Re: [Jmol-users] Important Java changes - January 2014

2013-11-06 Thread Angel Herráez
Dear all, I fully agree with Henry's considerations. This might be a nontrivial issue for the future of Jmol. On the other hand, I also hope that things may be simpler, as Nico is presenting them. I would not like to give up using the applet! Nico, I downloaded yout test signed Jmol and run a

Re: [Jmol-users] Important Java changes - January 2014

2013-11-06 Thread Nicolas Vervelle
On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 9:45 AM, Angel Herráez angel.herr...@uah.es wrote: Indeed, when I looked at the applet files, they are not dated 4 Nov as the main files, but 31 Oct, so maybe the old nonsigned files got in the package? Thanks Angel, I will look into it this evening. I made several

Re: [Jmol-users] Important Java changes - January 2014

2013-11-06 Thread Rzepa, Henry S
On 6 Nov 2013, at 08:45, Angel Herráez angel.herr...@uah.es wrote: Dear all, I fully agree with Henry's considerations. This might be a nontrivial issue for the future of Jmol. On the other hand, I also hope that things may be simpler, as Nico is presenting them. I would not like to

Re: [Jmol-users] Important Java changes - January 2014

2013-11-06 Thread Nina Jeliazkova
On 6 November 2013 11:02, Rzepa, Henry S h.rz...@imperial.ac.uk wrote: On 6 Nov 2013, at 08:45, Angel Herráez angel.herr...@uah.es wrote: Dear all, I fully agree with Henry's considerations. This might be a nontrivial issue for the future of Jmol. On the other hand, I also hope that

Re: [Jmol-users] Important Java changes - January 2014

2013-11-06 Thread Rzepa, Henry S
On 6 Nov 2013, at 09:20, Nina Jeliazkova jeliazkova.n...@gmail.com wrote: JavaScript is pretty much catching up in speed and ubiquity. Many benchmarks point in this direction http://benchmarksgame.alioth.debian.org/u64/benchmark.php?test=alllang=v8lang2=javadata=u64 Best regards,

Re: [Jmol-users] Important Java changes - January 2014

2013-11-06 Thread sw
Although Jsmol is impressive, far too often I get 'script taking too long' messages from the browser, so although I believe the future of Jmol lies in Jsmol, I woul not like to lose the java applet at this time simply because of supposed security threats... Cheers Simon Quoting Rzepa,

Re: [Jmol-users] Important Java changes - January 2014

2013-11-06 Thread Dave Howorth
Nicolas Vervelle wrote: On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 8:11 AM, Rzepa, Henry S h.rz...@imperial.ac.ukwrote: I think this is great for testing, but what will happen in “production mode” Inevitably when one talks to large organisations (as I did with the ACS and RSC), they ask “what will our lawyers

Re: [Jmol-users] Important Java changes - January 2014

2013-11-06 Thread Rzepa, Henry S
We have a similar problem at Imperial College in our finance division. On line access to the accounting system is via a Java applet! At the moment, this is self-signed, and so they have the same problem as Jmol has. One presumes that anything to do with finance will have to be carefully

Re: [Jmol-users] Important Java changes - January 2014

2013-11-06 Thread sw
I have been in touch with an organization that is prepared to sponsor the certification - i.e. they will donate the money - but it is unlikely that they would want the certificate in their name, partly because of the legal considerations and partly because they feel strongly that such

Re: [Jmol-users] Important Java changes - January 2014

2013-11-06 Thread Nicolas Vervelle
On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 1:00 PM, s...@publcif.co.uk wrote: Although Jmol is opensource, I assume the certificate isnt, so there shouldnt be an issue with anyone modifying the Jmol source and putting it out with the same certificate - pointless exercise otherwise? I think that the

[Jmol-users] Fwd: Jmol-users Digest, Vol 90, Issue 23

2013-11-06 Thread Craig T Martin
If I might interject - code signing and the lot should be viewed as a short term (and poor) solution to this problem. First, I'd like to thank Bob and all of you for moving in the javascript direction, away from Java. Absent in this discussion is a thread ongoing about the security threats

