Tim, please open a feature request, copying into it this exchange we've already had to start it off.
Thanks, Bob Timothy Driscoll wrote: >On May 24, 2007, at 9:30 AM, Bob Hanson wrote: > > > >>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? >> >> >>Timothy Driscoll wrote: >> >> >> >>>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. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>User issues. I would want to know what people wanted before starting >>into this. >> >> > >I understand. ok, here is my two cents: > >moveto, zoomto, etc - any commands that are accessible only from >command line - would not be included. those are fairly easy to >synchronize using javascript. mouse events that affect orientation >(RTZ and spin) would be included. > >when applets are synched, any applet on the page that is being >addressed by the mouse would become the controller applet. > >loading a new file would not affect the synchronization state of the >page. > > >perhaps my interpretation is too narrow, but I was investigating a >mouse synch feature only. (though I recognize that 'synch' is a broad >term; maybe 'synch mouse'?) > > >tim > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
