-are still comparing to the same reference data.
+to the same reference data.
 
 Additional tests will check whether all listed extract keywords are
 supported and have the correct dimensionality and the final set of tests
@@ -432,19 +442,17 @@ The ``test_pair_style`` tester is used with 4 categories of test inputs:
   pair style is defined, but the computation of the pair style contributions
   is disabled.
 
-The ``test_bond_style``, ``test_angle_style``, ``test_dihedral_style``, and
+The ``test_bond_style`` and ``test_angle_style`` are set up in a similar
-``test_improper_style`` tester programs are set up in a similar fashion and
+fashion and share support functions with the pair style tester.  The final
-share support functions with the pair style tester.  The final group of
+group of tests in this section is for fix styles that add/manipulate forces
-tests in this section is for fix styles that add/manipulate forces and
+and velocities, e.g. for time integration, thermostats and more.
-velocities, e.g. for time integration, thermostats and more.
 
-Adding a new test is easiest done by copying and modifying an existing YAML
+Adding a new test is easiest done by copying and modifying an existing test
-file for a style that is similar to one to be tested.  The file name should
+for a style that is similar to one to be tested.  The file name should follow
-follow the naming conventions described above and after copying the file,
+the naming conventions described above and after copying the file, the first
-the first step is to replace the style names where needed.  The coefficient
+step is to replace the style names where needed.  The coefficient values
-values do not have to be meaningful, just in a reasonable range for the
+do not have to be meaningful, just in a reasonable range for the given system.
-given system.  It does not matter if some forces are large, for as long as
+It does not matter if some forces are large, for as long as they do not diverge.
-they do not diverge.
 
 The template input files define a large number of index variables at the top
 that can be modified inside the YAML file to control the behavior.  For example,
@@ -472,7 +480,7 @@ Note that this disables computing the kspace contribution, but still will run
 the setup.  The "gewald" parameter should be set explicitly to speed up the run.
 For styles with long-range electrostatics, typically two tests are added one using
 the (slower) analytic approximation of the erfc() function and the other using
-the tabulated coulomb, to test both code paths.  The reference results in the YAML
+the tabulated coulomb, to test both code paths. The reference results in the YAML
 files then should be compared manually, if they agree well enough within the limits
 of those two approximations.
 
@@ -526,102 +534,3 @@ The ``unittest/tools`` folder contains tests for programs in the
 shell, which are implemented as a python scripts using the ``unittest``
 Python module and launching the tool commands through the ``subprocess``
 Python module.
-
-
-Troubleshooting failed unit tests
-^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-
-The are by default no unit tests for newly added features (e.g. pair, fix,
-or compute styles) unless your pull request also includes tests for the
-added features.  If you are modifying some features, you may see failures
-for existing tests, if your modifications have some unexpected side effects
-or your changes render the existing text invalid.  If you are adding an
-accelerated version of an existing style, then only tests for INTEL,
-KOKKOS (with OpenMP only), OPENMP, and OPT will be run automatically.
-Tests for the GPU package are time consuming and thus are only run
-*after* a merge, or when a special label, ``gpu_unit_tests`` is added
-to the pull request.  After the test has started, it is often best to
-remove the label since every PR activity will re-trigger the test (that
-is a limitation of triggering a test with a label).  Support for unit
-tests with using KOKKOS with GPU acceleration is currently not supported.
-
-When you see a failed build on GitHub, click on ``Details`` to be taken
-to the corresponding LAMMPS Jenkins CI web page.  Click on the "Exit"
-symbol near the ``Logout`` button on the top right of that page to go to
-the "classic view".  In the classic view, there is a list of the
-individual runs that make up this test run (they are shown but cannot be
-inspected in the default view).  You can click on any of those.
-Clicking on ``Test Result`` will display the list of failed tests. Click
-on the "Status" column to sort the tests based on their Failed or Passed
-status.  Then click on the failed test to expand its output.
-
-For example, the following output snippet shows the failed unit test
-
-.. code-block:: console
-
-   [ RUN      ] PairStyle.gpu
-   /home/builder/workspace/dev/pull_requests/ubuntu_gpu/unit_tests/cmake_gpu_opencl_mixed_smallbig_clang_static/unittest/force-styles/test_main.cpp:63: Failure
-   Expected: (err) <= (epsilon)
-   Actual: 0.00018957912910606503 vs 0.0001
-   Google Test trace:
-   /home/builder/workspace/dev/pull_requests/ubuntu_gpu/unit_tests/cmake_gpu_opencl_mixed_smallbig_clang_static/unittest/force-styles/test_main.cpp:56: EXPECT_FORCES: init_forces (newton off)
-   /home/builder/workspace/dev/pull_requests/ubuntu_gpu/unit_tests/cmake_gpu_opencl_mixed_smallbig_clang_static/unittest/force-styles/test_main.cpp:64: Failure
-   Expected: (err) <= (epsilon)
-   Actual: 0.00022892713393549854 vs 0.0001
-
-The failed assertions provide line numbers in the test source
-(e.g. ``test_main.cpp:56``), from which one can understand what
-specific assertion failed.
-
-Note that the force style engine runs one of a small number of systems
-in a rather off-equilibrium configuration with a few atoms for a few
-steps, writes data and restart files, uses :doc:`the clear command
-<clear>` to reset LAMMPS, and then runs from those files with different
-settings (e.g. newton on/off) and integrators (e.g. verlet vs. respa).
-Beyond potential issues/bugs in the source code, the mismatch between
-the expected and actual values could be that force arrays are not
-properly cleared between multiple run commands or that class members are
-not correctly initialized or written to or read from a data or restart
-file.
-
-While the epsilon (relative precision) for a single, `IEEE 754 compliant
-<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_754>`_, double precision floating
-point operation is at about 2.2e-16, the achievable precision for the
-tests is lower due to most numbers being sums over intermediate results
-and the non-associativity of floating point math leading to larger
-errors.  In some cases specific properties of the tested style.  As a
-rule of thumb, the test epsilon can often be in the range 5.0e-14 to
-1.0e-13.  But for "noisy" force kernels, e.g. those a larger amount of
-arithmetic operations involving `exp()`, `log()` or `sin()` functions,
-and also due to the effect of compiler optimization or differences
-between compilers or platforms, epsilon may need to be further relaxed,
-sometimes epsilon can be relaxed to 1.0e-12. If interpolation or lookup
-tables are used, epsilon may need to be set to 1.0e-10 or even higher.
-For tests of accelerated styles, the per-test epsilon is multiplied
-by empirical factors that take into account the differences in the order
-of floating point operations or that some or most intermediate operations
-may be done using approximations or with single precision floating point
-math.
-
-To rerun the failed unit test individually, change to the ``build`` directory
-and run the test with verbose output. For example,
-
-.. code-block:: bash
-
-    env TEST_ARGS=-v ctest -R ^MolPairStyle:lj_cut_coul_long -V
-
-``ctest`` with the ``-V`` flag also shows the exact command line
-of the test. One can then use ``gdb --args`` to further debug and
-catch exceptions with the test command, for example,
-
-.. code-block:: bash
-
-    gdb --args /path/to/lammps/build/test_pair_style /path/to/lammps/unittest/force-styles/tests/mol-pair-lj_cut_coul_long.yaml
-
-
-It is recommended to configure the build with ``-D
-BUILD_SHARED_LIBS=on`` and use a custom linker to shorten the build time
-during recompilation.  Installing `ccache` in your development
-environment helps speed up recompilation by caching previous
-compilations and detecting when the same compilation is being done
-again.  Please see :doc:`Build_development` for further details.

doc/src/Developer_updating.rst

@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ Available topics in mostly chronological order are:
 - `Use ev_init() to initialize variables derived from eflag and vflag`_
 - `Use utils::numeric() functions instead of force->numeric()`_
 - `Use utils::open_potential() function to open potential files`_
-- `Use symbolic Atom and AtomVec constants instead of numerical values`_
 - `Simplify customized error messages`_
 - `Use of "override" instead of "virtual"`_
 - `Simplified and more compact neighbor list requests`_
@@ -197,71 +196,6 @@ New:
 
    fp = utils::open_potential(filename, lmp);
 
-Use symbolic Atom and AtomVec constants instead of numerical values
-^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-
-.. versionchanged:: 18Sep2020
-
-Properties in LAMMPS that were represented by integer values (0, 1,
-2, 3) to indicate settings in the ``Atom`` and ``AtomVec`` classes (or
-classes derived from it) (and its derived classes) have been converted
-to use scoped enumerators instead.
-
-.. list-table::
-   :header-rows: 1
-   :widths: auto
-
-   * - Symbolic Constant
-     - Value
-     - Symbolic Constant
-     - Value
-   * - Atom::GROW
-     - 0
-     - Atom::MAP_NONE
-     - 0
-   * - Atom::RESTART
-     - 1
-     - Atom::MAP_ARRAY
-     - 1
-   * - Atom::BORDER
-     - 2
-     - Atom::MAP_HASH
-     - 2
-   * - Atom::ATOMIC
-     - 0
-     - Atom::MAP_YES
-     - 3
-   * - Atom::MOLECULAR
-     - 1
-     - AtomVec::PER_ATOM
-     - 0
-   * - Atom::TEMPLATE
-     - 2
-     - AtomVec::PER_TYPE
-     - 1
-
-Old:
-
-.. code-block:: c++
-
-   molecular = 0;
-   mass_type = 1;
-   if (atom->molecular == 2)
-   if (atom->map_style == 2)
-   atom->add_callback(0);
-   atom->delete_callback(id,1);
-
-New:
-
-.. code-block:: c++
-
-   molecular = Atom::ATOMIC;
-   mass_type = AtomVec::PER_TYPE;
-   if (atom->molecular == Atom::TEMPLATE)
-   if (atom->map_style == Atom::MAP_HASH)
-   atom->add_callback(Atom::GROW);
-   atom->delete_callback(id,Atom::RESTART);
-
 Simplify customized error messages
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 

doc/src/Errors_messages.rst

@@ -7148,6 +7148,9 @@ keyword to allow for additional bonds to be formed
 *Read_dump xyz fields do not have consistent scaling/wrapping*
    Self-explanatory.
 
+*Reading from MPI-IO filename when MPIIO package is not installed*
+   Self-explanatory.
+
 *Reax_defs.h setting for NATDEF is too small*
    Edit the setting in the ReaxFF library and re-compile the
    library and re-build LAMMPS.
@@ -8486,6 +8489,9 @@ keyword to allow for additional bonds to be formed
    The write_restart command cannot be used before a read_data,
    read_restart, or create_box command.
 
+*Writing to MPI-IO filename when MPIIO package is not installed*
+   Self-explanatory.
+
 *Zero length rotation vector with displace_atoms*
    Self-explanatory.
 

doc/src/Examples.rst

@@ -104,6 +104,8 @@ Lowercase directories
 +-------------+------------------------------------------------------------------+
 | min         | energy minimization of 2d LJ melt                                |
 +-------------+------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| mscg        | parameterize a multi-scale coarse-graining (MSCG) model          |
++-------------+------------------------------------------------------------------+
 | msst        | MSST shock dynamics                                              |
 +-------------+------------------------------------------------------------------+
 | multi       | multi neighboring for systems with large interaction disparities |

doc/src/Fortran.rst

@@ -315,10 +315,6 @@ of the contents of the :f:mod:`LIBLAMMPS` Fortran interface to LAMMPS.
    :ftype extract_variable: function
    :f set_variable: :f:subr:`set_variable`
    :ftype set_variable: subroutine
-   :f set_string_variable: :f:subr:`set_set_string_variable`
-   :ftype set_string_variable: subroutine
-   :f set_internal_variable: :f:subr:`set_internal_variable`
-   :ftype set_internal_variable: subroutine
    :f gather_atoms: :f:subr:`gather_atoms`
    :ftype gather_atoms: subroutine
    :f gather_atoms_concat: :f:subr:`gather_atoms_concat`
@@ -1402,55 +1398,18 @@ Procedures Bound to the :f:type:`lammps` Derived Type
 
    Set the value of a string-style variable.
 
-   .. deprecated:: 7Feb2024
+   .. versionadded:: 3Nov2022
 
    This function assigns a new value from the string *str* to the string-style
    variable *name*\ . If *name* does not exist or is not a string-style
    variable, an error is generated.
 
