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+/** @file parameters.h
+ *  @brief  The declarations of all global parameters, i.e. those
+ *          that the user should be able to set.
+ *
+ */
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <libconfig.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
+
+#ifndef _CSTREAM_H_
+# include "cstream.h"
+#endif
+
+#ifndef _RZ_ARRAY_H_
+# include "rz_array.h"
+#endif
+
+#ifndef _PARAMETERS_H_
+
+/** @brief These are the global parameters. */
+char* prog_id;
+char* output_dir;
+char* kin_input;
+char* load_file;
+char* photoionization_file;
+
+int   cdr_bnd_bottom,cdr_bnd_right,cdr_bnd_top,
+      cdr_brick_dr,cdr_brick_dz,cdr_max_level,cdr_interp_bnd,cdr_interp_in,
+      extra_photo_levels,extra_pois_levels,extra_photo_levels_2,
+      gridpoints_r,gridpoints_z,
+      has_photoionization,
+      max_disk_space,max_disk_space_mb,max_levels,max_ntheta,
+      perturb_max_k,photo_bnd_bottom,photo_bnd_bottom_2,
+      photo_bnd_right,photo_bnd_right_2,
+      photo_bnd_top,photo_bnd_top_2,photo_bnd_top_2_st,
+      photo_max_level,photo_max_level_2,
+      pois_bnd_bottom,pois_bnd_top,pois_bnd_right,
+      pois_inhom,pois_inhom_reflections,pois_max_level,
+      cdr_output_margin,pois_output_margin,
+      restart,ref_level_eabs,spec_total,sprite_module,sprite_sign;
+
+double attachment_rate,attachment_E0,
+       attempt_dt,diffusion_coeff,
+       background_ionization,background_increase_length,
+       constant_source,dens_decay_len,
+       end_t,E0_x,E0_y,E0_z,L_r,L_z,
+       needle_length,needle_radius,nu_a,nu_d,nu_f,nu_rt,
+       off_time,output_dt,
+       perturb_epsilon,
+       photo_max_error,photo_max_error_2,
+       pois_inhom_fixed_q,pois_max_error,
+       ref_threshold_charge,ref_threshold_dens,ref_threshold_eabs,
+       ref_threshold_edge,
+       rise_time,start_t,
+       seed_sigma_x,seed_sigma_y,seed_sigma_z,seed_N,
+       sprite_dens_0,sprite_dens_q,
+       warn_min_timestep;
+int   pois_output;
+
+#define _PARAMETERS_H_
+#endif