On May 23, 2007, at 6:59 PM, Bob Hanson wrote: > Timothy Driscoll wrote: >> >>> But if you can figure out a scheme that would be reasonable in >>> terms of >>> setting up this function wihtin Jmol -- I would want it to be >>> possible >>> to designate what applets are to be synced, not just "all applets >>> on the >>> page" -- then I can see if I can implement it. Maybe some >>> interesting >>> issues there. >>> >> I can think about it, sure. I don't really see a problem with >> synching all applets on a page; that would be much simpler anyway. >> >> > What I meant by that was that Chime didn't have the wide-ranging > capability that Jmol has. So it's not as simple as sending "the > user now > moved the mouse HERE" to the other applets. You would need to address > issues such as: > > Do moveto, zoomto, navigate, translate, etc. all get synched, or is it > just the mouse? > Is it the entire orientation that is being synched (zoom and all)? > Does spinning get synched? Does it get turned on automatically in > other > applets? > How does one recognize which applet is the controller applet, and > which > are followers? > What happens when a new file gets loaded in one of the applets? > hmm. are you listing these as programming issues that must to be addressed, or are these ways you would want to extend a synch command, to make it more powerful? if the former, I see your point. it would not be as straightforward as it seems from the user end.
> It would be interesting to see a page with this working in Chime > just to > see how/if those programmers addressed these issues. > The preliminary work I did mostly convinced me that it is no simple > matter to do this right. > this only worked on Windows Chime, so sadly, I did not have too much experience with it. :-( but for multiple structures on the same page, it always seemed like a useful feature. tim -- Timothy Driscoll em: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Virginia Bioinformatics Institute ph: 540-231-3007 Bioinformatics I: M-1 im: molvisions Washington St., Blacksburg, VA 24061 04-16-07. We will not forget you. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Jmol-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jmol-users
