On Jan 5, 2014, at 9:57 am, Rzepa, Henry S wrote: > > On 5 Jan 2014, at 14:36, Otis Rothenberger <[email protected]> wrote: > >> These questions may have already been addressed. If so, just point me in the >> right direction. >> >> Can someone clarify the meaning of the following terms in the context of the >> new Jmol/JSmol? >> >> Jmol >> JSmol >> Applet >> Jmol script >> JSmol script >> > > There is also the historic Rasmol script (RAS = Roger A Sayle), which I > believe is synonymous with Jmol and JSmol script. Roger of course > contributed Rasmol, of which a fair bit of code was probably used in the > original versions of Jmol. > yes, the Jmol scripting language was derived directly from RAS. it has, of course, evolved considerably since then. :-D
conceptually, the Rasmol software definitely inspired Jmol. actually, from my perspective it was the closed-source nature of Chime that really got the Jmol ball rolling. strictly speaking, however, I don't recall any actual Rasmol code being migrated, since Rasmol was written in C and Jmol in Java. I imagine Miguel Howard would be the definitive authority on this topic, though it's likely that Bob would know, too. I only point this out because OP confessed to writing a manuscript, and it's probably good to be clear on this point in any publication. happy new year, tim -- timothy driscoll, phd bioinformatician cyberinfrastructure division virgina bioinformatics institute ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rapidly troubleshoot problems before they affect your business. Most IT organizations don't have a clear picture of how application performance affects their revenue. With AppDynamics, you get 100% visibility into your Java,.NET, & PHP application. Start your 15-day FREE TRIAL of AppDynamics Pro! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=84349831&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Jmol-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jmol-users
