-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday 21 December 2004 16:26, Bob Hanson wrote: > Egon, does the "plug-in" concept then require individual client > installations of the plug-in? > My feeling is that this is fine for a local > environment but probably not for general use. (I'm also wondering if you > are referring to the Jmol applet or the Jmol application working with a > plug-in.)
Now I still forgot to mention that... :( The plugin thingy at this moment only applies to the Jmol application... > I think it would be good to explore what sorts of things the Jmol applet > can do now, things that people haven't yet capitalized on. For example: > > --Now using "show file" one can take a given server-based model, select a > subset, and deliver that set to a server for storage or to the user for > clipping into a local file. (BTW, here I can see how "show selection" would > be useful, Miguel.) I'm missing something here... why do you want to do this? > --Say you have a server that can do calculations. Using "show file" and a > bit of JavaScript one can now deliver the coordinates of any model or > portion of a model being displayed, receive a reply from the server, and do > something with that reply. (This might require framing if the > server-calculator is running from CGI.) Ah.... > --With ".loadInline()" it's possible to use Jmol in concert with any other > server-based applet or any plug-in to display whatever one likes with or > without reference to any server-based file. > > --With "show file" and ".loadInline()" it's possible to merge files or > portions of files, and display them on top of one another or side-by-side, > either individually or together. (They rotate and zoom together.) > > --With "show file" and ".loadInline()" it's possible to merge two files and > measure distances between atoms in two different models. > > --With "show file" and ".loadInline()" and maybe a bit more in the way of > something like "save orientation" and, after .loadInline(), "restore > orientation" I could imagine one could even use Jmol as a web-based > "molecular builder" application. Start with a server-side structure and > start adding groups. Yes, these are good things. These are more or less the applet equivalent of the application plugins. > I, know, I'm a JavaScript nut. But, really, this is what JavaScript was > designed to do and is perfect for -- the linking of components. I'd > encourage people with and interest in creative applications of Jmol to > consider using client-side JavaScript to directly access the Jmol applet > and try out some of these new capabilities. Applets wrapping plugins to extend the Jmol applet... yes, that might be cool :) Egon - -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] - --------------------------------------- CDK: http://cdk.sf.net/ JChemPaint: http://jchempaint.sf.net/ Jmol: http://www.jmol.org/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (SunOS) iD8DBQFByEMyd9R8I9Yza6YRAqXVAJwJjZOwukyQ/gyMw74a9tb9LKvnEACcCT19 ye6gVw3cZ5QgZnNL6pSB+bY= =5xkf -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/ _______________________________________________ Jmol-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jmol-users
