at 2:24 pm EDT on (Wednesday) 19 November 2003 Miguel said: > Chime has an extended command called 'scale3d' > [...] > > Q: When scale3d is specified, does that mean that 'zoom' is disabled? > > Q: If zoom is not disabled, does 'zoom 100' return to the original > scale3d parameter? > > Q: Is there no script command available to provide the same > functionality? > > Q: Should there be a script command that provides the same > functionality? > I have never used the Chime 'extended' commands, so this is the only question I can answer definitively ;-). yes, scale3d should be a script command of some sort - it sounds like a potentially useful option.
another nice option is "synch" which directs mouse actions to all available instances of Chime (Windows only). this is nice for concurrent zooming and moving. I don't recall if it is applicable to script commands, and I don't find any documentation. I can look some more unless someone else jumps in here... > > On further investigation I see that the following chime extensions are > all done as attributes to the <embed> tag scale3d, color3d, options3d > > And I will be more blunt ... to me that seems like the *wrong* way to > do it. There is already a mechanism for controlling these kinds of > things ... the scripting language. What is the value of introducing > another mechanism that uses another syntax and is less flexible? > might be leftovers from version 1 that did not support scripting? not sure. > If at all possible, I do not want to introduce these things as applet > parameters. > > What do you think about adding them to the scripting language instead? > I support implementing them as script commands. (I assume the chime2jmol.pl script would take these from the embed tag and add them to the script param?) :tim -- timothy driscoll molvisions - molecular graphics & visualization <http://www.molvisions.com/> usa:north carolina:wake forest ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. Does SourceForge.net help you be more productive? Does it help you create better code? SHARE THE LOVE, and help us help YOU! Click Here: http://sourceforge.net/donate/ _______________________________________________ Jmol-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jmol-users
