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-* Standard spice and nutmeg init file
-alias exit quit
-alias acct rusage all
-set x11lineararcs
-* For SPICE2 POLYs, edit the below line to point to the location 
-* of your codemode.
-* codemodel /usr/lib/spice/spice2poly.cm
-
-* The other codemodels
-* codemodel /usr/lib/spice/analog.cm
-* codemodel /usr/lib/spice/digital.cm
-* codemodel /usr/lib/spice/xtradev.cm
-* codemodel /usr/lib/spice/xtraevt.cm