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Documentation
RasMol 2.7.2

RasMol
Molecular Graphics Visualisation Tool
28 August 2000

Based on RasMol 2.6 by Roger Sayle
Biomolecular Structures Group, Glaxo Wellcome Research & Development
Stevenage, Hertfordshire, UK
Version 2.6, August 1995, Version 2.6.4, December 1998
Copyright © Roger Sayle 1992-1999

and Based on Mods by Arne Mueller
Version 2.6x1, May 1998
Copyright © Arne Mueller 1998

and Based on Mods by Gary Grossman and Marco Molinaro
Version 2.5-ucb, November 1995
Version 2.6-ucb, November 1996
Enhanced by the MultiChem Facility, University of California, Berkeley
Copyright © UC Regents/ModularCHEM Consortium 1995, 1996

Version 2.7.0, 2.7.1, 2.7.2 Mods by Herbert J. Bernstein
Bernstein + Sons, P.O. Box 177, Bellport, NY, USA
yaya@bernstein-plus-sons.com
2.7.0 March 1999, 2.7.1 June 1999, 2.7.2 August 2000
Copyright © Herbert J. Bernstein 1998-2000

The original RasMol manual was created by Roger Sayle. In July 1996, Dr. Margaret Wong of the Chemistry Department, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia, made extensive revisions to the RasMol 2.5 manual to accurately reflect the operation of RasMol 2.6. Eric Martz of the University of Massachusetts made further revisions. In May 1997, William McClure of Carnegie Mellon University reorganized the HTML version of the manual into multiple sections which could be downloaded quickly and added use of frames. Portions of the 2.7.1 version of the RasMol manual were derived with permission from William McClure's version using Roger Sayle's rasmol.doc for version 2.6.4 as the primary source. Changes have been made in August 2000 for RasMol version 2.7.2.

Documentation Last Updated 28 August 2000 Edited by Herbert J. Bernstein and Frances C. Bernstein


THIS IS A PRELIMINARY RELEASE INVOLVING EXTENSIVE MODIFICATIONS
***** USE WITH CAUTION ******


IMPORTANT

This version is based directly on RasMol 2.7.1, on RasMol version 2.6_CIF.2, on RasMol version 2.6x1, on RasMol version 2.6.4, and RasMol 2.5-ucb and 2.6-ucb. Please read the file NOTICE for important notices which apply to this package. If you are not going to make changes to RasMol, you are not only permitted to freely make copies and distribute them, you are encouraged to do so, provided you do the following:

If you would like to use major pieces of RasMol in some other program, make modifications to RasMol, or in some other way make what a lawyer would call a "derived work", you are not only permitted to do so, you are encouraged to do so. In addition to the things we discussed above, please do the following:

This version of RasMol is not in the public domain, but it is given freely to the community in the hopes of advancing science. If you make changes, please make them in a responsible manner, and please offer us the opportunity to include those changes in future versions of RasMol.


This documentation directory contains the following "gzipped" files:

 README.gzText version of this file
 README.html.gzHTML version of this file for WWW/HTTP
   
 manualUS.rtf.gz8.5x11 RTF copy of User Manual
(bin)manualUS.ps.gz8.5x11 PostScript version of the RasMol User Manual
(bin)manualUS.pdf.gz8.5x11 PDF version of the RasMol User Manual
 manualUS.rtf.gzA4 RTF copy of User Manual
(bin)manualA4.ps.gzA4 PostScript version of the RasMol User Manual
(bin)manualA4.pdf.gz A4 PDF version of the RasMol User Manual
   
 refcardUS.rtf.gz8.5x11 RTF copy of Ref. Card
(bin)refcardUS.ps.gz8.5x11 PostScript version of Quick Reference Card
(bin)refcardUS.pdf.gz8.5x11 PDF version of Quick Reference Card
 refcardA4.rtf.gzA4 RTF copy of Ref. Card
(bin)refcardA4.ps.gzA4 PostScript version of Quick Reference Card
(bin)refcardA4.pdf.gzA4 PDF version of Quick Reference Card
   
 rasmol.0.gzASCII text formatted version of UNIX 'man' page
 rasmol.1.gzNroff macro version of the UNIX `man' page
   
(bin)rasmol.hlpRasMol help file (unix, mac, windows)
   
 rasmol.vms.gzRasMol help file (VMS librarian HELP text)
   
 raswin.rtf.gzRTF source of RasMol WinHelp document
(bin)raswin.hpj.gzParameter file for RasMol WinHelp document
(bin)raswin.hlp.gzRasMol WinHelp file
   
 rasmol.html.gzHTML version of User Manual for WWW/HTTP

Files marked "(bin)" should be transmitted in binary form.

In addition to the files listed above, there is a master rasmol document file, rasmol.doc.gz, a Makefile and a copy of Roger Sayle's document preparation program prepdoc.c which are used in creating new versions of the documentation.

For those who need uncompressed versions and can accept the longer download times, uncompressed versions are available:

 READMEText version of this file
 manualUS.rtf8.5x11 RTF copy of User Manual
(bin)manualUS.ps8.5x11 PostScript version of the RasMol User Manual
(bin)manualUS.pdf8.5x11 PDF version of the RasMol User Manual
 manualUS.rtfA4 RTF copy of User Manual
(bin)manualA4.psA4 PostScript version of the RasMol User Manual
(bin)manualA4.pdf A4 PDF version of the RasMol User Manual
   
 refcardUS.rtf8.5x11 RTF copy of Ref. Card
(bin)refcardUS.ps8.5x11 PostScript version of Quick Reference Card
(bin)refcardUS.pdf8.5x11 PDF version of Quick Reference Card
 refcardA4.rtfA4 RTF copy of Ref. Card
(bin)refcardA4.psA4 PostScript version of Quick Reference Card
(bin)refcardA4.pdfA4 PDF version of Quick Reference Card
   
 rasmol.0ASCII text formatted version of UNIX 'man' page
 rasmol.1Nroff macro version of the UNIX `man' page
   
(bin)rasmol.hlpRasMol help file (unix, mac, windows)
   
 rasmol.vmsRasMol help file (VMS librarian HELP text)
   
 raswin.rtfRTF source of RasMol WinHelp document
(bin)raswin.hpjParameter file for RasMol WinHelp document
(bin)raswin.hlpRasMol WinHelp file
   
 rasmol.htmlHTML version of User Manual for WWW/HTTP


Updated 30 August 2000,
rasmol@bernstein-plus-sons.com