Re: [Jmol-users] Angstroms rather than nanometers

[Miguel <mi...@jm...>]

> Is it possible to:
>
> 1) have Angstroms as the default for the bond length measuring device
> rather than nanometers?

No. The default is nanometers.

(The history is ... I was convinced by several europeans that no modern
textbook uses Angstroms. I know that everyone in the US is unhappy about
this.)

> I realize it can be changed in
> Menu/Measurements

It can be changed using the script command:

  set measurements angstroms;

> 2) change the color of the measurement from magenta and have a new
> default color?

I thought that it looked like a rubberband ... that is why it is pink.

I have no strong preference and would not be opposed to changing the
default color ... if someone will lead an effort to reach general
consensus.

In the mean time, the color can be changed using:

  color rubberband <your-favorite-color>;

If you are building some courseware with a number of pages then I suggest=

that you do the following ...


Create a script file called 'myDefaults.txt'

The contents of myDefaults.txt should contain:

  set measurements angstroms;
  color rubberband limeGreen;
  background orange;

Have all of your applets start off by executing myDefaults.txt as a
subroutine:

  script myDefaults.txt;
  =23 now run your other script commands


Miguel