Re: [Jmol-users] Super Simple JSMol

2013-11-06 Thread Robert Hanson
still a problem? I just tested it with my 1st-gen iPad with Safari and it was fine. On Mon, Nov 4, 2013 at 11:32 AM, Philip Bays pb...@saintmarys.edu wrote: I have been out of the loop for a while taking care of my wife who has a broken and repaired knee cap. I knew we ought to pay off

Re: [Jmol-users] Important Java changes - January 2014

2013-11-06 Thread Robert Hanson
we will be experimenting with trusted-certificate code signing today. Stay tuned! On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 4:11 AM, Nicolas Vervelle nverve...@gmail.comwrote: On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 1:00 PM, s...@publcif.co.uk wrote: Although Jmol is opensource, I assume the certificate isnt, so there

Re: [Jmol-users] Super Simple JSMol

2013-11-06 Thread Bays Philip
Bob: Sorry that my first message is not clear. Safari on iOS devices works fine. it is Safari on my laptop and desktop that has the problem. But it is consistently solved by opening, and keeping open, the error console?? On Nov 6, 2013, at 9:07 AM, Robert Hanson hans...@stolaf.edu wrote:

Re: [Jmol-users] Super Simple JSMol

2013-11-06 Thread Otis Rothenberger
Bob and Phil, It does not work for me either in Safari for Mavericks, but know this: Safari for Mavericks (iPad aside) is a JSmol disaster. I'm literally rewriting our whole virtual model kit to deal with the quirks. I don't think these are JSmol problems or bugs. This version of Safari is

Re: [Jmol-users] Super Simple JSMol

2013-11-06 Thread Otis Rothenberger
Phil, I noticed this console behavior with several of my scripting problems. With the console open, the problems got better. This sounds like timing issues - i.e. the console feed is letting things catch up. Bob, does calculate partialCharge run in a separate thread? Otis -- Otis

Re: [Jmol-users] Super Simple JSMol

2013-11-06 Thread J. Bays
It works on iOS devices, but not OS. J. Philip Bays Emeritus Professor of Chemistry Saint Mary's College Notre Dame, IN 46556 Sent from my iPhone On Nov 6, 2013, at 9:07 AM, Robert Hanson hans...@stolaf.edu wrote: still a problem? I just tested it with my 1st-gen iPad with Safari and it was

Re: [Jmol-users] Super Simple JSMol

2013-11-06 Thread Robert Hanson
Otis, don't try to solve this problem yourself. I have access to plenty of Macs. Point me to the simplest pages you can conjure up that cause the problem and let me fix it. No rogue hacks, please! This one sounds like a bug in the asynchronous scripting components of Jmol within the Java-derived

Re: [Jmol-users] Super Simple JSMol

2013-11-06 Thread Robert Hanson
There is one and only one thread. However, there are several tricks that I use now to fake threads -- script interruptions that save their exact state and restart when a thread is complete. There are several tests at my site that use threads. I would like you to try and report back on them. These

Re: [Jmol-users] Super Simple JSMol

2013-11-06 Thread Otis Rothenberger
Bob, OK, you've been right on this point in the past (100% right!), but remember these are Mavericks Safari problems - not Chrome and FF. I'm not sure about MSIE. To work on this, I've been bouncing around versions of JSmol. Right now the version that you put up yesterday does not load on

Re: [Jmol-users] Super Simple JSMol

2013-11-06 Thread Otis Rothenberger
Dang! When I put the JavaScript console up, it loads on Maverick Safari. Timing... Otis -- Otis Rothenberger o...@chemagic.com http://chemagic.com On Nov 6, 2013, at 11:00 AM, Otis Rothenberger osrot...@chemagic.com wrote: Bob, OK, you've been right on this point in the past (100%

Re: [Jmol-users] Super Simple JSMol

2013-11-06 Thread Philip Bays
Bob: On both of these links, the jmol window does not open unless I have the error console turned on. When it is on, the center column links seem to work. On Nov 6, 2013, at 10:44 AM, Robert Hanson hans...@stolaf.edu wrote: There is one and only one thread. However, there are several tricks