-   .. warning::
-
-      This subroutine is deprecated and :f:subr:`set_string_variable`
-      should be used instead.
-
    :p character(len=*) name: name of the variable
    :p character(len=*) str:  new value to assign to the variable
    :to: :cpp:func:`lammps_set_variable`
 
 --------
 
-.. f:subroutine:: set_string_variable(name, str)
-
-   Set the value of a string-style variable.
-
-   .. versionadded:: 7Feb2024
-
-   This function assigns a new value from the string *str* to the string-style
-   variable *name*\ . If *name* does not exist or is not a string-style
-   variable, an error is generated.
-
-   :p character(len=*) name: name of the variable
-   :p character(len=*) str:  new value to assign to the variable
-   :to: :cpp:func:`lammps_set_string_variable`
-
---------
-
-.. f:subroutine:: set_internal_variable(name, val)
-
-   Set the value of a internal-style variable.
-
-   .. versionadded:: 7Feb2024
-
-   This function assigns a new value from the floating-point number *val* to
-   the internal-style variable *name*\ . If *name* does not exist or is not
-   an internal-style variable, an error is generated.
-
-   :p character(len=*) name: name of the variable
-   :p read(c_double) val:  new value to assign to the variable
-   :to: :cpp:func:`lammps_set_internal_variable`
-
---------
-
 .. f:subroutine:: gather_atoms(name, count, data)
 
    This function calls :cpp:func:`lammps_gather_atoms` to gather the named
@@ -2319,13 +2278,19 @@ Procedures Bound to the :f:type:`lammps` Derived Type
 
    .. versionadded:: 3Nov2022
 
-   When using the library interface, the library interface functions
+   In case of an error, LAMMPS will either abort or throw a C++ exception.
-   will "catch" exceptions, and then the error status can be checked by
+   The latter has to be :ref:`enabled at compile time <exceptions>`.
-   calling :f:func:`has_error`.  The most recent error message can be
+   This function checks if exceptions were enabled.
-   retrieved via :f:func:`get_last_error_message`.  This allows to
+
-   restart a calculation or delete and recreate the LAMMPS instance when
+   When using the library interface with C++ exceptions enabled, the library
-   a C++ exception occurs.  One application of using exceptions this way
+   interface functions will "catch" them, and the error status can then be
-   is the :ref:`lammps_shell`.
+   checked by calling :f:func:`has_error`. The most recent error message can be
+   retrieved via :f:func:`get_last_error_message`.
+   This can allow one to restart a calculation or delete and recreate
+   the LAMMPS instance when a C++ exception occurs.  One application
+   of using exceptions this way is the :ref:`lammps_shell`.  If C++
+   exceptions are disabled and an error happens during a call to
+   LAMMPS or the Fortran API, the application will terminate.
 
    :to: :cpp:func:`lammps_config_has_exceptions`
    :r has_exceptions:
@@ -3079,6 +3044,14 @@ Procedures Bound to the :f:type:`lammps` Derived Type
    This function can be used to query if an error inside of LAMMPS
    has thrown a :ref:`C++ exception <exceptions>`.
 
+   .. note::
+
+      This function will always report "no error" when the LAMMPS library
+      has been compiled without ``-DLAMMPS_EXCEPTIONS``, which turns fatal
+      errors aborting LAMMPS into C++ exceptions. You can use the library
+      function :cpp:func:`lammps_config_has_exceptions` to check if this is
+      the case.
+
    :to: :cpp:func:`lammps_has_error`
    :r has_error: ``.TRUE.`` if there is an error.
    :rtype has_error: logical
@@ -3101,6 +3074,13 @@ Procedures Bound to the :f:type:`lammps` Derived Type
    would happen only in a single MPI rank and thus may not be recoverable, as
    other MPI ranks may be waiting on the failing MPI rank(s) to send messages.
 
+   .. note::
+
+      This function will do nothing when the LAMMPS library has been
+      compiled without ``-DLAMMPS_EXCEPTIONS``, which turns errors aborting
+      LAMMPS into C++ exceptions.  You can use the function
+      :f:func:`config_has_exceptions` to check whether this is the case.
+
    :p character(len=\*) buffer: string buffer to copy the error message into
    :o integer(c_int) status [optional]: 1 when all ranks had the error,
     2 on a single-rank error.

doc/src/Howto.rst

@@ -101,7 +101,6 @@ Tutorials howto
    Howto_cmake
    Howto_github
    Howto_lammps_gui
-   Howto_moltemplate
    Howto_pylammps
    Howto_wsl
 

doc/src/Howto_body.rst

@@ -170,9 +170,9 @@ with this body style to compute body/body and body/non-body interactions.
 The *rounded/polygon* body style represents body particles as a 2d
 polygon with a variable number of N vertices.  This style can only be
 used for 2d models; see the :doc:`boundary <boundary>` command.  See the
-:doc:`pair_style body/rounded/polygon <pair_body_rounded_polygon>` page for
+"pair_style body/rounded/polygon" page for a diagram of two
-a diagram of two squares with rounded circles at the vertices.  Special cases
+squares with rounded circles at the vertices.  Special cases for N = 1
-for N = 1 (circle) and N = 2 (rod with rounded ends) can also be specified.
+(circle) and N = 2 (rod with rounded ends) can also be specified.
 
 One use of this body style is for 2d discrete element models, as
 described in :ref:`Fraige <body-Fraige>`.
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ faces are listed, so that M = 6 + 3\*N + 1.
 The integer line has three values: number of vertices (N), number of
 edges (E) and number of faces (F). The floating point line(s) list 6
 moments of inertia followed by the coordinates of the N vertices (x1
-to zN) as 3N values, followed by 2E vertex indices corresponding to
+to zN) as 3N values, followed by 2N vertex indices corresponding to
 the end points of the E edges, then 4\*F vertex indices defining F
 faces.  The last value is the diameter value = the rounded diameter of
 the sphere that surrounds each vertex. The diameter value can be

doc/src/Howto_cmake.rst

@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-Using CMake with LAMMPS
+Using CMake with LAMMPS tutorial
-=======================
+================================
 
 The support for building LAMMPS with CMake is a recent addition to
 LAMMPS thanks to the efforts of Christoph Junghans (LANL) and Richard
-Berger (LANL).  One of the key strengths of CMake is that it is not
+Berger (Temple U).  One of the key strengths of CMake is that it is not
-tied to a specific platform or build system. Instead it generates the
+tied to a specific platform or build system and thus generate the files
-files necessary to build and develop for different build systems and on
+necessary to build and develop for different build systems and on
 different platforms.  Note, that this applies to the build system itself
 not the LAMMPS code. In other words, without additional porting effort,
 it is not possible - for example - to compile LAMMPS with Visual C++ on
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ necessary to program LAMMPS as a project in integrated development
 environments (IDE) like Eclipse, Visual Studio, QtCreator, Xcode,
 CodeBlocks, Kate and others.
 
-A second important feature of CMake is that it can detect and validate
+A second important feature of CMake is, that it can detect and validate
 available libraries, optimal settings, available support tools and so
 on, so that by default LAMMPS will take advantage of available tools
 without requiring to provide the details about how to enable/integrate
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ program ``cmake`` (or ``cmake3``), a text mode interactive user
 interface (TUI) program ``ccmake`` (or ``ccmake3``), or a graphical user
 interface (GUI) program ``cmake-gui``.  All of them are portable
 software available on all supported platforms and can be used
-interchangeably.  As of LAMMPS version 2 August 2023, the minimum
+interchangeably.  The minimum supported CMake version is 3.10 (3.12 or
-required CMake version is 3.16.
+later is recommended).
 
 All details about features and settings for CMake are in the `CMake
 online documentation <https://cmake.org/documentation/>`_. We focus
@@ -43,20 +43,11 @@ Prerequisites
 -------------
 
 This tutorial assumes that you are operating in a command-line environment
-using a shell like Bash or Zsh.
+using a shell like Bash.
 
-- Linux: any Terminal window will work or text console
+- Linux: any Terminal window will work
-- macOS: launch the Terminal application
+- macOS: launch the Terminal application.
-- Windows 10 or 11: install and run the :doc:`Windows Subsystem for Linux <Howto_wsl>`
+- Windows 10: install and run the :doc:`Windows Subsystem for Linux <Howto_wsl>`
-- other Unix-like operating systems like FreeBSD
-
-.. note::
-
-   It is also possible to use CMake on Windows 10 or 11 through either the Microsoft
-   Visual Studio IDE with the bundled CMake or from the Windows command prompt using
-   a separately installed CMake package, both using the native Microsoft Visual C++
-   compilers and (optionally) the Microsoft MPI SDK.  This tutorial, however, only
-   covers unix-like command line interfaces.
 
 We also assume that you have downloaded and unpacked a recent LAMMPS source code package
 or used Git to create a clone of the LAMMPS sources on your compilation machine.
@@ -347,10 +338,10 @@ Some common LAMMPS specific variables
      - common compiler flags, for optimization or instrumentation (default:)
    * - ``LAMMPS_MACHINE``
      - when set to ``name`` the LAMMPS executable and library will be called ``lmp_name`` and ``liblammps_name.a``
+   * - ``LAMMPS_EXCEPTIONS``
+     - when set to ``on`` errors will throw a C++ exception instead of aborting (default: ``off``)
    * - ``FFT``
      - select which FFT library to use: ``FFTW3``, ``MKL``, ``KISS`` (default, unless FFTW3 is found)
-   * - ``FFT_KOKKOS``
-     - select which FFT library to use in Kokkos-enabled styles: ``FFTW3``, ``MKL``, ``HIPFFT``, ``CUFFT``, ``KISS`` (default)
    * - ``FFT_SINGLE``
      - select whether to use single precision FFTs (default: ``off``)
    * - ``WITH_JPEG``
@@ -421,9 +412,9 @@ interface (``ccmake`` or ``cmake-gui``).
 
    Using a preset to select a compiler package (``clang.cmake``,
    ``gcc.cmake``, ``intel.cmake``, ``oneapi.cmake``, or ``pgi.cmake``)
-   are an exception to the mechanism of updating the configuration
+   are an exception to the mechanism of updating the configuration incrementally,
-   incrementally, as they will trigger a reset of cached internal CMake
+   as they will trigger a reset of cached internal CMake settings and thus
-   settings and thus reset settings to their default values.
+   reset settings to their default values.
 
 Compilation and build targets
 -----------------------------

doc/src/Howto_github.rst

@@ -480,11 +480,11 @@ Some recent changes to the workflow are not captured in this tutorial.
 For example, in addition to the *develop* branch, to which all new
 features should be submitted, there is also a *release*, a *stable*, and
 a *maintenance* branch; the *release* branch is updated from the
-*develop* branch as part of a "feature release", and *stable* (together
+*develop* as part of a feature release, and *stable* (together with
-with *release*) are updated from *develop* when a "stable release" is
+*release*) are updated from *develop* when a stable release is made. In
-made. In between stable releases, selected bug fixes and infrastructure
+between stable releases, selected bug fixes and infrastructure updates
-updates are back-ported from the *develop* branch to the *maintenance*
+are back-ported from the *develop* branch to the *maintenance* branch
-branch and occasionally merged to *stable* as an update release.
+and occasionally merged to *stable* as an update release.
 
 Furthermore, the naming of the release tags now follow the pattern
 "patch_<Day><Month><Year>" to simplify comparisons between releases.

doc/src/Howto_lammps_gui.rst

@@ -1,310 +1,111 @@
 Using the LAMMPS GUI
 ====================
 
-This document describes **LAMMPS GUI version 1.5**.
+LAMMPS GUI is a simple graphical text editor that is linked to the
+:ref:`LAMMPS C-library interface <lammps_c_api>` and thus can run LAMMPS
+directly using the contents of the editor's text buffer as input.
+
+This is similar to what people traditionally would do to run LAMMPS:
+using a regular text editor to edit the input and run the necessary
+commands, possibly including the text editor, too, from a command line
+terminal window.  That is quite effective when running LAMMPS on
+high-performance computing facilities and when you are very proficient
+in using the command line.  The main benefit of a GUI application is
+that this integrates well with graphical desktop environments and many
+basic tasks can be done directly from within the GUI without switching
+to a text console or requiring external programs or scripts to extract
+data from the generated output.  This makes it easier for beginners to
+get started running simple LAMMPS simulations and thus very suitable for
+tutorials on LAMMPS.  But also makes it easier to switch to a full
+featured text editor and more sophisticated visualization and analysis
+tools.
 
