at 10.45a EDT on 2004 February 15 Sunday Jan Reichert said: > Miguel Howard wrote: > > >>>Let's start by agreeing on what a right-handed system is ... then we > >>>will go from there. > >>> > >>take your right hand in front of you and orthogonally spread thumb, > >>forefinger, mid finger > >> > > > >That is a good start :-) > > > >Next, we need agreement on which finger represents which axis. > > > lets use the ascii order function :-) > Regards, Jan >
this is fun :-) but which way should my palm be facing - toward me or away? the more comfortable way is away, but... assuming each finger points in the positive direction, that puts +X to the left, and that seems wrong. but maybe too much Chime exposure? finding it difficult type with only my left hand, :tim -- timothy driscoll molvisions - molecular graphics & visualization <http://www.molvisions.com/> usa:north carolina:wake forest ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net is sponsored by: Speed Start Your Linux Apps Now. Build and deploy apps & Web services for Linux with a free DVD software kit from IBM. Click Now! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id56&alloc_id438&op=click _______________________________________________ Jmol-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jmol-users