From 3dac81795cd1c2cacb737fcd97a04f550d63d904 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Christophe Geuzaine <cgeuzaine@ulg.ac.be>
Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2013 19:00:29 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] clarify MSH spec
---
doc/texinfo/gmsh.texi | 5 +++++
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
diff --git a/doc/texinfo/gmsh.texi b/doc/texinfo/gmsh.texi
index 5dbb38bce0..81082670c3 100644
--- a/doc/texinfo/gmsh.texi
+++ b/doc/texinfo/gmsh.texi
@@ -3219,6 +3219,11 @@ optional sections defining the nodes (@code{$Nodes}), elements
post-processing datasets (@code{$NodeData}, @code{$ElementData},
@code{$ElementNodeData}).
+When @code{$Elements} are given, @code{$Nodes} should also be provided,
+before the @code{$Elements} section. Currently only one @code{$Nodes}
+and one @code{$Elements} section are allowed per file. (This might/will
+change in the future.)
+
Any section with an unrecognized header is simply ignored: you can thus
add comments in a @file{.msh} file by putting them e.g. inside a
@code{$Comments}/@code{$EndComments} section.
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