Re: [Jmol-users] Super Simple JSMol

2013-11-06 Thread Robert Hanson
Just for reference, I would like comments specifically based on http://chemapps.stolaf.edu/jmol/zip/jmol-13.3.9_2013.11.06.zip Anything older than that will just confuse the issue. Obviously something broke Bob On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 8:08 AM, Otis Rothenberger osrot...@chemagic.comwrote:

Re: [Jmol-users] Super Simple JSMol

2013-11-06 Thread Robert Hanson
When you say error console, what are you talking about exactly? On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 8:12 AM, Philip Bays pb...@saintmarys.edu wrote: Bob: On both of these links, the jmol window does not open unless I have the error console turned on. When it is on, the center column links seem to

Re: [Jmol-users] Super Simple JSMol

2013-11-06 Thread Philip Bays
I observe the same by turning on the “Show Error Console” . The page then loads. On Nov 6, 2013, at 11:08 AM, Otis Rothenberger osrot...@chemagic.com wrote: Dang! When I put the JavaScript console up, it loads on Maverick Safari. Timing... Otis -- Otis Rothenberger

Re: [Jmol-users] Super Simple JSMol

2013-11-06 Thread Philip Bays
In the Safari develop menu item (across the top) which you need to turn on in preferences, there is an item called Show Error Console”. On Nov 6, 2013, at 11:14 AM, Robert Hanson hans...@stolaf.edu wrote: When you say error console, what are you talking about exactly? On Wed, Nov 6, 2013

Re: [Jmol-users] Super Simple JSMol

2013-11-06 Thread Robert Hanson
How inconvenient! A bug that requires that bug reporting is off! On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 8:17 AM, Philip Bays pb...@saintmarys.edu wrote: In the Safari develop menu item (across the top) which you need to turn on in preferences, there is an item called Show Error Console”. On Nov 6, 2013,

Re: [Jmol-users] Super Simple JSMol

2013-11-06 Thread Philip Bays
Once the applet is loaded (with the error console on) things seem to work, though rather clunky. On Nov 6, 2013, at 11:20 AM, Robert Hanson hans...@stolaf.edu wrote: Other links work just fine, though, right? Just the center ones I listed are problematic? Or the applet does not work at all?

Re: [Jmol-users] Super Simple JSMol

2013-11-06 Thread Robert Hanson
But straight-up fresh-start Maverick Safari just never shows the JSapp at all? And, when the console is opened, there are no reports there? On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 8:21 AM, Philip Bays pb...@saintmarys.edu wrote: Once the applet is loaded (with the error console on) things seem to work,

Re: [Jmol-users] Super Simple JSMol

2013-11-06 Thread Robert Hanson
Other links work just fine, though, right? Just the center ones I listed are problematic? Or the applet does not work at all? On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 8:18 AM, Philip Bays pb...@saintmarys.edu wrote: I observe the same by turning on the “Show Error Console” . The page then loads. On Nov 6,

Re: [Jmol-users] Super Simple JSMol

2013-11-06 Thread Philip Bays
On looking at the console more closely, the item that is colored red in the console seems to be “get-js” which shows a status of 503. Not sure what that means. However, repeated loading of the page shows the timing on that item varying from 55 ms to over 2 sec. On Nov 6, 2013, at 11:20

[Jmol-users] mailing list digest behavior

2013-11-06 Thread Koes, David
Would it be possible to change the digest_size_threshold to zero for the jmol-users mailing list? I've lost count of the number of digests I have received today, some with only a single message (often a very small message with lots of quoted text). This kinda eliminates the benefit of

Re: [Jmol-users] Super Simple JSMol

2013-11-06 Thread Otis Rothenberger
Bob, I'm running 2013.11.05. I'll change it after I send this. Currently, you can see one of the problems, again on Mavericks Safari. Click the Edit button and do an H click replacement with C. It replaces the H with C, then freezes. It's choking on a message call back that does some

Re: [Jmol-users] mailing list digest behavior

2013-11-06 Thread Nicolas Vervelle
Hi, I changed its value to 500k instead of the previous 30k, it should reduce the number of mails (I don't want mails to become too big) For people posting in the list : when you reply to a post/thread, please only keep the relevant parts of the previous posts. It helps a lot reducing the size

