hi Miguel, at 12:31 pm EDT on (Thursday) 20 November 2003 Miguel said:
> Folks, > > Forgive me in advance, but ask some questions and blow off a little > steam .... I am feeling somewhat frustrated ... certainly not at anyone > in particular, but just in general. > > I frankly do not understand how 'alternate locations' could be that > important. > > Why wasn't it in earlier versons of RasMol? > > Does it exist in Chime? ... I seriously doubt it. > > Why is it that yesterday is the first time I have ever heard of such a > thing? > there are so many powerful features to be incorporated, and this project is very exciting. frankly, this is the first time I have been able to speak to mol vis software developers and hear rationale and thoughtful things back. any intensity on my part is due to pure enthusiasm. your stated short-term goal is compatibility with the basic Chime and RasMol functionality. in this context, after reading your bug report, I believe you filed it appropriately. I apologize for responding on the list without having read your report closely. in my opinion... > Is it more important than > - CONECT record support? no. > - ssbond stuff? no. > - nucleotide base stuff? no. > - hydrogen bond stuff? no. > - multiple models? parity. > - animations? yes. > - ... support for script access to other atom primitives? no. > Listen, I really want and *need* input from the user community ... > - I have taken Jmol-as-Chime-replacement about as far as I can on my own > part of the 'problem' is that there is a lot of cool stuff that Chime can *not* do (like alternate conformations, as far as I know). I get carried away sometimes; others may as well. ;-) I will make a huge effort to restrain my comments until the 'replacement' chores are wrapping up. > - there is no product specification > (the things that are completed are the things that I could > understand in the RasMol v2.6 documentation) > LOL. I hear you. one of the biggest features of JMol would be a tech spec describing its command language. there are incomplete and incorrect docs at various places - openrasmol.org, umass.edu/rasmol, and mdlchime.com. generally I look at these, then end up working under trial-and-error. it sucks. but I understand that producing a tech doc like this is a thankless task and unexciting, I'm sure. > - there is no product manager > - I am not a chemist > I am a biochemist with some affinity for chemistry (I completed a masters degree in a chemistry lab on a biochemistry project). I will help in any way I can. there are bound to be differences in opinion on what constitutes a 'must-have'feature and what can wait a while. > - I am not familiar with the application space > - I have never written a Chime script > then you haven't really lived. ;-) > - nobody is paying me any money > - I am doing this for fun :-) > I hope it still is! I just got here... > - I would *love* to have someone maintain the priority list for me > I will be happy to volunteer, based on my own experience and feedback from the user and developer communities. > I will do my best to try to keep making forward progress. > progress has been remarkable in my opinion. keep up the excellent work! regards, :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
