Thanks, glad you like

Thanks, glad you like it.

RasMol was my primary inspiration for this project, but I only ever used it for visualization. I never got into the scripting side of things. Therefore, I can't comment on the utility of that part of RasMol.

However, I'm not sure how many functions I want to start cramming into a mobile application like this. Many of the applications that you find on the iPhone, especially those written by Apple, have a restricted function set. This due to the limited interface opportunities on the phone. As it is, I worry about the choice of double-tapping on the display to change visualization modes not being intuitive.

I will be adding some new features (ribbon visualization, the ability to load custom molecules), but I think some people have an unrealistic view of what would work on a portable device. From one iTunes review (the one that called this a piece of feature-incomplete beta software): "Here’s what I want to see in future versions: ...Ability to assign atom names / numbers. Ability to generate a crystal packing plot through symmetry. Ability to orient the molecule along the unit cell directions and the mpln/n function from xp." I'm sorry, but I don't think any of that will ever appear in this client.

I think a command line would be hard to use on the phone, and don't know how to have the user cleanly feed in a script file to do what you ask.

Sorry for the long response, I just thought I'd explain some of my thinking. If you have an idea for a clean way to implement this in the interface, I'm all ears.

Sunset Lake Software - Comments for "RasMol-like scripting"

Thanks, glad you like