Set command in launch doesn't work if parameters missing from run_card.dat

[Johan Alwall]

Hi Olivier,

I found a problem with the set command inside launch - if the run_card is missing parameters (which often happens if you use e.g. an existing banner to generate your process), then the set command crashes. The actual sequence of calls was:

generate_events
0
set nevents 10000

and then it crashes with the error described below:

set nb_core 1
generate_events
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Users/alwall/MadGraph/madgraph5/PROC_sm_26/bin/internal/extended_cmd.py", line 819, in onecmd
    return self.onecmd_orig(line, **opt)
  File "/Users/alwall/MadGraph/madgraph5/PROC_sm_26/bin/internal/extended_cmd.py", line 812, in onecmd_orig
    return func(arg, **opt)
  File "/Users/alwall/MadGraph/madgraph5/PROC_sm_26/bin/internal/madevent_interface.py", line 2208, in do_generate_events
    self.ask_run_configuration(mode)
  File "/Users/alwall/MadGraph/madgraph5/PROC_sm_26/bin/internal/madevent_interface.py", line 4368, in ask_run_configuration
    path_msg='enter path', ask_class = AskforEditCard)
  File "/Users/alwall/MadGraph/madgraph5/PROC_sm_26/bin/internal/extended_cmd.py", line 616, in ask
    fct=question_instance, fct_timeout=fct_timeout)
  File "/Users/alwall/MadGraph/madgraph5/PROC_sm_26/bin/internal/extended_cmd.py", line 1076, in timed_input
    result = fct(question)
  File "/Users/alwall/MadGraph/madgraph5/PROC_sm_26/bin/internal/extended_cmd.py", line 1395, in __call__
    return self.cmdloop()
  File "/Users/alwall/MadGraph/madgraph5/PROC_sm_26/bin/internal/extended_cmd.py", line 1465, in cmdloop
    cmd.Cmd.cmdloop(self, intro)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/cmd.py", line 142, in cmdloop
    stop = self.onecmd(line)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/cmd.py", line 221, in onecmd
    return func(arg)
  File "/Users/alwall/MadGraph/madgraph5/PROC_sm_26/bin/internal/madevent_interface.py", line 5086, in do_set
    pjoin(self.me_dir,'Cards','run_card_default.dat'))
  File "/Users/alwall/MadGraph/madgraph5/PROC_sm_26/bin/internal/banner.py", line 326, in write
    text += ' %s\t= %s %s' % (self[nline[1].strip()],nline[1], comment)
KeyError: 'ptl1min'
                              Run Options
                              -----------
               stdout_level : None

                         MadEvent Options
                         ----------------
     automatic_html_opening : True
          cluster_temp_path : None
              cluster_queue : madgraph
                    nb_core : 1 (user set)
                   run_mode : 2

                      Configuration Options
                      ---------------------
                web_browser : None
                text_editor : None
           madanalysis_path : /Users/alwall/MadGraph/MG_ME/MadAnalysis (user set)
               pythia8_path : None (user set)
            pythia-pgs_path : /Users/alwall/MadGraph/pythia-pgs-for-mg (user set)
                    td_path : /Users/alwall/MadGraph/MG_ME/td (user set)
               delphes_path : /Users/alwall/MadGraph/Delphes (user set)
                auto_update : 7 (user set)
               cluster_type : condor
           fortran_compiler : None (user set)
        exrootanalysis_path : None (user set)
                 eps_viewer : None
                    timeout : 60

Should be easy enough to fix, but I figured I'll just report it here anyway. :-)

Thanks!
Johan

[Olivier Mattelaer (olivier-mattelaer)]

Hi,

I've finally fix this,
and added the support for the hidden parameter of the run_card (especially lhaid)

Cheers,

Olivier