On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 3:33 PM, Xavier Prat-Resina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > OpenBabel reads the Alchemy format > > http://openbabel.org/wiki/Alchemy > > which makes me wonder if Jmol could use the versatility of Open Babel and > avoid writing new code.
It's very easy to write a file reader -- I realize there might seem to be an advantage to using other libraries, but the sorts of things we do with symmetry and embedded scripts and such have convinced me that taking the time to make a new reader is still the best way. I'm happy to make an alchemy reader, especially if it's just that simple format -- I just want to know what it is before I write it and then discover some odd sort of nuance I missed -- like the atom name CAR is really one of a select set of possible names, not just someone's ad hoc designation for "aromatic carbon" Bob > > Xavier > > On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 3:36 PM, Angel Herráez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Philip Bays wrote: >> >> > As I recall, Alchemy was a program for the Mac back in the early 90's >> > that Tripos sold. I thought it had gone out of existence. Is it >> > still available, or has it been reborn? >> >> Oh, that may be why I can't find hardly any info on this format. >> >> A user posted in this list a question about Jmol reading this file format >> incorrectly. He is using some old *.alc file for a dummy molecule. >> >> Apparently RasMol supports the format. >> >> Let's wait for more user feedback. >> Thanks, Phil. >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> SF.Net email is Sponsored by MIX09, March 18-20, 2009 in Las Vegas, >> Nevada. >> The future of the web can't happen without you. Join us at MIX09 to help >> pave the way to the Next Web now. Learn more and register at >> >> http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;208669438;13503038;i?http://2009.visitmix.com/ >> _______________________________________________ >> Jmol-users mailing list >> Jmol-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jmol-users >> > > > > -- > Xavier Prat-Resina > Research Associate > Journal of Chemical Education and University of Wisconsin > 209 N. Brooks St. Madison, WI 53715-1116 > > Tel: 608 8901702 // Fax: 608 2627145 > e-mail: xavier ( ) chem.wisc.edu ; skype: xavierprat > http://x.prat.resina.googlepages.com > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > SF.Net email is Sponsored by MIX09, March 18-20, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada. > The future of the web can't happen without you. Join us at MIX09 to help > pave the way to the Next Web now. Learn more and register at > http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;208669438;13503038;i?http://2009.visitmix.com/ > _______________________________________________ > Jmol-users mailing list > Jmol-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jmol-users > > -- Robert M. Hanson Professor of Chemistry St. Olaf College 1520 St. Olaf Ave. Northfield, MN 55057 http://www.stolaf.edu/people/hansonr phone: 507-786-3107 If nature does not answer first what we want, it is better to take what answer we get. -- Josiah Willard Gibbs, Lecture XXX, Monday, February 5, 1900 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SF.Net email is Sponsored by MIX09, March 18-20, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The future of the web can't happen without you. Join us at MIX09 to help pave the way to the Next Web now. Learn more and register at http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;208669438;13503038;i?http://2009.visitmix.com/ _______________________________________________ Jmol-users mailing list Jmol-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jmol-users
