recommendations 11 Aug 2008

PMCS isn't really recommended, as nobody is maintaining it.
However, if you really want to use it:

use a recent p20 release


The appropriate tags for the releases are:
             "p20.00.00"
pmcs         p20br-v04-03
pmcs_bctag   p20br-v03-01
pmcs_cal     p20br-v03-01
pmcs_vtx     p20br-v03-01
pmcs_util    p20br-v03-04
pmcs_chprt   p20br-v04-01
pmcs_em      p20br-v04-02
pmcs_jet     p20br-v03-01
pmcs_met     p20br-v03-01
pmcs_muon    p20br-v04-02
pmcs_output  p20br-v04-01
pmcs_tau     p20br-v03-01
pmcs_trig    p20br-v03-01




edit pmcs/SUBDIRS if you don't want all the executables (if fact,
  most machines run out of memory if you try to link all the exe's,
  so its highly recommended that you just do one of these)
gmake all

to run:

cd pmcs/rcp
ln -s ../../bin/$BFARCH/pmcs_x .
ln -s ../../bin/$BFARCH/pmcs_isaj_x .
etc for all the exe's you want

to get the "native root tuple" as output

then, if you are running on file, instead of running
pmcs and the generator at the same time, and the file
has *been* through d0gstar, edit
frame_pmcs.rcp and replace
RCP pmcs = <pmcs pmcs_setup>
with
RCP pmcs = <pmcs pmcs_setup_ford0recooutput>
if your file is just a generator file, do not do this.

then,
./pmcs_x -rcp frame_pmcs.rcp
(or ./pmcs_isaj_x -rcp frame_pmcs_isaj.rcp or whatever, depending
on what exe you want and what rcp file you want)

please see the detailed instructions on the "users guide" link
for all the running options.  especially, to get the thumbnail
output, see this guide.