Re: [Jmol-users] decimal places in measurements

[Craig T Martin]

I must weigh in here. I'll be surprised if the hundredths place has reasonable significance in any protein crystal structure. Indeed, the tenths decimal place is likely weak in many structures. Remember also that in a distance measurement the uncertainty doubles. We do a disservice to the novice user to present distances to 3 decimal places (OK, even to many non-novice users). It gives them an improper sense of the data.  I would prefer a default of 1 decimal place for Angstroms. If a user selects 3 decimal places, an alert should pop up asking them if they know what they're doing   ;) Craig Martin P.S.  does anyone really believe that gas pumps can measure your purchase to 0.001 gallons (0.8 tsp; 4 mL)? From: Frieda Reichsman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [Jmol-users] decimal places in measurements Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 10:25:06 -0400 Is there a way to limit the number of decimal places shown next to monitor lines? I would like only one (can't find this documented, if it is please let me know). On Aug 28, 2005, at 10:50 PM, Miguel wrote: There is currently no mechanism to support this. If this is not too difficult to implement, I would find it very useful to be able to round off the decimals to one place. In cases where you are indicating several nearby measurements in one structure, they wind up obscuring the structure itself. In addition, at least for angstroms I think the additional decimal places may not be significant. Any hope for this feature request? Frieda