 -----
 
-LAMMPS GUI is a graphical text editor customized for editing LAMMPS
-input files that is linked to the :ref:`LAMMPS library <lammps_c_api>`
-and thus can run LAMMPS directly using the contents of the editor's text
-buffer as input.  It can retrieve and display information from LAMMPS
-while it is running, display visualizations created with the :doc:`dump
-image command <dump_image>`, and is adapted specifically for editing
-LAMMPS input files through text completion and reformatting, and linking
-to the online LAMMPS documentation for known LAMMPS commands and styles.
-
-.. note::
-
-   Pre-compiled, ready-to-use LAMMPS GUI executables for Linux (Ubuntu
-   20.04LTS or later and compatible), macOS (version 11 aka Big Sur or
-   later), and Windows (version 10 or later) :ref:`are available
-   <lammps_gui_install>` for download.  They may be linked to a
-   development version of LAMMPS in case they need features not yet
-   available in a released version. Serial LAMMPS executables of the
-   same LAMMPS version are included as well.  The source code for the
-   LAMMPS GUI is included in the LAMMPS source code and can be found in
-   the ``tools/lammps-gui`` folder.  It can be compiled alongside LAMMPS
-   when :doc:`compiling with CMake <Build_cmake>`.
-
-LAMMPS GUI tries to provide an experience similar to what people
-traditionally would do to run LAMMPS using a command line window:
-
-- editing inputs with a text editor
-- run LAMMPS on the input with selected command line flags
-- and then use or extract data from the created files and visualize it
-
-That procedure is quite effective for people proficient in using the
-command line, as that allows them to use tools for the individual steps
-which they are most comfortable with.  It is often required when running
-LAMMPS on high-performance computing facilities.
-
-The main benefit of using the LAMMPS GUI application instead is that
-many basic tasks can be done directly from the GUI without switching to
-a text console window or using external programs, let alone writing
-scripts to extract data from the generated output.  It also integrates
-well with graphical desktop environments.
-
-LAMMPS GUI thus makes it easier for beginners to get started running
-simple LAMMPS simulations.  It is very suitable for tutorials on LAMMPS
-since you only need to learn how to use a single program for most tasks
-and thus time can be saved and people can focus on learning LAMMPS.  It
-is also designed to keep the barrier low when you decide to switch to a
-full featured, standalone programming editor and more sophisticated
-visualization and analysis tools and run LAMMPS from a command line.
-
 The following text provides a detailed tour of the features and
-functionality of the LAMMPS GUI.
+functionality of the LAMMPS GUI.  This document describes LAMMPS GUI
-
+version 1.2.
-Suggestions for new features and reports of bugs are always welcome.
-You can use the :doc:`the same channels as for LAMMPS itself
-<Errors_bugs>` for that purpose.
-
------
 
 Main window
 -----------
 
-When LAMMPS GUI starts, it will show a main window with either an
+When LAMMPS GUI starts, it will show the main window with either an
-empty buffer or the contents of a loaded file. In the latter case it
+empty buffer, or have a file loaded. In the latter case it may look like
-may look like the following:
+the following:
 
 .. image:: JPG/lammps-gui-main.png
    :align: center
    :scale: 50%
 
-There is the typical menu bar at the top, then the main editor buffer,
+There is the menu bar at the top, then the main editor buffer with the
-and a status bar at the bottom.  The input file contents are shown
+input file contents in the center with line numbers on the left and the
-with line numbers on the left and the input is colored according to
+input colored according to the LAMMPS input file syntax.  At the bottom
-the LAMMPS input file syntax.  The status bar shows the status of
+is the status bar, which shows the status of LAMMPS execution on the
-LAMMPS execution on the left (e.g. "Ready." when idle) and the current
+left ("Ready." when idle) and the current working directory on the
-working directory on the right.  The name of the current file in the
+right.  The size of the main window will be stored when exiting and
-buffer is shown in the window title; the word `*modified*` is added if
+restored when starting again.  The name of the current file in the
-the buffer edits have not yet saved to a file.  The size of the main
+buffer is shown in the window title and the text `*modified*` is added
-window will be stored when exiting and restored when starting again.
+in case the buffer has modifications that are not yet saved to a file.
 
 Opening Files
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
 The LAMMPS GUI application will try to open the first command line
-argument as a LAMMPS input script, further arguments are ignored.
+argument as input file, further arguments are ignored.  When no
-When no argument is given, LAMMPS GUI will start with an empty buffer.
+argument is given LAMMPS GUI will start with an empty buffer.
-Files can also be opened via the ``File`` menu or by drag-and-drop of
+Files can also be opened via the ``File`` menu or by drag-and-drop
-a file from a graphical file manager into the editor window.  Only one
+of a file from a file manager to the editor window.  Only one
-file can be open at a time, so opening a new file with a filled buffer
+file can be open at a time, so opening a new file with a filled
-will close the buffer.  If the buffer has unsaved modifications, you
+buffer will close this buffer and in case the buffer has unsaved
-will be asked to either cancel the operation, discard the changes, or
+modifications will ask to either cancel the load, discard the
-save them.
+changes or save them.
+
 
 Running LAMMPS
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
 From within the LAMMPS GUI main window LAMMPS can be started either from
-the ``Run`` menu using the ``Run LAMMPS from Editor Buffer`` entry, by
+the ``Run`` menu, by the hotkey `Ctrl-Enter` (`Command-Enter` on macOS),
-the keyboard shortcut `Ctrl-Enter` (`Command-Enter` on macOS), or by
+or by clicking on the green button in the status bar.  LAMMPS runs in a
-clicking on the green "Run" button in the status bar.  All of these
+separate thread, so the GUI stays responsive and thus it is able to
-operations will cause LAMMPS to process the entire input script, which
+interact with the calculation and access its data.  It is important to
-may contain multiple :doc:`run <run>` or :doc:`minimize <minimize>`
+note, that LAMMPS is using the contents of the input buffer for the run,
-commands.
+**not** the file it was read from. If there are unsaved changes in the
-
+buffer, they *will* be used.
-LAMMPS runs in a separate thread, so the GUI stays responsive and is
-able to interact with the running calculation and access data it
-produces.  It is important to note that running LAMMPS this way is
-using the contents of the input buffer for the run (via the
-:cpp:func:`lammps_commands_string()` function of the LAMMPS C-library
-interface), and **not** the original file it was read from.  Thus, if
-there are unsaved changes in the buffer, they *will* be used.  As an
-alternative, it is also possible to run LAMMPS by reading the contents
-of a file from the ``Run LAMMPS from File`` menu entry or with
-`Ctrl-Shift-Enter`.  This option may be required in some rare cases
-where the input uses some functionality that is not compatible with
-running LAMMPS from a string buffer.  For consistency, any unsaved
-changes in the buffer must be either saved to the file or undone
-before LAMMPS can be run from a file.
 
 .. image:: JPG/lammps-gui-running.png
    :align: center
    :scale: 75%
 
-While LAMMPS is running, the contents of the status bar change.  On
+While LAMMPS is running, the contents of the status bar change: on the
-the left side there is a text indicating that LAMMPS is running, which
+left side there is a text indicating that LAMMPS is running, which will
-will also show the number of active threads, if thread-parallel
+contain the selected number of threads, if thread-parallel acceleration
-acceleration was selected in the ``Preferences`` dialog.  On the right
+was selected in the ``Preferences`` dialog.  On the right side, a
-side, a progress bar is shown that displays the estimated progress for
+progress bar is shown that displays the estimated progress on the
-the current :doc:`run command <run>`.
+current :doc:`run command <run>`.  Additionally, two windows will open:
+the log window with the captured screen output and the chart window with
+a line graph created from the thermodynamic output of the run.
 
-Also, the line number of the currently executed command will be
+The run can be stopped cleanly by using either the ``Stop LAMMPS`` entry
-highlighted in green.
+in the ``Run`` menu, the hotkey `Ctrl-/` (`Command-/` on macOS), or
+clicking on the red button in the status bar.  This will cause that the
+running LAMMPS process will complete the current iteration and then
+stop.  This is equivalent to the command `timer timeout 0 <timer>` and
+implemented by calling the :cpp:func:`lammps_force_timeout()` function
+of the LAMMPS C-library interface.
 
-.. image:: JPG/lammps-gui-run-highlight.png
-   :align: center
-   :scale: 75%
-
-If an error occurs (in the example below the command :doc:`label
-<label>` was incorrectly capitalized as "Label"), an error message
-dialog will be shown and the line of the input which triggered the
-error will be highlighted.  The state of LAMMPS in the status bar will
-be set to "Failed." instead of "Ready."
-
-.. image:: JPG/lammps-gui-run-error.png
-   :align: center
-   :scale: 75%
-
-Up to three additional windows will open during a run:
-
-- a log window with the captured screen output
-- a chart window with a line graph created from the thermodynamic output of the run
-- a slide show window with images created by a :doc:`dump image command <dump_image>`
-
-More information on those windows and how to adjust their behavior and
-contents is given below.
-
-An active LAMMPS run can be stopped cleanly by using either the ``Stop
-LAMMPS`` entry in the ``Run`` menu, the keyboard shortcut `Ctrl-/`
-(`Command-/` on macOS), or by clicking on the red button in the status
-bar.  This will cause the running LAMMPS process to complete the current
-timestep (or iteration for energy minimization) and then complete the
-processing of the buffer while skipping all run or minimize commands.
-This is equivalent to the input script command :doc:`timer timeout 0
-<timer>` and is implemented by calling the
-:cpp:func:`lammps_force_timeout()` function of the LAMMPS C-library
-interface.  Please see the corresponding documentation pages to
-understand the implications of this operation.
-
-Log Window
-----------
-
-By default, when starting a run, a "Log Window" will open that displays
-the current screen output of the LAMMPS calculation, that would normally
-be seen in the command line window, as shown below.
-
-.. image:: JPG/lammps-gui-log.png
-   :align: center
-   :scale: 50%
-
-LAMMPS GUI captures the screen output as it is generated and updates
-the log window regularly during a run.
-
-By default, the log window will be replaced each time a run is started.
-The runs are counted and the run number for the current run is displayed
-in the window title.  It is possible to change the behavior of LAMMPS
-GUI in the preferences dialog to create a *new* log window for every run
-or to not show the current log window.  It is also possible to show or
-hide the *current* log window from the ``View`` menu.
-
-The text in the log window is read-only and cannot be modified, but
-keyboard shortcuts to select and copy all or parts of the text can be
-used to transfer text to another program. Also, the keyboard shortcut
-`Ctrl-S` (`Command-S` on macOS) is available to save the log buffer to a
-file.  The "Select All" and "Copy" functions, as well as a "Save Log to
-File" option are also available from a context menu by clicking with the
-right mouse button into the log window text area.
-
-Chart Window
-------------
-
-By default, when starting a run, a "Chart Window" will open that
-displays a plot of thermodynamic output of the LAMMPS calculation as
-shown below.
-
-.. image:: JPG/lammps-gui-chart.png
-   :align: center
-   :scale: 50%
-
-The drop down menu on the top right allows selection of different
-properties that are computed and written to thermo output.  Only one
-property can be shown at a time.  The plots will be updated with new
-data as the run progresses, so they can be used to visually monitor the
-evolution of available properties.  The window title will show the
-current run number that this chart window corresponds to.  Same as
-explained for the log window above, by default, the chart window will
-be replaced on each new run, but the behavior can be changed in the
-preferences dialog.
-
-From the ``File`` menu on the top left, it is possible to save an image
-of the currently displayed plot or export the data in either plain text
-columns (for use by plotting tools like `gnuplot
-<http://www.gnuplot.info/>`_ or `grace
-<https://plasma-gate.weizmann.ac.il/Grace/>`_), or as CSV data which can
-be imported for further processing with Microsoft Excel or `pandas
-<https://pandas.pydata.org/>`_
-
-Thermo output data from successive run commands in the input script will
-be combined into a single data set unless the format, number, or names
-of output columns are changed with a :doc:`thermo_style <thermo_style>`
-or a :doc:`thermo_modify <thermo_modify>` command, or the current time
-step is reset with :doc:`reset_timestep <reset_timestep>`, or if a
-:doc:`clear <clear>` command is issued.
-
-Image Slide Show
-----------------
-
-By default, if the LAMMPS input contains a :doc:`dump image
-<dump_image>` command, a "Slide Show" window will open which loads and
-displays the images created by LAMMPS as they are written.
-
-.. image:: JPG/lammps-gui-slideshow.png
-   :align: center
-   :scale: 50%
-
-The various buttons at the bottom right of the window allow single
-stepping through the sequence of images or playing an animation (as a
-continuous loop or once from first to last).  It is also possible to
-zoom in or zoom out of the displayed images, and to export the slide
-show animation to a movie file, if `ffmpeg <https://ffmpeg.org/>`_ is
-installed.
-
-Variable Info
--------------
-
-During a run, it may be of interest to monitor the value of input script
-variables, for example to monitor the progress of loops.  This can be
-done by enabling the "Variables Window" in the ``View`` menu or by using
-the `Ctrl-Shift-W` keyboard shortcut.  This will show info similar to
-the :doc:`info variables <info>` command in a separate window as shown
-below.
-
-.. image:: JPG/lammps-gui-variable-info.png
-   :align: center
-   :scale: 75%
-
-Like the log and chart windows, its content is continuously updated
-during a run.  It will show "(none)" if there are no variables
-defined.  Note that it is also possible to *set* :doc:`index style
-variables <variable>`, that would normally be set via command line
-flags, via the "Set Variables..." dialog from the ``Run`` menu.
-LAMMPS GUI will automatically set the variable "gui_run" to the
-current value of the run counter.  That way it would be possible
-to automatically record a log for each run attempt by using the
-command
-
-.. code-block:: LAMMPS
-
-   log logfile-${gui_run}.txt
-
-at the beginning of an input file. That would record logs to files
-``logfile-1.txt``, ``logfile-2.txt``, and so on for successive runs.
 
