Merge branch 'master' of https://repository.prace-ri.eu/git/jussi.enkovaara/MPI

README.md

@@ -16,25 +16,25 @@ provided.
 ## Exercises
 
  - [Hello world](hello-world) Simplest possible MPI program (C, Fortran and 
-   Python versions). Level: *basic*
+   Python versions). Level: **basic**
  - [Message exchange](message-exchange) Simple point-to-point communication 
-   (C, Fortran and Python versions). Level: *basic*
+   (C, Fortran and Python versions). Level: **basic**
  - [Message chain](message-chain) Point-to-point communication in one
    dimensional aperiodic chain. (C, Fortran and Python versions). 
-   Level: *intermediate*
+   Level: **intermediate**
  - [Collective communciation](collectives) Basic collective communication
-   patterns (C, Fortran and Python versions). Level: *basic/intermediate*
+   patterns (C, Fortran and Python versions). Level: **basic/intermediate**
  - [Parallel I/O](parallel-io) Simple parallel I/O using Posix calls and 
-   MPI I/O (C and Fortran versions). Level: *basic/intermediate*
+   MPI I/O (C and Fortran versions). Level: **basic/intermediate**
  - [User defined datatypes](datatypes) Communication of non-uniform data using
    user defined datatypes (C, Fortran and Python versions). 
-   Level: *intermediate/advanced*
+   Level: **intermediate/advanced**
 
 ## Examples
  - [Heat equation](heat-equation) A two dimensional heat equation solver which
  is parallelized with MPI. The code features non-blocking point-to-point
  communication, user defined datatypes, and parallel I/O with MPI I/O
- (C, Fortran and Python versions). Level: *advanced* 
+ (C, Fortran and Python versions). Level: **advanced** 
 
 ## How to contribute
 

message-chain/README.md

@@ -32,9 +32,9 @@ tasks (e.g. 2, 4, 8, 16, ...). Can you explain the differences to case a)?
  c) Try to simplify the code by employing the `MPI_PROC_NULL` in treating the
  special cases of the first and last task in the chain.
 
- d) Rewrite the program using non-blocking communication (MPI_Isend and
- MPI_Irecv).
+ d) Rewrite the program using non-blocking communication (`MPI_Isend` and
+ `MPI_Irecv`).
 
  c) Rewrite the program using persistent communication operations
- (MPI_Send_init, MPI_Recv_init, etc.).
+ (`MPI_Send_init`, `MPI_Recv_init`, etc.).
 

parallel-io/README.md

-## Parallel I/O with Posix
+## Parallel I/O
 
 a) Write data from all MPI tasks to a single file using the spokesman
 strategy. Gather data to a single MPI task and write it to a file. The