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From: Axel Kohlmeyer (akohlmey_at_cmm.chem.upenn.edu)
Date: Tue Apr 01 2008 - 06:06:22 CDT

On Tue, 1 Apr 2008, Ben Chern wrote:

BC> Axel,
BC> Thanks for you advice.
BC> I'll try to compile the source under linux.

ben,

you still have not satisfied my curiosity!
what are you planning to change, once you
get VMD compiled? i am very curious to learn
what it is you have in mind, that cannot be
done in scripting, perhaps with the help of
a little plugin...

cheers,
    axel.

BC>
BC> On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 10:47 AM, Axel Kohlmeyer <akohlmey_at_cmm.chem.upenn.edu>
BC> wrote:
BC>
BC> > On Tue, 1 Apr 2008, Ben Chern wrote:
BC> >
BC> > BC> I want to show some chemical properties, e.g. bond energy, but I would
BC> > not
BC> > BC> wish to do that using script.
BC> >
BC> > ben,
BC> >
BC> > "stupid question(TM)":
BC> > how do you plan to get those properties "into" VMD?
BC> > and how do you plan to visualize them, i.e. how are
BC> > they supposed to look like?
BC> >
BC> > before starting on a long and painful process where
BC> > you may at the end find out, that you won't get what
BC> > you planned, it may actually be a very good idea to
BC> > prototype what you want to do in scripting.
BC> >
BC> > this is how many of the features in VMD started (and
BC> > quite a few still are).
BC> >
BC> > BC> I have tried the CVS, but the error still exists.
BC> > BC> Would you please send me a tar file of the Windows build area for VMD?
BC> >
BC> > also, have you considered using a linux/unix machine
BC> > for development? it is infinitely more convenient, the
BC> > way VMD "wants" to be built.
BC> >
BC> > just a few (curious) thoughts,
BC> >
BC> >
BC> > axel.
BC> >
BC> >
BC> > BC> Thank you very much.
BC> > BC>
BC> >
BC> > --
BC> > =======================================================================
BC> > Axel Kohlmeyer akohlmey_at_cmm.chem.upenn.edu http://www.cmm.upenn.edu
BC> > Center for Molecular Modeling -- University of Pennsylvania
BC> > Department of Chemistry, 231 S.34th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6323
BC> > tel: 1-215-898-1582, fax: 1-215-573-6233, office-tel: 1-215-898-5425
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BC> > If you make something idiot-proof, the universe creates a better idiot.
BC> >
BC>
BC>
BC>
BC> 

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Axel Kohlmeyer   akohlmey_at_cmm.chem.upenn.edu   http://www.cmm.upenn.edu
   Center for Molecular Modeling   --   University of Pennsylvania
Department of Chemistry, 231 S.34th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6323
tel: 1-215-898-1582,  fax: 1-215-573-6233,  office-tel: 1-215-898-5425
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If you make something idiot-proof, the universe creates a better idiot.