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Building and Loading the Proposal Class Library
Once the randomize.dat file and the class(es) have been written, the library can be built and loaded during an XSPEC session using the same initpackage and lmod sequence that is used for local model libraries. To create a Makefile and build the library:
XSPEC> initpackage <name> randomize.dat <directory>To load the new proposal(s) into XSPEC:
XSPEC> lmod <name> <directory>where <name> is the name you choose for the package collection of proposal classes. It will also become the library file name. The only differences from the local models case are that here the initializer file MUST be named randomize.dat, and that the directory path to the proposal classes (either relative or absolute) must be provided on the command line. If this is left off XSPEC will default to looking in the directory set by LOCAL_MODEL_DIRECTORY, and these classes should NOT be stored in the same directory as local models. If the building and loading has successfully completed, you should see the proposal name (the same name string that was passed to the RandomizerBase constructor) appear in the chain proposal list displayed by typing chain proposal with no other arguments.