Hi, set DXROOT, DXDATA and DXMACROS . Would ordinarily be /usr/local/dx, $DXROOT/samples/data and $DXROOT/samples/macros . (this should be automatic in the next release, not that it does you any good just now).
Richard may see this and offer some chem expertise. You can follow links from www.opendx.org to www.tc.cornell.edu/DX to ftp://ftp.tc.cornell.edu/pub/Data.Explorer/by_discipline/chemistry/ . Regards, Pete Jonathan Dugan wrote: > I am fairly new to opendx and I am having some trouble getting things > working correctly. > I am running the linux 6.1 binary distribution. > > 1) when I select "help" / "Table of Contents" I get a help window that > says > > help is not currently available for this topic > > I have directory that I believe has the help files but I don't know how > to get it connected. > > <bowser 81 ~/Util/OpenDX/dx-4.0.9/help>pwd > /home/dugan/Util/OpenDX/dx-4.0.9/help > <bowser 82 ~/Util/OpenDX/dx-4.0.9/help>ls |wc > 1309 1309 12092 > > Similar problems exist with data paths. I need to start dx in the > tutorial/data directory for the example1.net to find the > watermolecule.dx data file. Error message says the file is not found in > the current directory or the "DXDATA path". > > How do I set the help and data search paths? > > 2) The second problem is regular server diconnections. I would > probably be able to solve this If I could read the help file and > understand why there is a server at all in a visulaization package (?). > While executing any one ofthe many samples, I often (not always) get a > modal message window that says > "Connection to server has been broken" > > I can reconnect, and it then helps to reset the connection. the broken > connection message occurs about 3/4 of the timesI push execute, and less > rfequetly if I push the reset server. > > What is causing the broken connection to server message and how do I fix > it? > > 3) My last question relates to applications. I would like to use > opendx to view molecular structures and animations of moving molecules. > In earching the archives (manually), I have found referece to Richard > Gililan chemistry modules and a makefile and something called an .mdf. > I would particularly like something that can read a simple ascii file > format called xmol format. > > Does anyone know about chemstry modules for opendx? > > Thanks in advance for any help people can provide! > Jon Dugan > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
