From: Miguel <mi...@jm...> - 2005-03-09 01:16:53
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> G'day, > >> as a user, I would say no, because this would be less flexible and no= t >> consistent with the behavior of all the other property changing >> commands. >> Regards, Jan >> >> > Would it be possible to have the =22set measurements ...=22 command= >> update >> > the units on *all* distance labels? > > Perhaps both behaviours could be supported, say, something like > > set measurements ...=09 affects subsequent measurement labels > set measurements ALL ...=09affects all measurement labels > > Not all users will want to use script to do this so an =22update all=22= > checkbox in the =22Measurements=22 menu could determines which of these= > behaviours applies. > Chris, Several other people have asked for this, so you are not the only one. I think that having a 'setting' to control the behavior would be OK. We need to specify the behavior a bit more ... Let's talk a little bit about what the criteria would be for deciding whether or not the measurements get replicated. Different frames/models are can be completely different. Sometimes they all contain exactly the same atoms in exactly the same order ... only the= position changes. This is what happens in many animations. From one frame to the next, we need to decide whether or not the measurements could be replicated. I suppose that we use one or more of the following: - the two frames have the same number and types of atoms in exactly the same order - the atom numbers of the elements being measured are the same - the atom numbers and types of the elements being measured are the same= Don't know ... does anyone have any other thoughts. Miguel |