On Mon, Nov 21, 2016 at 9:47 AM, Geoffrey Hutchison
<[email protected]> wrote:
>> is much nicer than how we did it before, and it seems like it would be
>> simple to add to CJSON.
>
> I think it's a good idea to add selection to CJSON for a few reasons. One, 
> the concept of "named selections" was in Avo1 but never really used. For 
> example, an enhanced QM (or other) generator could allow you to mark a 
> particular selection as QM/MM or support automatic fragment calculations, etc.
>
> Also, the "run" scripts could mark selected atoms in CJSON, e.g., build a 
> carbon nanotube and then allow the user to move it.

I am totally sold on adding support for it in CJSON, I can see a
number of use cases would clearly benefit.
>
>> I was going to look at adding a selection box next, and deletion of
>> selected atoms. I also need to add undo/redo support, if anyone is
>> interested in the half-working version I can share it on my fork of
>> avogadrolibs,
>
> I'd be happy to help with some of this.
>
What I have has been on my fork since last night, should get back to
some of it later, start cleaning up the branch and rounding out
initial features.

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