Dear Angel, As usual, your comments were of great value to me, especially:
At 12/6/09, Angel Herráez wrote: >C:\Documents and Settings\Angel\.jmol\properties >C:\Documents and Settings\Angel\.jmol\history Turns out on Mac OS 10.5.8 with Apple Java 1.5.0_22, there is /Users/emartz/.jmol/history (there was no properties file) Indeed this history file contains all window sizes and positions, as well as the recently opened files and a few other things. But HERE IS THE BIG TRICK: To update the history file when quitting the Jmol application, you must use Jmol's File menu and click on Exit. I had been using the menu from org.openscience.jmol.app.Jmol (at the very top of the Mac screen), which has a Quit. This DOES NOT save the history! I found this out first by renaming the "history" file to "history.old", then starting Jmol. It used a default ~500x500 black window and did not show the Script Console. When I Quit, it did not save the history file. Then I tried File, Exit, and a new history file was created. So, I was jealous when you said in Windows, Jmol app opens with the previous window arrangement. I had never seen this on Mac OS X. The problem was the way I was closing Jmol. Using File, Exit, when Jmol is opened next time, the windows remember the sizes and positions you set last time EXCEPT FOR ONE BUG. The x offset for the main (black) window is recorded in the history file as e.g. Jmol.window.Jmol.x=876 (When I change the window position and Exit, this value is changed accordingly.) However, Jmol is ignoring this value! If we can fix that bug, then us Mac users will be very happy. So the question is, where is the bug? Is it in Jmol itself? Bob? Possibly it is also a bug that using org.openscience.jmol.app.Jmol, Quit does not save the history file? --- I think this window size/position info should be put in the wiki. I think it belongs in "running jmol", article "Jmol Application", in a new subheading. Do you agree? Tell me where to put it, Angel, and I'll do so. -Eric ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Join us December 9, 2009 for the Red Hat Virtual Experience, a free event focused on virtualization and cloud computing. Attend in-depth sessions from your desk. Your couch. Anywhere. http://p.sf.net/sfu/redhat-sfdev2dev _______________________________________________ Jmol-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jmol-users