 Viewing Snapshot Images
------------------------
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
-By selecting the ``Create Image`` entry in the ``Run`` menu, or by
+By selecting the ``View Image`` entry in the ``Run`` menu, by hitting
-hitting the `Ctrl-I` (`Command-I` on macOS) keyboard shortcut, or by
+the `Ctrl-I` (`Command-I` on macOS) hotkey or by clicking on the
-clicking on the "palette" button in the status bar, LAMMPS GUI will send
+"palette" button in the status bar, LAMMPS GUI will issue a
-a custom :doc:`write_dump image <dump_image>` command to LAMMPS and read
+:doc:`write_dump image <dump_image>` command and read the resulting
-the resulting snapshot image with the current state of the system into
+snapshot image into an image viewer window.  When possible, LAMMPS
-an image viewer window.  This functionality is not available *during* an
+GUI will try to detect which elements the atoms correspond to (via
-ongoing run.  When LAMMPS is not yet initialized, LAMMPS GUI will try to
+their mass) and then colorize them accordingly. Otherwise just some
-identify the line with the first run or minimize command and execute all
+predefined sequence of colors are assigned to different atom types.
-command up to that line from the input buffer and then add a "run 0"
-command.  This will initialize the system so an image of the initial
-state of the system can be rendered.  If there was an error, the
-snapshot image viewer will not appear.
-
-When possible, LAMMPS GUI will try to detect which elements the atoms
-correspond to (via their mass) and then colorize them in the image
-accordingly.  Otherwise the default predefined sequence of colors is
-assigned to the different atom types.
 
 .. image:: JPG/lammps-gui-image.png
    :align: center
@@ -313,68 +114,28 @@ assigned to the different atom types.
 The default image size, some default image quality settings, the view
 style and some colors can be changed in the ``Preferences`` dialog
 window.  From the image viewer window further adjustments can be made:
-actual image size, high-quality (SSAO) rendering, anti-aliasing, view
+actual image size, high-quality rendering, anti-aliasing, view style,
-style, display of box or axes, zoom factor.  The view of the system
+display of box or axes, zoom factor. The the image can be rotated
-can be rotated horizontally and vertically.  It is also possible to
+horizontally and vertically and it is possible to only display the atoms
-only display the atoms within a group defined in the input script
+within a predefined group (default is "all").  After each change, the
-(default is "all").  After each change, the image is rendered again
+image is rendered again and the display updated.  The small palette icon
-and the display updated.  The small palette icon on the top left will
+on the top left will be colored while LAMMPS is running to render the
-be colored while LAMMPS is running to render the new image; it will be
+image and it will be grayed out again, when it is done.  When there are
-grayed out when it is finished.  When there are many atoms to render
+many items to show and high quality images with anti-aliasing are
-and high quality images with anti-aliasing are requested, re-rendering
+requested, re-rendering can take several seconds.  From the ``File``
-may take several seconds.  From the ``File`` menu of the image window,
+menu, the shown image can be saved to a file permanently or copied into
-the current image can be saved to a file or copied into the
+the cut-n-paste buffer for pasting into another application.
-cut-n-paste buffer for pasting into another application.
+
 
 Editor Functions
-----------------
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
-The editor has most of the usual functionality that similar programs
+The editor has most the usual functionality that similar programs have:
-have: text selection via mouse or with cursor moves while holding the
+text selection via mouse or with cursor moves while holding the Shift
-Shift key, Cut (`Ctrl-X`), Copy (`Ctrl-C`), Paste (`Ctrl-V`), Undo
+key, Cut, Copy, Paste, Undo, Redo.  All of these editing functions are
-(`Ctrl-Z`), Redo (`Ctrl-Shift-Z`), Select All (`Ctrl-A`).  When trying
+available via hotkeys.  When trying to exit the editor with a modified
-to exit the editor with a modified buffer, a dialog will pop up asking
+buffer, a dialog will pop up asking whether to cancel the quit, or don't
-whether to cancel the exit operation, or to save or not save the buffer
+save or save the buffer's contents to a file.
-contents to a file.
-
-Context Specific Word Completion
-^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-
-By default, LAMMPS GUI will display a small pop-up frame with possible
-choices for LAMMPS input script commands or styles after 2 characters of
-a word have been typed.
-
-.. image:: JPG/lammps-gui-complete.png
-   :align: center
-   :scale: 75%
-
-The word can then be completed through selecting an entry by scrolling
-up and down with the cursor keys and selecting with the 'Enter' key or
-by clicking on the entry with the mouse.  The automatic completion
-pop-up can be disabled in the ``Preferences`` dialog, but the completion
-can still be requested manually by either hitting the 'Shift-TAB' key or
-by right-clicking with the mouse and selecting the option from the
-context menu.  Most of the completion information is taken from the
-LAMMPS instance and thus it will be adjusted to only show available
-options that have been enabled while compiling LAMMPS. That, however,
-excludes accelerated styles and commands; for improved clarity, only the
-non-suffix version of styles are shown.
-
-Line Reformatting
-^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-
-The editor supports reformatting lines according to the syntax in order
-to have consistently aligned lines.  This primarily means adding
-whitespace padding to commands, type specifiers, IDs and names.  This
-reformatting is performed by default when hitting the 'Enter' key to
-start a new line.  This feature can be turned on or off in the
-``Preferences`` dialog, but it can still be manually performed by
-hitting the 'TAB' key.  The amount of padding can also be changed in the
-``Preferences`` dialog.
-
-Internally this functionality is achieved by splitting the line into
-"words" and then putting it back together with padding added where the
-context can be detected; otherwise a single space is used between words.
 
 Context Specific Help
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
@@ -384,23 +145,22 @@ Context Specific Help
    :scale: 50%
 
 A unique feature of the LAMMPS GUI is the option to look up the
-documentation for the command in the current line.  This can be done by
+documentation for the command in the current line.  This can be achieved
-either clicking the right mouse button or by using the `Ctrl-?` keyboard
+by either clicking the right mouse button or by using the `Ctrl-?`
-shortcut.  When clicking the mouse there are additional entries in the
+hotkey.  When clicking the mouse there are additional entries in the
 context menu that will open the corresponding documentation page in the
-online LAMMPS documentation.  When using the keyboard, the first of
+online LAMMPS documentation.  When using the hotkey, the first of those
-those entries will be chosen directly.
+entries will be chosen directly.
 
 Menu
 ----
 
-The menu bar has entries ``File``, ``Edit``, ``Run``, ``View``, and
+The menu bar the entries ``File``, ``Edit``, ``Run``, ``View``, and ``About``.
-``About``.  Instead of using the mouse to click on them, the individual
+Instead of using the mouse to click on them, the individual menus can also
-menus can also be activated by hitting the `Alt` key together with the
+be activated by hitting the `Alt` key together with the corresponding underlined
-corresponding underlined letter, that is `Alt-F` will activate the
+letter, that is `Alt-f` will activate the ``File`` menu.  For the corresponding
-``File`` menu.  For the corresponding activated sub-menus, the key
+activated sub-menus, also the underlined letter, together with the `Alt` key can
-corresponding the underlined letters can again be used to select entries
+be used to select instead of the mouse.
-instead of using the mouse.
 
 File
 ^^^^
@@ -414,121 +174,104 @@ The ``File`` menu offers the usual options:
 - ``Save As`` will open a dialog to select and new file name and save
   the buffer to it
 - ``Quit`` will exit LAMMPS GUI. If there are unsaved changes, a dialog
-  will appear to either cancel the operation, or to save or not save the
+  will appear to either cancel the quit, save or don't save the file.
-  edited file.
 
-In addition, up to 5 recent file names will be listed after the
+In addition, up to 5 recent file names will be listed after the ``Open``
-``Open`` entry that allows re-opening recent files.  This list is
+entry that allows to re-open recent files. This list is stored when
-stored when quitting and recovered when starting again.
+quitting and recovered when starting again.
 
 Edit
 ^^^^
 
 The ``Edit`` menu offers the usual editor functions like ``Undo``,
-``Redo``, ``Cut``, ``Copy``, ``Paste``.  It can also open a
+``Redo``, ``Cut``, ``Copy``, ``Paste``, but also offers to open the
-``Preferences`` dialog (keyboard shortcut `Ctrl-P`) and allows deletion
+``Preferences`` dialog and to delete all stored preferences so they
-of all stored preferences so they will be reset to default values.
+will be reset to their defaults.
 
 Run
 ^^^
 
-The ``Run`` menu has options to start and stop a LAMMPS process.
+The ``Run`` menu allows to start and stop a LAMMPS process.  Rather than
-Rather than calling the LAMMPS executable as a separate executable,
+calling the LAMMPS executable as a separate executable, the LAMMPS GUI
-the LAMMPS GUI is linked to the LAMMPS library and thus can run LAMMPS
+is linked to the LAMMPS library and thus can run LAMMPS internally
-internally through the :ref:`LAMMPS C-library interface
+through the :ref:`LAMMPS C-library interface <lammps_c_api>`.
-<lammps_c_api>`.
-
 Specifically, a LAMMPS instance will be created by calling
-:cpp:func:`lammps_open_no_mpi`.  The buffer contents then executed by
+:cpp:func:`lammps_open_no_mpi` and then the buffer contents run by
 calling :cpp:func:`lammps_commands_string`.  Certain commands and
-features are only available after a LAMMPS instance is created.  Its
+features are only available, after a LAMMPS instance is created.  Its
-presence is indicated by a small LAMMPS ``L`` logo in the status bar
+presence is indicated by a small LAMMPS ``L`` logo in the status bar at
-at the bottom left of the main window.  As an alternative, it is also
+the bottom left of the main window.
-possible to run LAMMPS using the contents of the edited file by
-reading the file.  This is mainly provided as a fallback option in
-case the input uses some feature that is not available when running
-from a string buffer.
 
 The LAMMPS calculation will be run in a concurrent thread so that the
-GUI can stay responsive and be updated during the run.  This can be
+GUI will stay responsive and will be updated during the run.  This can
-used to tell the running LAMMPS instance to stop at the next timestep.
+be used to tell the running LAMMPS instance to stop at the next
-The ``Stop LAMMPS`` entry will do this by calling
+timestep.  The ``Stop LAMMPS`` entry will do this by calling
 :cpp:func:`lammps_force_timeout`, which is equivalent to a :doc:`timer
 timeout 0 <timer>` command.
 
-The ``Set Variables...`` entry will open a dialog box where
+The ``Set Variables`` entry will open a dialog box where :doc:`index style variables <variable>`
-:doc:`index style variables <variable>` can be set. Those variables
+can be set. Those variables will be passed to the LAMMPS instance when
-will be passed to the LAMMPS instance when it is created and are thus
+it is created and are thus set *before* a run is started.
-set *before* a run is started.
 
 .. image:: JPG/lammps-gui-variables.png
    :align: center
    :scale: 75%
 
-The ``Set Variables`` dialog will be pre-populated with entries that
+The ``Set Variables`` dialog will be pre-populated with entries that are
-are set as index variables in the input and any variables that are
+set as index variables in the input and any variables that are used but
-used but not defined, if the built-in parser can detect them.  New
+not defined as far as the built-in parser can detect them.  New rows for
-rows for additional variables can be added through the ``Add Row``
+additional variables can be added through the ``Add Row`` button and
-button and existing rows can be deleted by clicking on the ``X`` icons
+existing rows deleted by clicking on the ``X`` icons on the right.
-on the right.
 
-The ``Create Image`` entry will send a :doc:`dump image <dump_image>`
+The ``View Image`` entry will send a :doc:`dump image <dump_image>`
-command to the LAMMPS instance, read the resulting file, and show it
+command to the LAMMPS instance, read the resulting file, and show it in
-in an ``Image Viewer`` window.
+an ``Image Viewer`` window.
 
