While the plotting functionality may not be directly molecular-centric, I don't see how it detracts from Jmol. If the program were to become "bloat-ware" then yes, of course, that's a problem. For the moment it seems to be constrained within the bounds of scientific functionalities that many of us will use and/or be interested in. I think having flexible 3D surface descriptors and routines may prove to be very useful in ways that may not be fully appreciated as yet -- I'd vote for keeping it all in one package for the time being!
-Tom On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 12:22 PM, Robert Hanson <[email protected]> wrote: > Rich, > > Good point. > > Yes, yes. I was just thinking the same thought this morning myself. It's > nice that the Sage community has caught on to how useful Jmol is for general > surface display. If the Jmol community, though, feels that displaying data > in graphical form is outside the bounds of the project, they should speak > up, and a new SourceForge project could be started that starts with what we > have in Jmol but pulls out all the molecular business and focuses on the > mathematical. > > So far all the additions that have helped Sage have also been a benefit for > general molecular surface drawing -- the ability to draw contours, better > mesh drawing, consolidation in code of pmesh and isosurface. These are all > modifications that have helped all. > > But I agree, the business with axes and tics and such is pretty far afield > of the core Jmol mission. > > Bob > > > > On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 1:01 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> As interesting as it is to plot stuff I really don't see the purpose of >> putting time and effort into making Jmol a generic 3D plotting program. >> Maybe if its abilities and interface were perfected for plotting molecules >> (large and small) then there might be some impetus to create Jplot (or >> something) to be able to plot any 3D surface with intelligent tic marks >> and axis selection etc. >> >> Rich >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Verizon Developer Community >> Take advantage of Verizon's best-in-class app development support >> A streamlined, 14 day to market process makes app distribution fast and >> easy >> Join now and get one step closer to millions of Verizon customers >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-dev2dev >> _______________________________________________ >> Jmol-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> 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 > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Verizon Developer Community > Take advantage of Verizon's best-in-class app development support > A streamlined, 14 day to market process makes app distribution fast and > easy > Join now and get one step closer to millions of Verizon customers > http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > Jmol-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jmol-users > >
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