I am in the process of adding support for aromatic bonds in Jmol. These questions are about graphical representations for aromatic bonds.
I believe that the normal way to represent aromatic bonds is to have a solid line and a dashed/broken line. With this representation, the dashed line/cylinder is on the *inside* of the ring. Q: Does this kind of representation have a name? Q: If a bond participates in more than one aromatic ring, is there a 'correct' side to put the dotted line on? The other representation I have seen is single solid lines with a circle in the center. Q: Does this kind of representation have a name? I have been told that this format is 'less acceptable' to some publications and perhaps standards-organizations. Perhaps because it gives wrong impression for bonds that participate in more than one aromatic ring. Q: Is it true that this graphical rendering is less acceptable to publishers/international standards organizations? Q: For the purposes of Jmol, do we care? Both of these representations require me to calculate the 'inside' of the ring. In my search for a simple solution ... Q: Is there an acceptable graphical representation for aromatic bonds that does not require me to calculate the inside of the ring? Thanks, Miguel ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials. Become an expert in LINUX or just sharpen your skills. Sign up for IBM's Free Linux Tutorials. Learn everything from the bash shell to sys admin. Click now! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1278&alloc_id=3371&op=click _______________________________________________ Jmol-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jmol-users