 The ``View in OVITO`` entry will launch `OVITO <https://ovito.org>`_
-with a :doc:`data file <write_data>` containing the current state of
+with a :doc:`data file <write_data>` of the current state of the system.
-the system.  This option is only available if the LAMMPS GUI can find
+This option is only available, if the LAMMPS GUI can find the OVITO
-the OVITO executable in the system path.
+executable in the system path.
 
-The ``View in VMD`` entry will launch VMD with a :doc:`data file
+The ``View in VMD`` entry will instead launch VMD, also to load a
-<write_data>` containing the current state of the system.  This option
+:doc:`data file <write_data>` of the current state of the system.  This
-is only available if the LAMMPS GUI can find the VMD executable in the
+option is only available, if the LAMMPS GUI can find the VMD executable
-system path.
+in the system path.
 
 View
 ^^^^
 
-The ``View`` menu offers to show or hide additional windows with log
+The ``View`` menu offers to show or hide the three optional windows
-output, charts, slide show, variables, or snapshot images.  The
+with log output, graphs, or images.  The default settings for those
-default settings for their visibility can be changed in the
+can be changed in the ``Preferences dialog``.
-``Preferences dialog``.
 
 About
 ^^^^^
 
 The ``About`` menu finally offers a couple of dialog windows and an
-option to launch the LAMMPS online documentation in a web browser.
+option to launch the LAMMPS online documentation in a web browser.  The
-The ``About LAMMPS`` entry displays a dialog with a summary of the
+``About LAMMPS GUI`` entry displays a dialog with a summary of the
 configuration settings of the LAMMPS library in use and the version
-number of LAMMPS GUI itself.  The ``Quick Help`` displays a dialog
+number of LAMMPS GUI itself.  The ``Quick Help`` displays a dialog with
-with a minimal description of LAMMPS GUI.  The ``LAMMPS GUI Howto``
+a minimal description of LAMMPS GUI.  And ``LAMMPS Manual`` will open
-entry will open this documentation page from the online documentation
+the main page of this LAMMPS documentation at https://docs.lammps.org/.
-in a web browser window.  The ``LAMMPS Manual`` entry will open the
-main page of the LAMMPS documentation in the web browser.
-
------
 
 Preferences
 -----------
 
-The ``Preferences`` dialog allows customization of the behavior and
+The ``Preferences`` dialog allows to customize some of the behavior
-look of the LAMMPS GUI application.  The settings are grouped and each
+and looks of the LAMMPS GUI application.  The settings are grouped
-group is displayed within a tab.
+and each group is displayed within a tab.
 
 .. |guiprefs1| image:: JPG/lammps-gui-prefs-general.png
-   :width: 24%
+   :width: 25%
 
 .. |guiprefs2| image:: JPG/lammps-gui-prefs-accel.png
-   :width: 24%
+   :width: 25%
 
 .. |guiprefs3| image:: JPG/lammps-gui-prefs-image.png
-   :width: 24%
+   :width: 25%
 
-.. |guiprefs4| image:: JPG/lammps-gui-prefs-editor.png
+|guiprefs1|  |guiprefs2|  |guiprefs3|
-   :width: 24%
-
-|guiprefs1|  |guiprefs2|  |guiprefs3|  |guiprefs4|
 
 General Settings:
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
@@ -536,7 +279,7 @@ General Settings:
 - *Echo input to log:* when checked, all input commands, including
   variable expansions, will be echoed to the log window. This is
   equivalent to using `-echo screen` at the command line.  There is no
-  log *file* produced by default, since LAMMPS GUI uses `-log none`.
+  log *file* produced since it always uses `-log none`.
 - *Include citation details:* when checked full citation info will be
   included to the log window.  This is equivalent to using `-cite
   screen` on the command line.
@@ -545,9 +288,6 @@ General Settings:
 - *Show chart window by default:* when checked, the thermodynamic
   output of a LAMMPS run will be collected and displayed in a chart
   window as line graphs.
-- *Show slide show window by default:* when checked, a slide show
-  window will be shown with images from a dump image command, if
-  present, in the LAMMPS input.
 - *Replace log window on new run:* when checked, an existing log
   window will be replaced on a new LAMMPS run, otherwise each run will
   create a new log window.
@@ -557,7 +297,7 @@ General Settings:
 - *Replace image window on new render:* when checked, an existing
   chart window will be replaced when a new snapshot image is requested,
   otherwise each command will create a new image window.
-- *Path to LAMMPS Shared Library File:* this option is only visible
+- *Path to LAMMPS Shared Library File:* this options is only available
   when LAMMPS GUI was compiled to load the LAMMPS library at run time
   instead of being linked to it directly.  With the ``Browse..`` button
   or by changing the text, a different shared library file with a
@@ -569,132 +309,94 @@ General Settings:
   log) of the application can be set.
 - *Select Text Font:* Opens a font selection dialog where the type and
   size for the text editor and log font of the application can be set.
-- *GUI update interval:* Allows to set the time interval between GUI
-  and data updates during a LAMMPS run in milliseconds. The default is
-  to update the GUI every 100 milliseconds. This is good for most cases.
-  For LAMMPS runs that run very fast, however, data may be missed and
-  through lowering this interval, this can be corrected. However, this
-  will make the GUI use more resources, which may be a problem on some
-  computers with slower CPUs. The default value is 100 milliseconds.
 
 Accelerators:
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
-This tab enables selection of an accelerator package for LAMMPS to use
+This tab enables to select which accelerator package is used and is
-and is equivalent to using the `-suffix` and `-package` flags on the
+equivalent to using the `-suffix` and `-package` flags on the command
-command line.  Only settings supported by the LAMMPS library and local
+line.  Only settings supported by the LAMMPS library and local hardware
-hardware are available.  The `Number of threads` field allows setting
+are available.  The `Number of threads` field allows to set the maximum
-the maximum number of threads for the accelerator packages that use
+number of threads for the accelerator packages that use threads.
-threads.
 
 Snapshot Image:
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
-This tab allows setting defaults for the snapshot images displayed in
+This tab allows to set some defaults for the snapshot images displayed
-the ``Image Viewer`` window, such as its dimensions and the zoom
+in the ``Image Viewer`` window, like its dimensions and the zoom factor
-factor applied.  The *Antialias* switch will render images with twice
+applied.  The *Antialias* switch requests to render images with twice
-the number of pixels for width and height and then smoothly scale the
+the number of pixels for width and height and then smoothly scales the
 image back to the requested size.  This produces higher quality images
-with smoother edges at the expense of requiring more CPU time to
+with smoother edges at the expense of requiring more CPU time to render
-render the image.  The *HQ Image mode* option turns on screen space
+the image.  The *HQ Image mode* option turns on using a screen space
-ambient occlusion (SSAO) mode when rendering images.  This is also
+ambient occlusion mode (SSAO) when rendering images.  This is also more
-more time consuming, but produces a more 'spatial' representation of
+time consuming, but produces a more 'spatial' representation of the
-the system shading of atoms by their depth.  The *VDW Style* checkbox
+system.  The *VDW Style* checkbox selects whether atoms are represented
-selects whether atoms are represented by space filling spheres when
+by space filling spheres when checked or by smaller spheres and stick.
-checked or by smaller spheres and sticks.  Finally there are a couple
+Finally there are a couple of drop down lists to select the background
-of drop down lists to select the background and box colors.
+and box color.
 
-Editor Settings:
-^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
-This tab allows tweaking settings of the editor window.  Specifically
+Hotkeys
-the amount of padding to be added to LAMMPS commands, types or type
+-------
-ranges, IDs (e.g. for fixes), and names (e.g. for groups).  The value
-set is the minimum width for the text element and it can be chosen in
-the range between 1 and 32.
 
-The two settings which follow enable or disable the automatic
+Almost all functionality is accessible from the menu or via hotkeys.
-reformatting when hitting the 'Enter' key and the automatic display of
+The following hotkeys are available (On macOS use the Command key
-the completion pop-up window.
+instead of Ctrl/Control).
-
------------
-
-Keyboard Shortcuts
-------------------
-
-Almost all functionality is accessible from the menu of the editor
-window or through keyboard shortcuts.  The following shortcuts are
-available (On macOS use the Command key instead of Ctrl/Control).
 
 .. list-table::
    :header-rows: 1
    :widths: auto
 
-   * - Shortcut
+   * - Hotkey
      - Function
-     - Shortcut
+     - Hotkey
      - Function
-     - Shortcut
+     - Hotkey
+     - Function
+     - Hotkey
      - Function
    * - Ctrl+N
      - New File
      - Ctrl+Z
      - Undo edit
      - Ctrl+Enter
-     - Run Input
+     - Run LAMMPS
+     - Ctrl+Shift+A
+     - About LAMMPS GUI
    * - Ctrl+O
      - Open File
      - Ctrl+Shift+Z
      - Redo edit
      - Ctrl+/
      - Stop Active Run
-   * - Ctrl+S
+     - Ctrl+Shift+H
+     - Quick Help
+   * - CTRL+S
      - Save File
      - Ctrl+C
      - Copy text
      - Ctrl+Shift+V
      - Set Variables
+     - Ctrl+Shift+G
+     - LAMMPS GUI Howto
    * - Ctrl+Shift+S
      - Save File As
      - Ctrl+X
      - Cut text
      - Ctrl+I
-     - Snapshot Image
+     - Create Snapshot Image
+     - Ctrl+Shift+M
+     - LAMMPS Manual
    * - Ctrl+Q
-     - Quit Application
+     - Quit
      - Ctrl+V
      - Paste text
-     - Ctrl+L
-     - Slide Show
-   * - Ctrl+W
-     - Close Window
-     - Ctrl+A
-     - Select All
      - Ctrl+P
      - Preferences
-   * - Ctrl+Shift+A
-     - About LAMMPS
-     - Ctrl+Shift+H
-     - Quick Help
-     - Ctrl+Shift+G
-     - LAMMPS GUI Howto
-   * - Ctrl+Shift+M
-     - LAMMPS Manual
      - Ctrl+?
      - Context Help
-     - Ctrl+Shift+W
-     - Show Variables
-   * - Ctrl+Shift+Enter
-     - Run File
-     - TAB
-     - Reformat line
-     - Shift+TAB
-     - Show Completions
 
 Further editing keybindings `are documented with the Qt documentation
 <https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qplaintextedit.html#editing-key-bindings>`_.  In
 case of conflicts the list above takes precedence.
-
-All other windows only support a subset of keyboard shortcuts listed
-above.  Typically, the shortcuts `Ctrl-/` (Stop Run), `Ctrl-W` (Close
-Window), and `Ctrl-Q` (Quit Application) are supported.

