Amjad,
I can provide some background on the Javascript "jmolButton()" versus
"Jmol.jmolButton()" issue. The slight lack of user-friendliness in the latter
is compensated for by the efficiency and better design of an approach that
wraps all functions that interact with Jmol applets in a global "Jmol" object.
Why is it better, you ask? For one thing, for developers who make use of the
Javascript console (and I hope you are, if you're writing web pages that use
Javascript…), the Jmol object is self-documenting. Open a console, type "Jmol,"
and voila! All of its functions are listed. The Jmol object also helps JSmol
deal with Java-incapable platforms efficiently--no more "sorry, you don't have
Java installed" messages. All one needs to do is supply the Jmol object with
parameters that tell it to use HTML5 when needed, and the functions inside the
Jmol object take care of business from there. This is consistent with other
paradigms for programming in Javascript, such as those associated with jQuery
UI and Bootstrap JS.
The first paragraph of this page provides some rationale too.
Cheers, Mike
Michael Evans
Freshman Chemistry Lab Coordinator
Georgia Institute of Technology
(502) 439-2540 | [email protected]
On Sep 11, 2013, at 9:54 PM, Amjad Farooq <[email protected]> wrote:
> JSmol developers,
>
> While JSmol is very promising, two additional features that I believe will
> truly allow it to completely replace Jmol are as follows:
>
> (1) While I understand that javascript does not allow file upload or save to
> and from local machines, this feature is essential and something has to be
> done to address this shortcoming in JSmol. JSmol is too good not to have
> these basic features that any standard software should have.
>
> (2) Is it possible to provide a more user-friendly javascript syntax for
> JSmol that directly builds upon the Jmol syntax (which most of us are
> familiar with and thus would make it easier to switch between the two
> easily)? Is there a reason why Jmol commands in JSmol cannot simply carry an
> "S" in lieu of the complex syntax that we currently use. For example:
> jmolButton ---> jsmolButton
> jmolMenu ---> jsmolMenu
> jmolScript ---> jsmolScript
> and so forth.
>
> Just some thoughts.
>
> Amjad
>
>
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