On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 7:38 PM, Jonathan Gutow <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> On Sep 15, 2010, at 10:41 AM, Robert Hanson wrote:
>
>> -- proposing a NEW DEFAULT for Jmol for 12.1 and 12.0:
>>       double bonds in the plane of the atoms, not twisty with
>> orientation.
> This is the default I always expected, but the current default makes
> sure that you can tell which are double bonds. I'm  not sure if I
> really want it changed to what I expected....

I believe that the original argument for doing it the current way is
to ensure that the double bond always has full visibility... if in the
atoms plane (which atoms), and that plane happens to be perpendicular
to the eyes, then one will not see the double bond, but a single bond
instead...

Egon

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Proteochemometrics / Bioclipse Group of Prof. Jarl Wikberg
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