Added the possibility to dynare the dynare command options in the mod file.

doc/dynare.texi

@@ -744,8 +744,10 @@ by the @code{dynare} command.
 @descriptionhead
 
 This command launches Dynare and executes the instructions included in
-@file{@var{FILENAME}.mod}.  This user-supplied file contains the model
-and the processing instructions, as described in @ref{The Model file}.
+@file{@var{FILENAME}.mod}.  This user-supplied file contains the model and the
+processing instructions, as described in @ref{The Model file}. The options,
+listed below, can be passed on the command line, following the name of the
+@file{.mod} file or in the first line of the @file{.mod} file itself (see below).
 
 @code{dynare} begins by launching the preprocessor on the @file{.mod}
 file.  By default (unless @code{use_dll} option has been given to
@@ -978,6 +980,16 @@ Tells Dynare to compute the equation cross references, writing them to the
 output @file{.m} file.
 @end table
 
+These options can be passed to the preprocessor by listing them after the name
+of the @code{.mod} file. They can alternatively be defined in the first line of
+the @file{.mod} file, this avoids typing them on the command line each time a
+@file{.mod} file is to be run. This line must be a Dynare comment (@emph{ie}
+must begin with @code{//}) and the options must be comma separated between
+@code{--+ options:} and @code{+--}. As in the command line, if an option admits
+a value the equal symbol must not be surrounded by spaces. For instance
+@code{json = compute} is not correct, and should be written
+@code{json=compute}.
+
 @outputhead
 
 Depending on the computing tasks requested in the @file{.mod} file,
@@ -997,6 +1009,13 @@ dynare ramst
 dynare ramst.mod savemacro
 @end example
 
+Alternatively the options can be specified in the first line of @file{ramst.mod}:
+
+@example
+// --+ options: savemacro, json=compute +--
+@end example
+
+
 @end deffn
 
 The output of Dynare is left into three main variables in the

matlab/dynare.m

@@ -183,6 +183,27 @@ else
     disp('Using 64-bit preprocessor');
 end
 
+% Read options from the first line in mod/dyn file.
+fid = fopen(fname, 'r');
+firstline = fgetl(fid);
+fclose(fid);
+if isequal(regexp(firstline, '\s*\/\/'), 1)
+    % First line is commented.
+    firstline = regexprep(firstline, '\s*\/\/', '');
+    if ~isempty(regexp(firstline, '(^\s+\-\-\+\s+options:)'))       % Commented line begins with --+ options:
+        if ~isempty(regexp(firstline, '(\s+\+\-\-\s*$)'))           % Commented line ends with +--
+            dynoption = strsplit(firstline, {'--+', '+--', 'options:', ' ', ','});
+            dynoption(find(cellfun( @(x) isempty(x), dynoption))) = [];
+            if isequal(nargin, 1)
+                varargin = dynoption;
+            else
+                varargin = union(varargin, dynoption);
+            end
+            varargin
+        end
+    end
+end
+
 command = ['"' dynareroot 'preprocessor' arch_ext filesep 'dynare_m" ' fname] ;
 for i=1:length(varargin)
     command = [command ' ' varargin{i}];

tests/Makefile.am

@@ -339,7 +339,8 @@ MODFILES = \
 	observation_trends_and_prefiltering/calib_smoother/Tr_no_prefil_f_obs_loglin_cal_smoother.mod \
 	observation_trends_and_prefiltering/calib_smoother/Tr_prefilter_loglin_calib_smoother.mod \
 	observation_trends_and_prefiltering/calib_smoother/Tr_prefil_f_obs_loglin_cal_smoother.mod \
-	observation_trends_and_prefiltering/ML/Trend_no_prefilter_selected_var.mod
+	observation_trends_and_prefiltering/ML/Trend_no_prefilter_selected_var.mod \
+	dynare-command-options/ramst.mod
 
 PARTICLEFILES = \
 	particle/dsge_base2.mod \

tests/dynare-command-options/ramst.mod

@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+// --+ options: json=compute, notmpterms, nolog +--
+
+var c k;
+varexo x;
+
+parameters alph gam delt bet aa;
+alph=0.5;
+gam=0.5;
+delt=0.02;
+bet=0.05;
+aa=0.5;
+
+
+model;
+c + k - aa*x*k(-1)^alph - (1-delt)*k(-1);
+c^(-gam) - (1+bet)^(-1)*(aa*alph*x(+1)*k^(alph-1) + 1 - delt)*c(+1)^(-gam);
+end;
+
+initval;
+x = 1;
+k = ((delt+bet)/(1.0*aa*alph))^(1/(alph-1));
+c = aa*k^alph-delt*k;
+end;
+
+steady;
+
+check;
+
+shocks;
+var x;
+periods 1;
+values 1.2;
+end;
+
+perfect_foresight_setup(periods=200);
+perfect_foresight_solver;
+
+rplot c;
+rplot k;
+
+if ~exist('ramst.json') || exist('ramst.log')
+   error('dynare command did not honour the options provided in the mod file!')
+end