doc/src/Howto_moltemplate.rst

@@ -1,371 +0,0 @@
-Moltemplate Tutorial
-====================
-
-In this tutorial, we are going to use the tool :ref:`Moltemplate
-<moltemplate>` to set up a classical molecular dynamic simulation using
-the :ref:`OPLS-AA force field <OPLSAA96>`. The first
-task is to describe an organic compound and create a complete input deck
-for LAMMPS. The second task is to map the OPLS-AA force field to a
-molecular sample created with an external tool, e.g. PACKMOL, and
-exported as a PDB file.  The files used in this tutorial can be found
-in the ``tools/moltemplate/tutorial-files`` folder of the LAMMPS
-source code distribution.
-
-Simulating an organic solvent
-"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
-
-This example aims to create a cubic box of the organic solvent
-formamide.
-
-The first step is to create a molecular topology in the
-LAMMPS-template (LT) file format representing a single molecule, which
-will be stored in a Moltemplate object called ``_FAM inherits OPLSAA {}``.
-This command states that the object ``_FAM`` is based on an existing
-object called ``OPLSAA``, which contains OPLS-AA parameters, atom type
-definitions, partial charges, masses and bond-angle rules for many organic
-and biological compounds.
-
-The atomic structure is the starting point to populate the command
-``write('Data Atoms') {}``, which will write the ``Atoms`` section in the
-LAMMPS data file. The OPLS-AA force field uses the ``atom_style full``,
-therefore, this column format is used:
-``# atomID molID atomType charge coordX coordY coordZ``.
-The ``atomID``\ s are replaced with Moltemplate ``$``-type variables, which
-are then substituted with unique numerical IDs. The same logic is applied
-to the ``molID``, except that the same variable is used for the whole
-molecule. The atom types are assigned using ``@``-type variables. The
-assignment of atom types (e.g. ``@atom:177``, ``@atom:178``) is done using
-the OPLS-AA atom types defined in the "In Charges" section of the file
-``oplsaa.lt``, looking for a reasonable match with the description of the atom.
-The resulting file (``formamide.lt``) follows:
-
-.. code-block:: bash
-
-   _FAM inherits OPLSAA {
-
-     # atomID    molID  atomType  charge  coordX  coordY  coordZ
-     write('Data Atoms') {
-       $atom:C00 $mol   @atom:177  0.00    0.100   0.490   0.0
-       $atom:O01 $mol   @atom:178  0.00    1.091  -0.250   0.0
-       $atom:N02 $mol   @atom:179  0.00   -1.121  -0.181   0.0
-       $atom:H03 $mol   @atom:182  0.00   -2.013   0.272   0.0
-       $atom:H04 $mol   @atom:182  0.00   -1.056  -1.190   0.0
-       $atom:H05 $mol   @atom:221  0.00    0.144   1.570   0.0
-     }
-
-     # A list of the bonds in the molecule:
-     # BondID   AtomID1   AtomID2
-     write('Data Bond List') {
-       $bond:C1 $atom:C00 $atom:O01
-       $bond:C2 $atom:C00 $atom:H05
-       $bond:C3 $atom:C00 $atom:N02
-       $bond:C4 $atom:N02 $atom:H03
-       $bond:C5 $atom:N02 $atom:H04
-     }
-   }
-
-You don't have to specify the charge in this example because they will
-be assigned according to the atom type. Analogously, only a
-"Data Bond List" section is needed as the atom type will determine the
-bond type. The other bonded interactions (e.g. angles,
-dihedrals, and impropers) will be automatically generated by
-Moltemplate.
-
-If the simulation is non-neutral, or Moltemplate complains that you have
-missing bond, angle, or dihedral types, this means at least one of your
-atom types is incorrect.
-
-The second step is to create a master file with instructions to build a
-starting structure and the LAMMPS commands to run an NPT simulation. The
-master file (``solv_01.lt``) follows:
-
-.. code-block:: bash
-
-   # Import the force field.
-   import /usr/local/moltemplate/moltemplate/force_fields/oplsaa.lt
-   import formamide.lt # after oplsaa.lt, as it depends on it.
-
-   # Create the input sample.
-   solv = new _FAM [5].move( 4.6, 0, 0)
-                   [5].move( 0, 4.6, 0)
-                   [5].move( 0, 0, 4.6)
-   solv[*][*][*].move(-11.5, -11.5, -11.5)
-
-   # Set the simulation box.
-   write_once("Data Boundary") {
-    -11.5 11.5 xlo xhi
-    -11.5 11.5 ylo yhi
-    -11.5 11.5 zlo zhi
-   }
-
-   # Create an input deck for LAMMPS.
-   write_once("In Init"){
-    # Input variables.
-    variable run    string solv_01   # output name
-    variable ts     equal  1         # timestep
-    variable temp   equal  300       # equilibrium temperature
-    variable p      equal  1.        # equilibrium pressure
-    variable d      equal  1000      # output frequency
-    variable equi   equal  5000      # Equilibration steps
-    variable prod   equal  30000     # Production steps
-
-    # PBC (set them before the creation of the box).
-    boundary p p p
-   }
-
-   # Run an NPT simulation.
-   write_once("In Run"){
-    # Derived variables.
-    variable tcouple equal \$\{ts\}*100
-    variable pcouple equal \$\{ts\}*1000
-
-    # Output.
-    thermo          \$d
-    thermo_style custom step etotal evdwl ecoul elong ebond eangle &
-    edihed eimp ke pe temp press vol density cpu
-    thermo_modify flush yes
-
-    # Trajectory.
-    dump TRJ all dcd \$d \$\{run\}.dcd
-    dump_modify TRJ unwrap yes
-
-    # Thermalisation and relaxation, NPT ensemble.
-    timestep       \$\{ts\}
-    fix             NPT all npt temp \$\{temp\} \$\{temp\} \$\{tcouple\} iso \$p \$p \$\{pcouple\}
-    velocity all create \$\{temp\} 858096 dist gaussian
-    # Short runs to update the PPPM settings as the box shinks.
-    run    \$\{equi\} post no
-    run    \$\{equi\} post no
-    run    \$\{equi\} post no
-    run    \$\{equi\}
-    # From now on, the density shouldn't change too much.
-    run    \$\{prod\}
-    unfix NPT
-   }
-
-The first two commands insert the content of files ``oplsaa.lt`` and
-``formamide.lt`` into the master file. At this point, we can use the
-command ``solv = new _FAM [N]`` to create N copies of a molecule of type
-``_FAM``. In this case, we create an array of 5*5*5 molecules on a cubic
-grid using the coordinate transformation command ``.move( 4.6, 0, 0)``.
-See the Moltemplate documentation to learn more about the syntax. As
-the sample was created from scratch, we also specify the simulation box
-size in the "Data Boundary" section.
-
-The LAMMPS setting for the force field are specified in the file
-``oplsaa.lt`` and are written automatically in the input deck. We also
-specify the boundary conditions and a set of variables in
-the "In Init" section. The remaining commands to run an NPT simulation
-are written in the "In Run" section. Note that in this script, LAMMPS
-variables are protected with the escape character ``\`` to distinguish
-them from Moltemplate variables, e.g. ``\$\{run\}`` is a LAMMPS
-variable that is written in the input deck as ``${run}``.
-
-Compile the master file with:
-
-.. code-block:: bash
-
-   moltemplate.sh -overlay-all solv_01.lt
-
-And execute the simulation with the following:
-
-.. code-block:: bash
-
-   mpirun -np 4 lmp -in solv_01.in -l solv_01.log
-
-.. figure:: JPG/solv_01.png
-   :figwidth: 80%
-   :figclass: align-center
-
-   Snapshot of the sample at the beginning and end of the simulation.
-   Rendered with Ovito.
-
-Mapping an existing structure
-"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
-
-Another helpful way to use Moltemplate is mapping an existing molecular
-sample to a force field. This is useful when a complex sample is
-assembled from different simulations or created with specialized
-software (e.g. PACKMOL). As in the previous example, all molecular
-species in the sample must be defined using single-molecule Moltemplate
-objects.  For this example, we use a short polymer in a box containing
-water molecules and ions in the PDB file ``model.pdb``.
-
-It is essential to understand that the order of atoms in the PDB file
-and in the Moltemplate master script must match, as we are using the
-coordinates from the PDB file in the order they appear. The order of
-atoms and molecules in the PDB file provided is as follows:
-
-- 500 water molecules, with atoms ordered in this sequence:
-
-  .. parsed-literal::
-
-     ATOM      1  O   MOL D   1       5.901   7.384   1.103  0.00  0.00      DUM
-     ATOM      2  H   MOL D   1       6.047   8.238   0.581  0.00  0.00      DUM
-     ATOM      3  H   MOL D   1       6.188   7.533   2.057  0.00  0.00      DUM
-
-- 1 polymer molecule.
-- 1 Ca\ :sup:`2+` ion.
-- 2 Cl\ :sup:`-` ions.
-
-In the master LT file, this sequence of molecules is matched with the
-following commands:
-
-.. code-block:: bash
-
-   # Create the sample.
-   wat=new SPC[500]
-   pol=new PolyNIPAM[1]
-   cat=new Ca[1]
-   ani=new Cl[2]
-
-Note that the first command would create 500 water molecules in the
-same position in space, and the other commands will use the coordinates
-specified in the corresponding molecular topology block. However, the
-coordinates will be overwritten by rendering an external atomic
-structure file. Note that if the same molecule species are scattered in
-the input structure, it is recommended to reorder and group together
-for molecule types to facilitate the creation of the input sample.
-
-The molecular topology for the polymer is created as in the previous
-example, with the atom types assigned as in the following schema:
-
-.. figure:: JPG/PolyNIPAM.jpg
-   :scale: 30%
-   :align: center
-
-   Atom types assigned to the polymer's repeating unit.
-
-The molecular topology of the water and ions is stated directly into
-the master file for the sake of space, but they could also be written
-in a separate file(s) and imported before the sample is created.
-
-The resulting master LT file defining short annealing at a fixed volume
-(NVT) follows:
-
-.. code-block:: bash
-
-   # Use the OPLS-AA force field for all species.
-   import /usr/local/moltemplate/moltemplate/force_fields/oplsaa.lt
-   import PolyNIPAM.lt
-
-   # Define the SPC water and ions as in the OPLS-AA
-   Ca inherits OPLSAA {
-     write("Data Atoms"){
-       $atom:a1  $mol:. @atom:354 0.0  0.00000 0.00000 0.000000
-     }
-   }
-   Cl inherits OPLSAA {
-     write("Data Atoms"){
-       $atom:a1  $mol:. @atom:344 0.0  0.00000 0.00000 0.000000
-     }
-   }
-   SPC inherits OPLSAA {
-     write("Data Atoms"){
-       $atom:O  $mol:. @atom:76 0.  0.0000000 0.00000 0.000000
-       $atom:H1 $mol:. @atom:77 0.  0.8164904 0.00000 0.5773590
-       $atom:H2 $mol:. @atom:77 0. -0.8164904 0.00000 0.5773590
-     }
-     write("Data Bond List") {
-       $bond:OH1 $atom:O $atom:H1
-       $bond:OH2 $atom:O $atom:H2
-     }
-   }
-
-   # Create the sample.
-   wat=new SPC[500]
-   pol=new PolyNIPAM[1]
-   cat=new Ca[1]
-   ani=new Cl[2]
-
-   # Periodic boundary conditions:
-   write_once("Data Boundary"){
-     0 26 xlo xhi
-     0 26 ylo yhi
-     0 26 zlo zhi
-   }
-
-   # Define the input variables.
-   write_once("In Init"){
-     # Input variables.
-     variable run    string sample01  # output name
-     variable ts     equal  2         # timestep
-     variable temp   equal  298.15    # equilibrium temperature
-     variable p      equal  1.        # equilibrium pressure
-     variable equi   equal  30000     # equilibration steps
-
-     # PBC (set them before the creation of the box).
-     boundary p p p
-     neighbor        3 bin
-   }
-
-   # Run an NVT simulation.
-   write_once("In Run"){
-     # Set the output.
-     thermo          1000
-     thermo_style    custom step etotal evdwl ecoul elong ebond eangle &
-     edihed eimp pe ke temp press atoms vol density cpu
-     thermo_modify flush yes
-     compute pe1 all pe/atom pair
-     dump TRJ all custom 100 \$\{run\}.dump id xu yu zu c_pe1
-
-     # Minimise the input structure, just in case.
-     minimize        .01 .001 1000 100000
-     write_data \$\{run\}.min
-
-     # Set the constrains.
-     group watergroup type @atom:76 @atom:77
-     fix 0 watergroup shake 0.0001 10 0 b @bond:042_043 a @angle:043_042_043
-
-     # Short annealing.
-     timestep        \$\{ts\}
-     fix       1 all nvt temp \$\{temp\} \$\{temp\} \$(100*dt)
-     velocity    all create \$\{temp\} 315443
-     run             \$\{equi\}
-     unfix 1
-   }
-
-
-In this example, the water model is SPC and it is defined in the
-``oplsaa.lt`` file with atom types ``@atom:76`` and ``@atom:77``.  For
-water we also use the ``group`` and ``fix shake`` commands with
-Moltemplate ``@``-type variables, to ensure consistency with the
-numerical values assigned during compilation. To identify the bond and
-angle types, look for the extended ``@atom`` IDs, which in this case
-are:
-
-.. code-block:: bash
-
-   replace{ @atom:76 @atom:76_b042_a042_d042_i042 }
-   replace{ @atom:77 @atom:77_b043_a043_d043_i043 }
-
-From which we can identify the following "Data Bonds By Type":
-``@bond:042_043 @atom:*_b042*_a*_d*_i* @atom:*_b043*_a*_d*_i*`` and
-"Data Angles By Type": ``@angle:043_042_043 @atom:*_b*_a043*_d*_i*
-@atom:*_b*_a042*_d*_i* @atom:*_b*_a043*_d*_i*``
-
-Compile the master file with:
-
-.. code-block:: bash
-
-   moltemplate.sh -overlay-all -pdb model.pdb sample01.lt
-
-And execute the simulation with the following:
-
-.. code-block:: bash
-
-   mpirun -np 4 lmp -in sample01.in -l sample01.log
-
-.. figure:: JPG/sample01.png
-   :figwidth: 50%
-   :figclass: align-center
-
-   Sample visualized with Ovito loading the trajectory into the DATA
-   file written after minimization.
-
-------------
-
-.. _OPLSAA96:
-
-**(OPLS-AA)**  Jorgensen, Maxwell, Tirado-Rives, J Am Chem Soc,
-118(45), 11225-11236 (1996).

doc/src/Howto_output.rst

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Output from LAMMPS (thermo, dumps, computes, fixes, variables)
 ==============================================================
 
-There are four basic forms of LAMMPS output:
+There are four basic kinds of LAMMPS output:
 
 * :doc:`Thermodynamic output <thermo_style>`, which is a list of
   quantities printed every few timesteps to the screen and logfile.
@@ -20,17 +20,18 @@ output files, depending on what :doc:`dump <dump>` and :doc:`fix <fix>`
 commands you specify.
 
