Re: [Jmol-developers] moleK: Gesture-based molecular model manipulation using OpenNI and Jmol

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

On Sun, Sep 2, 2012 at 12:19 AM, Benn Snyder <ben...@gm...> wrote:

> Bob,
>
> I've made steady progress integrating my code into Jmol.  I've split it
> up into a few classes.  They are
> moleK - embeds a Jmol viewer for my testing purposes and as an example
> org.jmol.multitouch.JmolOpenNIAdapter extends
> JmolMultiTouchClientAdapter - adapter between OpenNI and Jmol
> org.jmol.multitouch.HandTracker - encapsulates OpenNI hand tracking
> functionality
> org.jmol.multitouch.ImageCapture - encapsulates OpenNI image capture
> functionality
> org.jmol.multitouch.DtwGestureRecognizer - external gesture recognizer
>
> Concerns:
> 1) In JmolOpenNIAdapter, I need to know the width and height of the Jmol
> view.  I can't seem to figure out how to get them.
>

viewer.getScreenWidth()
viewer.getScreenHeight()

2) In JmolOpenNIAdapter.doAction(), I make calls to a JmolViewer to
> perform scripting operations.  Is this an acceptable way to do it?  Is
> this the best way to do it?  The good news is that doAction() is the
> only place JmolOpenNIAdapter touches Jmol, so it shouldn't be too hard
> to switch implementations.
>
> I don't think so. You want to adapt org.jmol.multitouch.ActionManagerMT to
your purposes. You can see there that there are options right now for
Molecular Playground, tablets, and SparshUI. I think you would logically
add another. Your  client will only interact with ActionManagerMT.




> As I continue to refine, I'm going to start looking at invoking
> NITE-specific functionality, which can provide more gestures and more
> sophisticated user tracking.
>
>
OK.


>
> Regards,
>
> Benn
>
>
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