We think 12.0.1-12.0.7 had a bug that made it so that Jmol would not start
for new users (so with no history file)
That was fixed in 12.0.8, I thought.
On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 12:31 PM, Jonathan Gutow <gu...@uwosh.edu> wrote:
> Tim,
>
> First try starting by just double clicking on Jmol.jar...The Jmol.bat
> file probably hasn't been updated in a long time as Windows now
> starts jar files with a double click.
>
> Then try updating your Java version. There were some buggy initial
> releases of 1.6. I think they are beyond 1.6.0_13, but I'm not
> running a Window's system so am not sure which versions are available
> for Windows.
>
> If that doesn't fix it. Send me the listing from the Jmol java
> console (accessible at the bottom of the help menu) and a screen shot
> of your open dialog.
>
> Jonathan
>
> P.S. I'm also forwarding this to the jmol-users discussion list in
> case somebody else has seen this.
>
> On Aug 24, 2010, at 10:18 AM, to...@zoominternet.net wrote:
>
> > Don't know if this would help but it's the cmd window contents that
> > is behind the applet.
> >
> > I am starting Jmol via jmol.bat.
> >
> > Tim
> >
> >
> > splash_image=jar:file:/C:/Jmol/jmol-12.0.8/Jmol.jar!/org/openscience/
> > jmol/app/im
> > ages/Jmol_splash.jpg
> > history file is C:\Users\car1010\.jmol\history
> > 1694 script command tokens
> > (C) 2009 Jmol Development
> > Jmol Version: 12.0.8 2010-07-21 21:46
> > java.vendor: Sun Microsystems Inc.
> > java.version: 1.6.0_13
> > os.name: Windows Vista
> > memory: 6.1/6.6
> > processors available: 2
> > useCommandThread: false
> > JmolConsole is initializing
> > User macros dir: C:\Users\car1010\.jmol\macros
> > exists: false
> > isDirectory: false
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Tue 24/08/10 10:19 AM , Jonathan Gutow gu...@uwosh.edu sent:
> >
> >
> > On Aug 24, 2010, at 9:08 AM, Tim wrote:
> >
> > > Thanks for helping. I downloaded it from SourceForge [redirected
> > from
> > > jmol.org].
> > That's right www.jmol.org is just an alias for the sourceforge site.
> > > The program looks nice but the 'File:open' option did not
> > > do anything. No folder list presented etc. so I couldn't proceed.
> > > Any ideas?
> > > Tim
> >
> > That is weird. Let me look at the latest release and see if we
> > screwed something up. On first open you should get an open dialog
> > that is looking at the folder Jmol is in. You will then need to use
> > the folder up navigation or home icon to move to the directory you
> > wish. The sourceforge server is lethargic right now, so it may be a
> > while before I can download the public release. Things are working
> > with my development version.
> >
> > > Dr. Jonathan H. Gutow
> >
> > Chemistry Department gu...@uwosh.edu
> > UW-Oshkosh Office:920-424-1326
> > 800 Algoma Boulevard FAX:920-424-2042
> > Oshkosh, WI 54901
> > http://www.uwosh.edu/facstaff/gutow
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
> Dr. Jonathan H. Gutow
> Chemistry Department gu...@uwosh.edu
> UW-Oshkosh Office:920-424-1326
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