 As discussed below, LAMMPS gives you a variety of ways to determine
-what quantities are calculated and printed when the thermodynamics,
+what quantities are computed and printed when the thermodynamics,
 dump, or fix commands listed above perform output.  Throughout this
 discussion, note that users can also :doc:`add their own computes and
-fixes to LAMMPS <Modify>` which can generate values that can then be
+fixes to LAMMPS <Modify>` which can then generate values that can then
-output with these commands.
+be output with these commands.
 
 The following subsections discuss different LAMMPS commands related
 to output and the kind of data they operate on and produce:
 
 * :ref:`Global/per-atom/local/per-grid data <global>`
 * :ref:`Scalar/vector/array data <scalar>`
+* :ref:`Per-grid data <grid>`
 * :ref:`Disambiguation <disambiguation>`
 * :ref:`Thermodynamic output <thermo>`
 * :ref:`Dump file output <dump>`
@@ -47,65 +48,34 @@ to output and the kind of data they operate on and produce:
 Global/per-atom/local/per-grid data
 -----------------------------------
 
-Various output-related commands work with four different "styles" of
+Various output-related commands work with four different styles of
 data: global, per-atom, local, and per-grid.  A global datum is one or
 more system-wide values, e.g. the temperature of the system.  A
 per-atom datum is one or more values per atom, e.g. the kinetic energy
 of each atom.  Local datums are calculated by each processor based on
-the atoms it owns, and there may be zero or more per atom, e.g. a list
+the atoms it owns, but there may be zero or more per atom, e.g. a list
 of bond distances.
 
 A per-grid datum is one or more values per grid cell, for a grid which
-overlays the simulation domain.  Similar to atoms and per-atom data,
+overlays the simulation domain.  The grid cells and the data they
-the grid cells and the data they store are distributed across
+store are distributed across processors; each processor owns the grid
-processors; each processor owns the grid cells whose center points
+cells whose center point falls within its subdomain.
-fall within its subdomain.
 
 .. _scalar:
 
 Scalar/vector/array data
 ------------------------
 
-Global, per-atom, local, and per-grid datums can come in three
+Global, per-atom, and local datums can come in three kinds: a single
-"kinds": a single scalar value, a vector of values, or a 2d array of
+scalar value, a vector of values, or a 2d array of values.  The doc
-values.  More specifically these are the valid kinds for each style:
+page for a "compute" or "fix" or "variable" that generates data will
+specify both the style and kind of data it produces, e.g. a per-atom
+vector.
 
-* global scalar
+When a quantity is accessed, as in many of the output commands
-* global vector
+discussed below, it can be referenced via the following bracket
-* global array
+notation, where ID in this case is the ID of a compute.  The leading
-* per-atom vector
+"c\_" would be replaced by "f\_" for a fix, or "v\_" for a variable:
-* per-atom array
-* local vector
-* local array
-* per-grid vector
-* per-grid array
-
-A per-atom vector means a single value per atom; the "vector" is the
-length of the number of atoms.  A per-atom array means multiple values
-per atom.  Similarly a local vector or array means one or multiple
-values per entity (e.g. per bond in the system).  And a per-grid
-vector or array means one or multiple values per grid cell.
-
-The doc page for a compute or fix or variable that generates data will
-specify both the styles and kinds of data it produces, e.g. a per-atom
-vector.  Note that a compute or fix may generate multiple styles and
-kinds of output.  However, for per-atom data only a vector or array is
-output, never both.  Likewise for per-local and per-grid data.  An
-example of a fix which generates multiple styles and kinds of data is
-the :doc:`fix mdi/qm <fix_mdi_qm>` command.  It outputs a global
-scalar, global vector, and per-atom array for the quantum mechanical
-energy and virial of the system and forces on each atom.
-
-By contrast, different variable styles generate only a single kind of
-data: a global scalar for an equal-style variable, global vector for a
-vector-style variable, and a per-atom vector for an atom-style
-variable.
-
-When data is accessed by another command, as in many of the output
-commands discussed below, it can be referenced via the following
-bracket notation, where ID in this case is the ID of a compute.  The
-leading "c\_" would be replaced by "f\_" for a fix, or "v\_" for a
-variable (and ID would be the name of the variable):
 
 +-------------+--------------------------------------------+
 | c_ID        | entire scalar, vector, or array            |
@@ -115,56 +85,40 @@ variable (and ID would be the name of the variable):
 | c_ID[I][J]  | one element of array                       |
 +-------------+--------------------------------------------+
 
-Note that using one bracket reduces the dimension of the data once
+In other words, using one bracket reduces the dimension of the data
-(vector -> scalar, array -> vector).  Using two brackets reduces the
+once (vector -> scalar, array -> vector).  Using two brackets reduces
-dimension twice (array -> scalar).  Thus a command that uses scalar
+the dimension twice (array -> scalar).  Thus a command that uses
-values as input can also conceptually operate on an element of a
+scalar values as input can typically also process elements of a vector
-vector or array.
+or array.
 
-Per-grid vectors or arrays are accessed similarly, except that the ID
+.. _grid:
-for the compute or fix includes a grid name and a data name.  This is
+
-because a fix or compute can create multiple grids (of different
+Per-grid data
-sizes) and multiple sets of data (for each grid).  The fix or compute
+------------------------
-defines names for each grid and for each data set, so that all of them
+
-can be accessed by other commands.  See the :doc:`Howto grid
+Per-grid data can come in two kinds: a vector of values (one per grid
-<Howto_grid>` doc page for more details.
+cekk), or a 2d array of values (multiple values per grid ckk).  The
+doc page for a "compute" or "fix" that generates data will specify
+names for both the grid(s) and datum(s) it produces, e.g. per-grid
+vectors or arrays, which can be referenced by other commands.  See the
+:doc:`Howto grid <Howto_grid>` doc page for more details.
 
 .. _disambiguation:
 
 Disambiguation
 --------------
 
-When a compute or fix produces data in multiple styles, e.g. global
+Some computes and fixes produce data in multiple styles, e.g. a global
-and per-atom, a reference to the data can sometimes be ambiguous.
+scalar and a per-atom vector. Usually the context in which the input
-Usually the context in which the input script references the data
+script references the data determines which style is meant. Example:
-determines which style is meant.
+if a compute provides both a global scalar and a per-atom vector, the
-
+former will be accessed by using ``c_ID`` in an equal-style variable,
-For example, if a compute outputs a global vector and a per-atom
+while the latter will be accessed by using ``c_ID`` in an atom-style
-array, an element of the global vector will be accessed by using
+variable.  Note that atom-style variable formulas can also access
-``c_ID[I]`` in :doc:`thermodynamic output <thermo_style>`, while a
+global scalars, but in this case it is not possible to do this
-column of the per-atom array will be accessed by using ``c_ID[I]`` in
+directly because of the ambiguity.  Instead, an equal-style variable
-a :doc:`dump custom <dump>` command.
+can be defined which accesses the global scalar, and that variable can
-
+be used in the atom-style variable formula in place of ``c_ID``.
-However, if a :doc:`atom-style variable <variable>` references
-``c_ID[I]``, then it could be intended to refer to a single element of
-the global vector or a column of the per-atom array.  The doc page for
-any command that has a potential ambiguity (variables are the most
-common) will explain how to resolve the ambiguity.
-
-In this case, an atom-style variables references per-atom data if it
-exists.  If access to an element of a global vector is needed (as in
-this example), an equal-style variable which references the value can
-be defined and used in the atom-style variable formula instead.
-
-Similarly, :doc:`thermodynamic output <thermo_style>` can only
-reference global data from a compute or fix.  But you can indirectly
-access per-atom data as follows.  The reference ``c_ID[245][2]`` for
-the ID of a :doc:`compute displace/atom <compute_displace_atom>`
-command, refers to the y-component of displacement for the atom with
-ID 245.  While you cannot use that reference directly in the
-:doc:`thermo_style <thermo_style>` command, you can use it an
-equal-style variable formula, and then reference the variable in
-thermodynamic output.
 
 .. _thermo:
 
@@ -435,7 +389,7 @@ output and input data types must match, e.g. global/per-atom/local
 data and scalar/vector/array data.
 
 Also note that, as described above, when a command takes a scalar as
-input, that could also be an element of a vector or array.  Likewise a
+input, that could be an element of a vector or array.  Likewise a
 vector input could be a column of an array.
 
 +--------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------+

doc/src/Howto_pylammps.rst

@@ -53,10 +53,10 @@ System-wide Installation
 Step 1: Building LAMMPS as a shared library
 """""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
 
-To use LAMMPS inside of Python it has to be compiled as shared
+To use LAMMPS inside of Python it has to be compiled as shared library. This
-library. This library is then loaded by the Python interface. In this
+library is then loaded by the Python interface. In this example we enable the
-example we enable the MOLECULE package and compile LAMMPS with PNG, JPEG
+MOLECULE package and compile LAMMPS with C++ exceptions, PNG, JPEG and FFMPEG
-and FFMPEG output support enabled.
+output support enabled.
 
 Step 1a: For the CMake based build system, the steps are:
 
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ Step 1a: For the CMake based build system, the steps are:
    cd  $LAMMPS_DIR/build-shared
 
    # MPI, PNG, Jpeg, FFMPEG are auto-detected
-   cmake ../cmake -DPKG_MOLECULE=yes -DBUILD_LIB=yes -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=yes
+   cmake ../cmake -DPKG_MOLECULE=yes -DLAMMPS_EXCEPTIONS=yes -DBUILD_LIB=yes -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=yes
    make
 
 Step 1b: For the legacy, make based build system, the steps are:
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ Step 1b: For the legacy, make based build system, the steps are:
    make yes-MOLECULE
 
    # compile shared library using Makefile
-   make mpi mode=shlib LMP_INC="-DLAMMPS_PNG -DLAMMPS_JPEG -DLAMMPS_FFMPEG" JPG_LIB="-lpng -ljpeg"
+   make mpi mode=shlib LMP_INC="-DLAMMPS_PNG -DLAMMPS_JPEG -DLAMMPS_FFMPEG -DLAMMPS_EXCEPTIONS" JPG_LIB="-lpng -ljpeg"
 
 Step 2: Installing the LAMMPS Python package
 """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ to the location in the virtual environment with:
 
 .. code-block:: bash
 
-   cmake . -DPython_EXECUTABLE=$(which python)
+   cmake . -DPYTHON_EXECUTABLE=$(which python)
 
    # install LAMMPS package in virtualenv
    (testing) make install-python
@@ -356,16 +356,18 @@ Together with matplotlib plotting data out of LAMMPS becomes simple:
 Error handling with PyLammps
 ----------------------------
 
-Using C++ exceptions in LAMMPS for errors allows capturing them on the
+Compiling the shared library with C++ exception support provides a better error
-C++ side and rethrowing them on the Python side.  This way you can handle
+handling experience.  Without exceptions the LAMMPS code will terminate the
-LAMMPS errors through the Python exception handling mechanism.
+current Python process with an error message.  C++ exceptions allow capturing
+them on the C++ side and rethrowing them on the Python side. This way you
+can handle LAMMPS errors through the Python exception handling mechanism.
 
 .. warning::
 
    Capturing a LAMMPS exception in Python can still mean that the
-   current LAMMPS process is in an illegal state and must be
+   current LAMMPS process is in an illegal state and must be terminated. It is
-   terminated. It is advised to save your data and terminate the Python
+   advised to save your data and terminate the Python instance as quickly as
-   instance as quickly as possible.
+   possible.
 
