Merge pull request #14747 from marcfehling/doc-setactivefe

Doc: Inform user how to exchange active FE indices on ghost cells.
dealii · Jan 31, 2023 · b206511 · b206511
2 parents bcacb25 + b6c1a28
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diff --git a/include/deal.II/dofs/dof_handler.h b/include/deal.II/dofs/dof_handler.h
@@ -590,7 +590,8 @@ class DoFHandler : public Subscriptor
    *
    * Active FE indices will only be set for locally owned cells. Ghost and
    * artificial cells will be ignored; no active FE index will be assigned to
-   * them.
+   * them. To exchange active FE indices on ghost cells, call distribute_dofs()
+   * afterwards.
    */
   void
   set_active_fe_indices(const std::vector<types::fe_index> &active_fe_indices);