On Sep 10, 2006, at 11:49 AM, Bob Hanson wrote: > This could be done. It would be more consistent to have halos start as > the color of the atom. I like the current mechanism, gold halos as default, but I don't have strong feelings about it. so, if others want to change this behavior, that would be acceptable.
> But more generally, should there be > > select carbon > halo on > color halo red > select oxygen > halo 2.0 > color halo green > > just like wireframe or dots? > from my perspective, this may be too much detail. I think it would be useful to be able to change the color - in effect, allow one to distinguish between different sets of selections - but I can't see a strong argument for controlling halo diameter, or turning halos on independent of the selection mechanism. > And if so, then how does this relate to "set display selected" which > would also(?) use halos. > > My thought is that "set display selected" could just continue to use > standard halos, while halo on/off would be an independent beast. Or is > it important to have the colors upon selection? > it is important to have the colors on selection: select carbon color halos cyan select none set display selected select all the above should display gold halos except for carbons, which will be cyan halos. > Ah, I know. "set display selected" could use the default halo color > unless atom halo colors had been assigned or the default halo color > had > been set to "NONE". This way it is entirely backward compatible (you > couldn't set the halo color) > > Right now we have: > > color selectionHalo red > > I think the proposal here is to add: > > color selectionHalo NONE > > which makes it the underlying color of the atom's halo, if defined, or > atom if not. > yes, I like this feature (I would keep the default halo color gold, but it's not a big deal). > and > > halos on/off/diameter > color halos ..... > > which would be entirely independent things, defaulting to atom > color but > assignable. > I'm not so sure about this; it seems like it might be too much detail. but I haven't thought much on it yet so perhaps there is some utility. regards, tim -- Timothy Driscoll em: [EMAIL PROTECTED] molvisions - see. grasp. learn. ph: 919-368-2667 <http://www.molvisions.com/> im: molvisions usa:virginia:blacksburg tx: [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Anyone who considers arithmetical methods of producing random digits is, of course, in a state of sin." - J von Neumann ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Jmol-developers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jmol-developers
