whenever the popup window is different, it means the state is not being 
saved correcly.

Nick Greeves wrote:

> Thanks Bob that works nicely and it even does C=O.
>
> However there is a problem with the popup window feature. It shows the 
> version with every bond aromatic rather than the desired version with 
> only double bonds. This can be fixed by "calculate aromatic" on the 
> new window but it spoils the effect of the popup window.
>
> I found that connect aromatic auto seems better in that regard. The 
> popup window is now fine
>
> Any ideas why these two behave differently with the popup window and, 
> is there a downside to using connect aromatic auto?
>
> All the best
>
> Nick
>
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> On 3 Apr 2008, at 07:43, [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> Date: Wed, 02 Apr 2008 23:00:10 -0500
>> From: Bob Hanson <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>
>> Subject: Re: [Jmol-users] Automatic generation of multiple bond types
>> To: [email protected] 
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>> Nick Greeves wrote:
>>
>>> Is there a command which will generate multiple bond types (even just 
>>
>>> double would be a start) from a structure that lacks such info e.g. 
>>
>>> .xyz ? 
>>
>>>
>> It's
>>
>> select {*} // maybe
>> connect aromatic modify
>> calculate aromatic
>>
>> The idea is that aromatic systems are conjugated systems, and Jmol knows 
>> how to follow the conjugated single/double sets in a clever way to 
>> always produce the best set of double bonds (if there is one).
>>
>> You can actually select all the atoms, but I don't recommend it, because 
>> that might throw off minimization. What I was doing for caffeine was:
>>
>> select connected(2) or connected(3) or oxygen and connected(1)
>>
>> At least that was good enough for caffeine. A general solution would be 
>> somewhat more specific -- connected(3) and (not nitrogen or nitrogen and 
>> connected({oxygen})) -- something like that. You want to include the 
>> carbonyls even though they are not technically aromatic.
>>
>> Bob
>>
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