Hi again Ted > I certainly was missing that documentation all together. > To my mind, the offical documentation was rooted at > http://jmol.sourceforge.net/ > That did not particulary direct me to the documentation at stolaf.edu that I > can recall. > Perhaps it does and I missed it.
Let's see, Ted. If you still think that route is not clear, please advice to impove it. This is what we have: Jmol main website: http://jmol.org (which leads to http://jmol.sourceforge.net/ ) Top-right menu: "Documentation" then: "Scripting for Jmol > Scripting Documentation" "This interactive online documentation is the reference guide for all commands ..." Back to home page, down the page: "Learn to use Jmol > Manuals and tutorials" "Finally, there is a documentation section in this web site, for more technical details." Is that not clear? If you did not find it, maybe others won't wither. Please suggest. > There is another issue that I think confronts most new users and that > is the relationship in Jmol between Java (and the java plugin provided by each > browser publisher), Jmol Scripting (with it's > historical relationship with Chime and Rasmol Scripting) and the > Javascript interface. One can easily get confused when reading documentation > and you don't have a grip on which context the documentation is written for. You might be right. This is not an easy issue. Again, suggestions are welcome, as well as collaboration. I feel that Jmol documentation is to a lower standard than Jmol features; that's due to lack of manpower --or womanpower. I do what I can in that respect. It's hard to match the coding developers efficiency ;-) 1. "most new users" should not need to worry about Java (other than having it installed o their computer). There is nothing involving the Java language. 2. The Javascript interface is a way to more easily insert and access Jmol applets and pass to it the scripting language. 3. The scripting is th part one must learn by study and testing, and where all the power of Jmol is. But still quite a few things can be achieved with very little scripting, for basic display. Then you quickly grow greedy :) and MUST learn the language! > I have been spending most of my time in the javascript interface which I think > is documented at the sourceforge site rather than the stolaf site That's right, because it is just so, an interface. To the scripting. > interface looses most of it's power if I don't understand what's on the > otherside > of it and available in the Jmol Scripting context. It seems like two seperate > worlds > with two pretty seperate sets of documentation, but to use the full power of > Jmol > I need to know both and I need to not be confused about what is a javascript > interface > method and what is a Jmol scripting function (if I even have that > nomenclature correct). Yes you have. Every Javascipt function (or call) takes a "script" argument. That's the link between both "worlds". You have the steering wheel and the pedals, but then there is the engine hidden somewhere under the trunk :) I'd guess that different people learn Jmol in different ways. Ah, there another little mentioned but worthy tool: the Export to Web interface included in the Jmol application. It lets you play in Jmol, menu and scripting, and then produces a basic webpage for you that includes what you have done. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Keep Your Developer Skills Current with LearnDevNow! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-d2d _______________________________________________ Jmol-users mailing list Jmol-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jmol-users
