I'll need some specific file examples, please.

Angel Herráez wrote:

>According to a previous report of mine (which went into doc. in the  Wiki)
>http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/msg09232.html
>in MOL format files, bond type 8 (described as "any") used to be interpreted 
>by Jmol as 
>partial bond. Now I see it is not so; bond is not drawn.
>
>I'd like to know if this is intended, or I was wrong, or it is a bug in recent 
>versions.
>11.5.46 and 11.4.5 do not draw any bonds for type 8
>11.3.11 draws them as partially double, or no bond, depending on the atom or 
>its 
>neighbors?.
>
>I understand that since MDL doc does not assign "partial" meaning to type 8, 
>if may be more 
>sensible for Jmol not to interpret as so. However, no bond at all where a bond 
>is specified is 
>not a faithful solution either.
>
>While I am at it, I also see that type 4 (aromatic) is rendered as partially 
>double by 11.3.11 
>but as alternating single and double bonds by 11.4.5. I guess that's a 
>conscious 
>consequence of the recent "aromatic" and "calculate aromatic" commands, right?
>I'd rather prefer that the aromatic-specified bonds are drawn as partially 
>double, but I won't 
>push for it. Just want to mention is case it is an inadvertent change.
>
>Well, there's even more. Here's a summary across versions:
>
>bond type 4
>11.3.11:  aromatic (partially double)
>11.4.5:  alernating single and double bonds
>11.5.46dev (8 july 08):  aromatic (partially double)
>
>bond type 8
>11.3.11: partially double !!
>11.4.5: no bond
>11.5.46dev (8 july 08): no bond in some cases, double in others!!
>
>I also note that in 11.5.46, some single bonds are drawn as double
>
>
>
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