Re: [Jmol-users] mailing list digest behavior

2013-11-06 Thread Angel Herráez
I've just changed it to zero as you requested, David Will it work? Hope so. It was set at 500 kB, which seems ample enough -- November Webinars for C, C++, Fortran Developers Accelerate application performance with

Re: [Jmol-users] mailing list digest behavior

2013-11-06 Thread Bays Philip
My mailing list problem is that I never see my own posts. What have I got set wrong? On Nov 6, 2013, at 12:15 PM, Angel Herráez angel.herr...@uah.es wrote: I've just changed it to zero as you requested, David Will it work? Hope so. It was set at 500 kB, which seems ample enough

Re: [Jmol-users] mailing list digest behavior

2013-11-06 Thread Nicolas Vervelle
This is an option that you can set for yourself : by default, own posts are not sent. On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 6:17 PM, Bays Philip pb...@saintmarys.edu wrote: My mailing list problem is that I never see my own posts. What have I got set wrong? On Nov 6, 2013, at 12:15 PM, Angel Herráez

Re: [Jmol-users] mailing list digest behavior

2013-11-06 Thread Nicolas Vervelle
Hi Angel, It was at 500k because I had just changed it from 30k I don't know about letting it at 0, I'm afraid about mails becoming too big if there's a lot of traffic one day. Nico On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 6:15 PM, Angel Herráez angel.herr...@uah.es wrote: I've just changed it to zero as you

Re: [Jmol-users] Super Simple JSMol

2013-11-06 Thread Robert Hanson
First check -- this has nothing to do with the console. It's a null pointer exception within Jmol. On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 8:48 AM, Philip Bays pb...@saintmarys.edu wrote: On looking at the console more closely, the item that is colored red in the console seems to be “get-js” which shows a

Re: [Jmol-users] mailing list digest behavior

2013-11-06 Thread Angel Herráez
Philip, What I see in the list config is: Default options for new members joining this list. (Details for new_member_options) [ ] Do not send a copy of a member's own post which is not ticked, so you should receive them. I can't find any other options.

Re: [Jmol-users] mailing list digest behavior

2013-11-06 Thread Bays Philip
Hmmm. I had the following set to yes and was not getting the messages. I have now set it to no to see what happens. But the statement indicates that posts are normally sent. Phil Receive your own posts to the list? Ordinarily, you will get a copy of every message you post to the list. If

Re: [Jmol-users] mailing list digest behavior

2013-11-06 Thread Nicolas Vervelle
Strange, I didn't check before posted, I assumed the list was configured not to send own posts, but it seems false apparently. I don't know... Nico On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 6:43 PM, Bays Philip pb...@saintmarys.edu wrote: Hmmm. I had the following set to yes and was not getting the messages.

Re: [Jmol-users] mailing list digest behavior

2013-11-06 Thread Bays Philip
Well, I have set it to no and will see if I see this post:-) On Nov 6, 2013, at 12:49 PM, Nicolas Vervelle nverve...@gmail.com wrote: Strange, I didn't check before posted, I assumed the list was configured not to send own posts, but it seems false apparently. I don't know... Nico

Re: [Jmol-users] Super Simple JSMol

2013-11-06 Thread Otis Rothenberger
Bob, I put 13.3.9_2013.11.06 on: http://chemistry.illinoisstate.edu/osrothen/JSmolVMK.htm To reiterate, if you get it loaded by using the Safari Error Console trick, then the following problem can be observed: You can see one of the problems, again on Mavericks Safari. Click the Edit button

Re: [Jmol-users] mailing list digest behavior

2013-11-06 Thread Fco. Javier Modrego
Well at the moment we, digests subscribers, have had 26 digests today, most with a single message... Something is broken!! Dr. F.J. Modrego Department of Inorganic Chemistry Facultad de Ciencias University of Zaragoza 50009 ZARAGOZA SPAIN Tel 34-976-762288 Fax 34-976-761187 E-mail:

Re: [Jmol-users] mailing list digest behavior

2013-11-06 Thread Nicolas Vervelle
It's probably due to the temporary setup with 0. It should be better now, tell us if it's still going on. On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 7:11 PM, Fco. Javier Modrego modr...@unizar.eswrote: Well at the moment we, digests subscribers, have had 26 digests today, most with a single message... Something