Re: [Jmol-users] Angstroms rather than nanometers

[Fred Z. <fre...@ya...>]

>Miguel:


Thanks a lot.  Others had helped me with

	set measurements angstroms

but

	color measurements (color)

only changed the permanent color from the default whit.

=46red ziegler

>  > 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;
>   # now run your other script commands
>
>
>Miguel
>
>
>
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