Timothy Driscoll wrote: > >>But if you can figure out a scheme that would be reasonable in >>terms of >>setting up this function wihtin Jmol -- I would want it to be possible >>to designate what applets are to be synced, not just "all applets >>on the >>page" -- then I can see if I can implement it. Maybe some interesting >>issues there. >> >> > >I can think about it, sure. I don't really see a problem with >synching all applets on a page; that would be much simpler anyway. > > What I meant by that was that Chime didn't have the wide-ranging capability that Jmol has. So it's not as simple as sending "the user now moved the mouse HERE" to the other applets. You would need to address issues such as:
Do moveto, zoomto, navigate, translate, etc. all get synched, or is it just the mouse? Is it the entire orientation that is being synched (zoom and all)? Does spinning get synched? Does it get turned on automatically in other applets? How does one recognize which applet is the controller applet, and which are followers? What happens when a new file gets loaded in one of the applets? It would be interesting to see a page with this working in Chime just to see how/if those programmers addressed these issues. The preliminary work I did mostly convinced me that it is no simple matter to do this right. Bob ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Jmol-users mailing list Jmol-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jmol-users
