Herbert said: > I agree that the left handed rotation around Y and the -Y axis > labelling of the Y axis in the Windows version is not an ideal choice. > I propose to augment the set axes command as follows to address > these issues: > > set axes <boolean> > set axes [x <boolean>] [y <boolean>] [z <boolean>] > set axes label [-] <boolean> > set axes label [[-] x <boolean>] [[-] y <boolean>] [[-] z <boolean>]
[snip] > > which would allow the user complete control over whether axes > appear or not, over whether individual axes appear or not, over > whether all axis labels appear or not and at which end, over whether > individual axes have labels appear or not and at which end First, regarding labels ... This would certainly give complete control. And if people want this level of control then that is the way we should implement it ... in RasMol 2.7.3 *and* in Jmol. Personally, I don't see the value of enabling the axes one at a time. But if someone thinks there is value in it then we should do it. Same goes for controlling the labelling of the individual axes ... I personally don't see any value in it, but if someone can argue that it has real value then we should do it. Regarding the positioning of the label ... I would propose that they are always on the positive end of the axes. I don't think that people need to put labels on the negative ends of the axes. That presents a backwards-compatibility issue for windows, but I suggest that you should consider the windows labelling a 'bug' and therefore this change in orientation as a 'bug fix' ... no need to maintain backward compatibility. To eliminate possible confusion over the axis orientation, Jmol labels the axes as "+X", "+Y", and "+Z". That would be a change from traditional RasMol labelling, but something that you may want to consider. Miguel ------------------------------------------------------- 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_id=1356&alloc_id=3438&op=click _______________________________________________ Jmol-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jmol-users