 Using PyLammps in IPython notebooks and Jupyter
 -----------------------------------------------

doc/src/Howto_structured_data.rst

@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ JSON
      "ke": 2.4962152903997174569
    }
 
-YAML format thermo_style or dump_style output
+YAML format thermo_style output
-=============================================
+===============================
 
 Extracting data from log file
 -----------------------------
@@ -112,9 +112,6 @@ of that run:
    Number of runs:  2
    TotEng  =  -4.62140097780047
 
-Extracting data from dump file
-------------------------------
-
 .. versionadded:: 4May2022
 
 YAML format output has been added to multiple commands in LAMMPS,
@@ -122,45 +119,6 @@ for example :doc:`dump yaml <dump>` or :doc:`fix ave/time <fix_ave_time>`
 Depending on the kind of data being written, organization of the data
 or the specific syntax used may change, but the principles are very
 similar and all files should be readable with a suitable YAML parser.
-A simple example for this is given below:
-
-.. code-block:: python
-
-   import yaml
-   try:
-       from yaml import CSafeLoader as YamlLoader
-   except ImportError:
-       from yaml import SafeLoader as YamlLoader
-
-   timesteps = []
-   with open("dump.yaml", "r") as f:
-       data = yaml.load_all(f, Loader=YamlLoader)
-
-       for d in data:
-           print('Processing timestep %d' % d['timestep'])
-           timesteps.append(d)
-
-   print('Read %d timesteps from yaml dump' % len(timesteps))
-   print('Second timestep: ', timesteps[1]['timestep'])
-   print('Box info: x: ' , timesteps[1]['box'][0], ' y:', timesteps[1]['box'][1], ' z:',timesteps[1]['box'][2])
-   print('First 5 per-atom columns: ', timesteps[1]['keywords'][0:5])
-   print('Corresponding 10th atom data: ', timesteps[1]['data'][9][0:5])
-
-The corresponding output for a YAML dump command added to the "melt" example is:
-
-.. parsed-literal::
-
-   Processing timestep 0
-   Processing timestep 50
-   Processing timestep 100
-   Processing timestep 150
-   Processing timestep 200
-   Processing timestep 250
-   Read 6 timesteps from yaml dump
-   Second timestep:  50
-   Box info: x:  [0, 16.795961913825074]  y: [0, 16.795961913825074]  z: [0, 16.795961913825074]
-   First 5 per-atom columns:  ['id', 'type', 'x', 'y', 'z']
-   Corresponding 10th atom data:  [10, 1, 4.43828, 0.968481, 0.108555]
 
 Processing scalar data with Python
 ----------------------------------

doc/src/Howto_tip4p.rst

@@ -193,14 +193,11 @@ file changed):
     write_data tip4p-implicit.data nocoeff
 
 Below is the code for a LAMMPS input file using the explicit method and
-a TIP4P molecule file.  Because of using :doc:`fix rigid/small
+a TIP4P molecule file.  Because of using :doc:`fix rigid/nvt/small
 <fix_rigid>` no bonds need to be defined and thus no extra storage needs
-to be reserved for them, but we need to either switch to atom style full
+to be reserved for them, but we need to switch to atom style full or use
-or use :doc:`fix property/atom mol <fix_property_atom>` so that fix
+:doc:`fix property/atom mol <fix_property_atom>` so that fix
-rigid/small can identify rigid bodies by their molecule ID.  Also a
+rigid/nvt/small can identify rigid bodies by their molecule ID:
-:doc:`neigh_modify exclude <neigh_modify>` command is added to exclude
-computing intramolecular non-bonded interactions, since those are
-removed by the rigid fix anyway:
 
 .. code-block:: LAMMPS
 
@@ -219,17 +216,17 @@ removed by the rigid fix anyway:
     pair_coeff 2 2 0.0    1.0
     pair_coeff 3 3 0.0    1.0
 
-    fix mol all property/atom mol ghost yes
+    fix mol all property/atom mol
     molecule water tip4p.mol
     create_atoms 0 random 33 34564 NULL mol water 25367 overlap 1.33
-    neigh_modify exclude molecule/intra all
 
     timestep 0.5
-    fix integrate all rigid/small molecule langevin 300.0 300.0 100.0 2345634
+    fix integrate all rigid/nvt/small molecule temp 300.0 300.0 100.0
+    velocity all create 300.0 5463576
 
     thermo_style custom step temp press etotal density pe ke
-    thermo 2000
+    thermo 1000
-    run 40000
+    run 20000
     write_data tip4p-explicit.data nocoeff
 
 .. _tip4p_molecule:

doc/src/Howto_tip5p.rst

@@ -81,13 +81,11 @@ long-range Coulombic solver (e.g. Ewald or PPPM in LAMMPS).
 
 Below is the code for a LAMMPS input file for setting up a simulation of
 TIP5P water with a molecule file.  Because of using :doc:`fix
-rigid/small <fix_rigid>` no bonds need to be defined and thus no extra
+rigid/nvt/small <fix_rigid>` no bonds need to be defined and thus no
-storage needs to be reserved for them, but we need to either switch to
+extra storage needs to be reserved for them, but we need to switch to
 atom style full or use :doc:`fix property/atom mol <fix_property_atom>`
-so that fix rigid/small can identify rigid bodies by their molecule ID.
+so that fix rigid/nvt/small can identify rigid bodies by their molecule
-Also a :doc:`neigh_modify exclude <neigh_modify>` command is added to
+ID:
-exclude computing intramolecular non-bonded interactions, since those
-are removed by the rigid fix anyway:
 
 .. code-block:: LAMMPS
 
@@ -109,11 +107,11 @@ are removed by the rigid fix anyway:
     fix mol all property/atom mol
     molecule water tip5p.mol
     create_atoms 0 random 33 34564 NULL mol water 25367 overlap 1.33
-    neigh_modify exclude molecule/intra all
 
     timestep 0.5
-    fix integrate all rigid/small molecule langevin 300.0 300.0 50.0 235664
+    fix integrate all rigid/nvt/small molecule temp 300.0 300.0 100.0
     reset_timestep 0
+    velocity all create 300.0 5463576
 
     thermo_style custom step temp press etotal density pe ke
     thermo 1000

doc/src/Howto_triclinic.rst

@@ -12,8 +12,7 @@ is created, e.g. by the :doc:`create_box <create_box>` or
 :doc:`read_data <read_data>` or :doc:`read_restart <read_restart>`
 commands.  Additionally, LAMMPS defines box size parameters lx,ly,lz
 where lx = xhi-xlo, and similarly in the y and z dimensions.  The 6
-parameters, as well as lx,ly,lz, can be output via the
+parameters, as well as lx,ly,lz, can be output via the :doc:`thermo_style custom <thermo_style>` command.
-:doc:`thermo_style custom <thermo_style>` command.
 
 LAMMPS also allows simulations to be performed in triclinic
 (non-orthogonal) simulation boxes shaped as a parallelepiped with

doc/src/Install_git.rst

@@ -28,16 +28,16 @@ provides `limited support for subversion clients <svn_>`_.
 
 You can follow the LAMMPS development on 4 different git branches:
 
-* **develop** : this branch follows the ongoing development and is
+* **release**  :  this branch is updated with every patch or feature release;
-  updated with every merge commit of a pull request
+  updates are always "fast-forward" merges from *develop*
-* **release** : this branch is updated with every "feature release";
+* **develop**  :  this branch follows the ongoing development and
-   updates are always "fast-forward" merges from *develop*
+  is updated with every merge commit of a pull request
-* **maintenance** : this branch collects back-ported bug fixes from the
+* **stable**   :  this branch is updated from the *release* branch with
-  *develop* branch to the *stable* branch.  It is used to update the
+  every stable release version and also has selected bug fixes with every
-  *stable* branch for "stable update releases".
+  update release when the *maintenance* branch is merged into it
-* **stable** : this branch is updated from the *release* branch with
+* **maintenance**  :  this branch collects back-ported bug fixes from the
-  every "stable release" version and also has selected bug fixes with
+  *develop* branch to the *stable* branch. It is used to update *stable*
-  every "update release" when the *maintenance* branch is merged into it
+  for update releases and it synchronized with *stable* at each stable release.
 
 To access the git repositories on your box, use the clone command to
 create a local copy of the LAMMPS repository with a command like:

doc/src/Install_mac.rst

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ LAMMPS can be downloaded, built, and configured for macOS with `Homebrew
 <homebrew_>`_.  (Alternatively, see the installation instructions for
 :doc:`downloading an executable via Conda <Install_conda>`.)  The
 following LAMMPS packages are unavailable at this time because of
-additional requirements not yet met: GPU, KOKKOS, MSCG, POEMS,
+additional requirements not yet met: GPU, KOKKOS, MSCG, MPIIO, POEMS,
 VORONOI.
 
 After installing Homebrew, you can install LAMMPS on your system with

doc/src/Install_windows.rst

@@ -18,10 +18,11 @@ needed to run in parallel with MPI.
 
 The LAMMPS binaries contain *all* :doc:`optional packages <Packages>`
 included in the source distribution except: ADIOS, H5MD, KIM, ML-PACE,
-ML-QUIP, MSCG, NETCDF, QMMM, SCAFACOS, and VTK.  The serial version also
+ML-QUIP, MSCG, NETCDF, PLUMED, QMMM, SCAFACOS, and VTK.  The serial
-does not include the LATBOLTZ package.  The PYTHON package is only
+version also does not include the MPIIO and LATBOLTZ packages.  The
-available in the Python installers that bundle a Python runtime.  The
+PYTHON package is only available in the Python installers that bundle a
-GPU package is compiled for OpenCL with mixed precision kernels.
+Python runtime.  The GPU package is compiled for OpenCL with mixed
+precision kernels.
 
 The LAMMPS library is compiled as a shared library and the
 :doc:`LAMMPS Python module <Python_module>` is installed, so that

doc/src/Intro_nonfeatures.rst

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ LAMMPS is designed to be a fast, parallel engine for molecular
 dynamics (MD) simulations.  It provides only a modest amount of
 functionality for setting up simulations and analyzing their output.
 
-Originally, LAMMPS was not conceived and designed for:
+Specifically, LAMMPS was not conceived and designed for:
 
 * being run through a GUI
 * building molecular systems, or building molecular topologies
@@ -14,10 +14,9 @@ Originally, LAMMPS was not conceived and designed for:
 * visualize your MD simulation interactively
 * plot your output data
 
-Over the years many of these limitations have been reduced or
+Over the years some of these limitations have been reduced or
-removed. In part through features added to LAMMPS and in part
+removed, through features added to LAMMPS or external tools
-through external tools that either closely interface with LAMMPS
+that either closely interface with LAMMPS or extend LAMMPS.
-or extend LAMMPS.
 
 Here are suggestions on how to perform these tasks:
 
@@ -25,9 +24,8 @@ Here are suggestions on how to perform these tasks:
   wraps the library interface is provided.  Thus, GUI interfaces can be
   written in Python or C/C++ that run LAMMPS and visualize or plot its
   output.  Examples of this are provided in the python directory and
-  described on the :doc:`Python <Python_head>` doc page.  As of version
+  described on the :doc:`Python <Python_head>` doc page.  Also, there
-  2 August 2023 :ref:`a GUI tool <lammps_gui>` is included in LAMMPS.
+  are several external wrappers or GUI front ends.
-  Also, there are several external wrappers or GUI front ends.
 * **Builder:** Several pre-processing tools are packaged with LAMMPS.
   Some of them convert input files in formats produced by other MD codes
   such as CHARMM, AMBER, or Insight into LAMMPS input formats.  Some of

doc/src/Intro_portability.rst

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Programming language standards
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
 Most of the C++ code currently requires a compiler compatible with the
-C++11 standard, the KOKKOS package currently requires C++17.  Most of
+C++11 standard, the KOKKOS package currently requires C++14.  Most of
 the Python code is written to be compatible with Python 3.5 or later or
 Python 2.7.  Some Python scripts *require* Python 3 and a few others
 still need to be ported from Python 2 to Python 3.
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ LAMMPS can be compiled from source code using a (traditional) build
 system based on shell scripts, a few shell utilities (grep, sed, cat,
 tr) and the GNU make program. This requires running within a Bourne
 shell (``/bin/sh``).  Alternatively, a build system with different back ends
-can be created using CMake.  CMake must be at least version 3.16.
+can be created using CMake.  CMake must be at least version 3.10.
 
 Operating systems
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
@@ -62,9 +62,9 @@ regularly tested.
 Portability compliance
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
-Only a subset of the LAMMPS source code is *fully* compliant to *all*
+Only a subset of the LAMMPS source code is fully compliant to all of the
-of the above mentioned standards.  This is rather typical for projects
+above mentioned standards.  This is rather typical for projects like
-like LAMMPS that largely depend on contributions from the user community.
+LAMMPS that largely depend on contributions from the user community.
 Not all contributors are trained as programmers and not all of them have
 access to multiple platforms for testing.  As part of the continuous
 integration process, however, all contributions are automatically tested