Angel, I think the problem is that Google is not picking it up somehow. We
need the link on whatever pages Google is sending people to.
2012/1/31 Angel Herráez <angel.herr...@uah.es>
> Hi again Ted
>
> > I certainly was missing that documentation all together.
> > To my mind, the offical documentation was rooted at
> > http://jmol.sourceforge.net/
> > That did not particulary direct me to the documentation at stolaf.eduthat I
> > can recall.
> > Perhaps it does and I missed it.
>
> Let's see, Ted. If you still think that route is not clear, please
> advice to impove it. This is what we have:
>
> Jmol main website: http://jmol.org
> (which leads to http://jmol.sourceforge.net/ )
>
> Top-right menu: "Documentation"
> then: "Scripting for Jmol > Scripting Documentation"
> "This interactive online documentation is the reference guide for all
> commands ..."
>
>
> Back to home page, down the page:
> "Learn to use Jmol > Manuals and tutorials"
> "Finally, there is a documentation section in this web site, for more
> technical details."
>
>
>
> Is that not clear? If you did not find it, maybe others won't wither.
> Please suggest.
>
>
>
> > There is another issue that I think confronts most new users and that
> > is the relationship in Jmol between Java (and the java plugin provided
> by each
> > browser publisher), Jmol Scripting (with it's
> > historical relationship with Chime and Rasmol Scripting) and the
> > Javascript interface. One can easily get confused when reading
> documentation
> > and you don't have a grip on which context the documentation is written
> for.
>
> You might be right. This is not an easy issue. Again, suggestions are
> welcome, as well as collaboration. I feel that Jmol documentation is
> to a lower standard than Jmol features; that's due to lack of
> manpower --or womanpower. I do what I can in that respect. It's hard
> to match the coding developers efficiency ;-)
>
> 1. "most new users" should not need to worry about Java (other than
> having it installed o their computer). There is nothing involving the
> Java language.
>
> 2. The Javascript interface is a way to more easily insert and access
> Jmol applets and pass to it the scripting language.
>
> 3. The scripting is th part one must learn by study and testing, and
> where all the power of Jmol is. But still quite a few things can be
> achieved with very little scripting, for basic display. Then you
> quickly grow greedy :) and MUST learn the language!
>
>
> > I have been spending most of my time in the javascript interface which I
> think
> > is documented at the sourceforge site rather than the stolaf site
>
> That's right, because it is just so, an interface. To the scripting.
>
>
> > interface looses most of it's power if I don't understand what's on the
> otherside
> > of it and available in the Jmol Scripting context. It seems like two
> seperate worlds
> > with two pretty seperate sets of documentation, but to use the full
> power of Jmol
> > I need to know both and I need to not be confused about what is a
> javascript interface
> > method and what is a Jmol scripting function (if I even have that
> nomenclature correct).
>
> Yes you have. Every Javascipt function (or call) takes a "script"
> argument. That's the link between both "worlds". You have the
> steering wheel and the pedals, but then there is the engine hidden
> somewhere under the trunk :)
>
> I'd guess that different people learn Jmol in different ways.
>
>
> Ah, there another little mentioned but worthy tool: the Export to Web
> interface included in the Jmol application. It lets you play in Jmol,
> menu and scripting, and then produces a basic webpage for you that
> includes what you have done.
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Keep Your Developer Skills Current with LearnDevNow!
> The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers
> is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3,
> Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now!
> http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-d2d
> _______________________________________________
> 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
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Keep Your Developer Skills Current with LearnDevNow!
The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers
is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3,
Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now!
http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-d2d
_______________________________________________
Jmol-users mailing list
Jmol-users@lists.sourceforge.net
https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jmol-users
