5 files changed, 39 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 365a325f..8aba93d1 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Type: Package
 Title: Routines for Fitting Kinetic Models with One or More State
   Variables to Chemical Degradation Data
 Version: 0.9-40.900
-Date: 2015-10-16
+Date: 2015-10-19
 Authors@R: c(person("Johannes", "Ranke", role = c("aut", "cre", "cph"), 
                     email = "jranke@uni-bremen.de"),
              person("Katrin", "Lindenberger", role = "ctb"),
diff --git a/NAMESPACE b/NAMESPACE
index cac85362..87d27717 100644
--- a/NAMESPACE
+++ b/NAMESPACE
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # Export all names
 exportPattern(".")
+S3method(print, mkinmod)
 S3method(plot, mkinfit)
 S3method(summary, mkinfit)
 S3method(print, summary.mkinfit)
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index cfaccc7a..1f0fdab7 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 
 - Use an index.r file to group help topics in static documentation
 
+- Add a printing method for mkinmod objects
+
 ## mkin 0.9-40 (2015-07-21)
 
 ### Bug fixes
diff --git a/R/mkinmod.R b/R/mkinmod.R
index 27716899..27b8410d 100644
--- a/R/mkinmod.R
+++ b/R/mkinmod.R
@@ -353,4 +353,20 @@ mkinmod <- function(..., use_of_ff = "min", speclist = NULL, quiet = FALSE, verb
   class(model) <- "mkinmod"
   return(model)
 }
+
+print.mkinmod <- function(x, ...) {
+  cat("<mkinmod> model generated with\n")
+  cat("Use of formation fractions $use_of_ff:", x$use_of_ff, "\n")
+  cat("Specification $spec:\n")
+  for (obs in names(x$spec)) {
+    cat("$", obs, "\n", sep = "")
+    spl <- x$spec[[obs]]
+    cat("$type:", spl$type)
+    if (!is.null(spl$to)) cat(", $to: ", spl$to, ", $sink: ", spl$sink, sep = "")
+    if (!is.null(spl$full_name)) if (!is.na(spl$full_name)) cat(", $full_name:", spl$full_name)
+    cat("\n")
+  }
+  if (is.matrix(x$coefmat)) cat("Coefficient matrix $coefmat available\n")
+  if (!is.null(x$cf)) cat("Compiled model $cf available\n")  
+}
 # vim: set foldmethod=marker ts=2 sw=2 expandtab:
diff --git a/man/print.mkinmod.Rd b/man/print.mkinmod.Rd
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fa02c1cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/man/print.mkinmod.Rd
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+\name{print.mkinmod}
+\alias{print.mkinmod}
+\title{
+  Print mkinmod objects
+}
+\description{
+  Print mkinmod objects in a way that the user finds his way to get to its components.
+}
+\usage{
+\method{print}{mkinmod}(x, ...)
+}
+\arguments{
+  \item{x}{
+    An \code{\link{mkinmod}} object.
+  }
+  \item{\dots}{
+    Not used.
+  }
+}