From 9c1cf0ad67324fda385fdec7f3ccccba7257514c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tom Donoghue <tdonoghue.research@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2025 18:22:56 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] udpate modes

---
 specparam/modes/__init__.py    |  1 +
 specparam/modes/definitions.py | 10 ++++++++++
 specparam/modes/mode.py        |  5 ++---
 3 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/specparam/modes/__init__.py b/specparam/modes/__init__.py
index e69de29bb..038335721 100644
--- a/specparam/modes/__init__.py
+++ b/specparam/modes/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+"""Functionality related to definining fit modes."""
diff --git a/specparam/modes/definitions.py b/specparam/modes/definitions.py
index a230d46ac..d8ec53db0 100644
--- a/specparam/modes/definitions.py
+++ b/specparam/modes/definitions.py
@@ -148,3 +148,13 @@
     'skewed_gaussian' : pe_skewnorm,
     'cauchy' : pe_cauchy,
 }
+
+###################################################################################################
+## ALL MODES
+
+# Collect a store of all available modes
+
+MODES = {
+    'aperiodic' : AP_MODES,
+    'periodic' : PE_MODES,
+}
diff --git a/specparam/modes/mode.py b/specparam/modes/mode.py
index 596e6804e..15ac972ef 100644
--- a/specparam/modes/mode.py
+++ b/specparam/modes/mode.py
@@ -88,7 +88,6 @@ def n_params(self):
     def check_params(self):
         """Check the description of the parameters for the current mode."""
 
-        print('Parameters for the {} component in {} mode:'.format(\
-            self.component, self.name))
+        print('Parameters for the {} mode:'.format(self.name))
         for pkey, desc in self.params.descriptions.items():
-            print('\t{:15s} {:s}'.format(pkey, desc))
+            print('    {:15s} {:s}'.format(pkey, desc))

From 7479d7e8a164b3d017342d4e31109a245f6be64f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tom Donoghue <tdonoghue.research@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2025 18:24:16 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] add check_modes func

---
 specparam/modes/definitions.py | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+)

diff --git a/specparam/modes/definitions.py b/specparam/modes/definitions.py
index d8ec53db0..fb3de192f 100644
--- a/specparam/modes/definitions.py
+++ b/specparam/modes/definitions.py
@@ -158,3 +158,24 @@
     'aperiodic' : AP_MODES,
     'periodic' : PE_MODES,
 }
+
+
+def check_modes(component, check_params=False):
+    """Check the set of modes that are available.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    component : {'aperiodic', 'periodic'}
+        Which component to check available modes for.
+    check_params : bool, optional, default: False
+        Whether to print out information on the parameters of each mode.
+    """
+
+    print('Available {:s} modes:'.format(component))
+    for mode in ALL_MODES[component].values():
+        if not check_params:
+            print('    {:10s}    {:s}'.format(mode.name, mode.description))
+        else:
+            print('\n{:s}'.format(mode.name))
+            print('    {:s}'.format(mode.description))
+            mode.check_params()

From 8039c90b54727e686cd827cd7828933feb37e726 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tom Donoghue <tdonoghue.research@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2025 18:27:08 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] add tests for mdoes definitions

---
 specparam/modes/definitions.py            |  3 +--
 specparam/tests/modes/test_definitions.py | 11 +++++++++++
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 specparam/tests/modes/test_definitions.py

diff --git a/specparam/modes/definitions.py b/specparam/modes/definitions.py
index fb3de192f..39bcf76a4 100644
--- a/specparam/modes/definitions.py
+++ b/specparam/modes/definitions.py
@@ -153,7 +153,6 @@
 ## ALL MODES
 
 # Collect a store of all available modes
-
 MODES = {
     'aperiodic' : AP_MODES,
     'periodic' : PE_MODES,
@@ -172,7 +171,7 @@ def check_modes(component, check_params=False):
     """
 
     print('Available {:s} modes:'.format(component))
-    for mode in ALL_MODES[component].values():
+    for mode in MODES[component].values():
         if not check_params:
             print('    {:10s}    {:s}'.format(mode.name, mode.description))
         else:
diff --git a/specparam/tests/modes/test_definitions.py b/specparam/tests/modes/test_definitions.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e2300a0d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/specparam/tests/modes/test_definitions.py
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+"""Tests for specparam.modes.definitions."""
+
+from specparam.modes.definitions import *
+
+###################################################################################################
+###################################################################################################
+
+def test_check_modes():
+
+    check_modes('aperiodic')
+    check_modes('periodic')