FUNCTION dustem_read_mix,file,silent=silent,help=help

;+
; NAME:
;   dustem_read_mix
;
; PURPOSE:
;   reads information relating to the grain mixture
;   from the corresponding .DAT file
;
; CATEGORY:
;    DustEMWrap, Distributed, LowLevel, Initialization
;
; CALLING SEQUENCE:
;   st=dustem_read_mix(file)
;
; INPUTS:
;    file  : input file to be read
;
; OPTIONAL INPUT PARAMETERS:
;
; OUTPUTS:
;    st   : dustem data structure
;
; OPTIONAL OUTPUT PARAMETERS:
;
; ACCEPTED KEY-WORDS:
;    help     : writes this help
;
; COMMON BLOCKS:
;    None
;
; SIDE EFFECTS:
;
; RESTRICTIONS:
;    The DustEM fortran code must be installed
;    The DustEMWrap IDL code must be installed
;
; PROCEDURES AND SUBROUTINES USED:  
;
; EXAMPLES:
;
; MODIFICATION HISTORY:
;    Evolution details on the DustEMWrap gitlab.
;    See http://dustemwrap.irap.omp.eu/ for FAQ and help.  
;-
  
IF keyword_set(help) THEN BEGIN
   doc_library,'dustem_read_mix'
   full_st=0.
   goto,the_end
ENDIF

;st=''
;Nmax=10000L
;sts=strarr(Nmax)
openr,unit,file,/get_lun
  
;==read comments
str=''
first_char='#'
comments=['# File written by Dustem_wrapper on '+systime()]
Ncomments=1L
REPEAT BEGIN
  readf,unit,str
  ;print,str
  first_char=strmid(str,0,1)
  comments=[comments,str]
  IF first_char EQ '#' THEN Ncomments=Ncomments+1
ENDREP UNTIL first_char NE '#'
comments=comments[0:Ncomments-1]
;==read FMIX
;last line in previous WHILE loop is first FMIX
tmp = [double(str)]
WHILE NOT EOF(unit) DO BEGIN
  readf, unit, newline
  tmp = [tmp, newline]
ENDWHILE
fmix = tmp

;==save and return structure
full_st={file:file,fmix:fmix,comments:comments}
  
close,unit
free_lun,unit

;stop

the_end:
RETURN,full_st
  
END