Re: stereochemistry and CML [was Re: [Open Babel] stereochem "patch"]

[Michael B. <mb...@gm...>]

On Thu, Nov 27, 2003 at 09:56:17AM +0000, Peter Murray-Rust wrote:
> There are several reasons why we wish to persuade chemists away from Wedge 
> and Hatch as far as possible

[...]

What would be the alternative? And what timeframe do you project for
the persuation to happen? I don't believe organic chemists will start
drawing something else for their papers anytime soon.

> The main reason for keeping wedge and hatch bonds would be to preserve the 
> identity of which bonds were depicted as such in a subsequent drawing. I 
> feel that most of the current file formats are poorly suited for conveying 
> both the chemical identity and the  graphical representation of the 
> molecule at the same time.

Yeah, I also feel this is a big problem.


Michael