Eric wrote:

> In Chime (and RasMol), both monitor lines and labels follow the colors
> of  the respective atoms by default. Each monitor line by default is two
>  colors: half the color of each of the two atoms it connects. The
> distance  number seems to be colored arbitrarily by the color of the
> atom which is  leftmost at the time the monitor is created.

OK. So it sounds like the same code that is used to draw bonds.

Q: Can 'monitors' have a thickness/radius associated with them?

Q: Can monitors be drawn with dotted lines?

> The commands "color monitors colorname/value" and "color labels
> colorname/value" can be used to color all EXISTING monitors with
> colorname/value. However, subsequently added monitors still default to
> atom  colors. Issuing a new "color monitors" command colors ALL existing
>  monitors, so you can't make monitors have more than one non-atom color
> as  far as I know.

Q: Do you think that this behavior is a 'feature' or a 'bug'?

> Labels behave slightly differently. By default, they inherit the colors
> of  the atoms they label.

Understood. For compatibility Jmol does this too.

> "color labels" then colors not only all
> existing  labels one color, but subsequently added labels.

OK

> Further, the
> distance  numbers on monitors are evidently considered "labels" and are
> colored  (differently than the monitor lines themselves) with the "color
> label"  command.
> Subsequently added monitor lines have the lines colored
> by atoms,  but the distance number colored with the previously executed
> "color labels"  command.

:-)

> Coloring of monitors and labels is the same whether created by mouse
> clicks  or commands.

Will send additional comments in followup to Tim Driscoll's posting.



Miguel





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