[Jmol-developers] slab and depth -- slice?

[Bob H. <ha...@st...>]

I just have to comment, after updating the documentation, that the terms "slab" 
and "depth" are TOTALLY unintuitive.

slab: (100-this) is the amount cut from the front
depth: amount cut from the back.

I know, we didn't design these. Wouldn't it make sense, though, to just define 
the following?

slice a b

where a and b are two percentages.

slice 0 10	back 10%
slice 90 100    front 10%
slice 45 55     middle 10%
slice 0 50      back half
slice 50 100    front half
slice 50 50     single pixel plane

slice 60 40	same as 40 60 -- make it idiot-proof

It seems to me it would be perfectly obvious what this does.

Bob

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