                                     To Do
                                 RasMol 2.7.4.1

                     Molecular Graphics Visualisation Tool
                    19 November 2007 (rev. 19 January 2008)

                       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 (c) Roger Sayle 1992-1999

                              and Based on Mods by

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| Author            | Version, Date        | Copyright                         |
|-------------------+----------------------+-----------------------------------|
| Arne Mueller      | RasMol 2.6x1 May     | (c) Arne Mueller 1998             |
|                   | 1998                 |                                   |
|-------------------+----------------------+-----------------------------------|
| Gary Grossman and | RasMol 2.5-ucb       | (c) UC Regents/ModularCHEM        |
| Marco Molinaro    | November 1995        | Consortium 1995, 1996             |
|                   | RasMol 2.6-ucb       |                                   |
|                   | November 1996        |                                   |
|-------------------+----------------------+-----------------------------------|
| Philippe Valadon  | RasTop 1.3 August    | (c) Philippe Valadon 2000         |
|                   | 2000                 |                                   |
|-------------------+----------------------+-----------------------------------|
| Herbert J.        | RasMol 2.7.0 March   | (c) Herbert J. Bernstein          |
| Bernstein         | 1999                 | 1998-2008                         |
|                   | RasMol 2.7.1 June    |                                   |
|                   | 1999                 |                                   |
|                   | RasMol 2.7.1.1       |                                   |
|                   | January 2001         |                                   |
|                   | RasMol 2.7.2 August  |                                   |
|                   | 2000                 |                                   |
|                   | RasMol 2.7.2.1 April |                                   |
|                   | 2001                 |                                   |
|                   | RasMol 2.7.2 August  |                                   |
|                   | 2000                 |                                   |
|                   | RasMol 2.7.2.1 April |                                   |
|                   | 2001                 |                                   |
|                   | RasMol 2.7.2.1.1     |                                   |
|                   | January 2004         |                                   |
|                   | RasMol 2.7.3         |                                   |
|                   | February 2005        |                                   |
|                   | RasMol 2.7.3.1 Apr   |                                   |
|                   | 06                   |                                   |
|                   | RasMol 2.7.4 Nov 07  |                                   |
|                   | RasMol 2.7.4.1 Jan   |                                   |
|                   | 08                   |                                   |
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   RasMol 2.7.3 incorporates changes by Clarice Chigbo, Ricky Chachra, and
   Mamoru Yamanishi. Work on RasMol 2.7.3 supported in part by grants
   DBI-0203064, DBI-0315281 and EF-0312612 from the U.S. National Science
   Foundation and grant DE-FG02-03ER63601 from the U.S. Department of Energy.
   RasMol 2.7.4 incorporates changes by G. Todorov, Nan Jia, N. Darakev, P.
   Kamburov, G. McQuillan, J. Jemilawon. Work on RasMol 2.7.4 supported in
   part by grant 1R15GM078077-01 from the National Institute of General
   Medical Sciences (NIGMS). The content is solely the responsibility of the
   authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the
   funding organizations.

                       and Incorporating Translations by

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| Author                               | Item                     | Language  |
|--------------------------------------+--------------------------+-----------|
| Isabel Servan Martinez,              | 2.6 Manual               | Spanish   |
| Jose Miguel Fernandez Fernandez      |                          |           |
|--------------------------------------+--------------------------+-----------|
| Jose Miguel Fernandez Fernandez      | 2.7.1 Manual             | Spanish   |
|--------------------------------------+--------------------------+-----------|
| Fernando Gabriel Ranea               | 2.7.1 menus and messages | Spanish   |
|--------------------------------------+--------------------------+-----------|
| Jean-Pierre Demailly                 | 2.7.1 menus and messages | French    |
|--------------------------------------+--------------------------+-----------|
| Giuseppe Martini, Giovanni Paolella, | 2.7.1 menus and messages | Italian   |
| A. Davassi, M. Masullo, C. Liotto    | 2.7.1 help file          |           |
|--------------------------------------+--------------------------+-----------|
| G. Pozhvanov                         | 2.7.3 menus and messages | Russian   |
|--------------------------------------+--------------------------+-----------|
| G. Todorov                           | 2.7.3 menus and messages | Bulgarian |
|--------------------------------------+--------------------------+-----------|
| Nan Jia, G. Todorov                  | 2.7.3 menus and messages | Chinese   |
|--------------------------------------+--------------------------+-----------|
| Mamoru Yamanishi, Katajima Hajime    | 2.7.3 menus and messages | Japanese  |
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                                This Release by
   Herbert J. Bernstein, Bernstein + Sons, 5 Brewster Lane, Bellport, NY, USA
                          yaya@bernstein-plus-sons.com
                  Copyright (c) Herbert J. Bernstein 1998-2008

   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 were made in
   August 2000 for RasMol version 2.7.2, January 2001 for RasMol version
   2.7.1.1 and April 2001 for RasMol version 2.7.2.1 and February 2005 for
   RasMol version 2.7.3.

                  Documentation Last Updated 12 November 2007
            Edited by Herbert J. Bernstein and Frances C. Bernstein

                                  Translations

   Thanks to the efforts of Jose Miguel Fernandez Fernandez (Departamento de
   Bioquimica y Biologia Molecular. Universidad de Granada. Espana
   (jmfernan@ugr.es)) a translation of the Manual for Rasmol version 2.7.1
   into Spanish is now available. La traduccion espanola del manual de la
   version de la Dra. Wong revisada por Eric Martz fue realizada por Isabel
   Servan Martinez y Jose Miguel Fernandez Fernandez. La actual traduccion
   del Manual de RasMol 2.7.1 ha sido realizada usando como base la anterior
   de RasMol 2.6 por  Jose Miguel Fernandez Fernandez.

   Thanks to translations by Fernando Gabriel Ranea <davinci@dinamica.com.ar>
   in late 2000 and early 2001, RasMol is now capable of rendering most menu
   items and messages in Spanish. Jean-Pierre Demailly
   <Jean-Pierre.Demailly@ujf-grenoble.fr> provided French translations of
   menus and messages in January 2001. Giuseppe Martini
   <martini@iigb.na.cnr.it> and Giovanni Paolella <paolella@dbbm.unina.it>
   with contributions by A. Davassi, M. Masullo and C. Liotto provided
   Italian translations of menus and messages in March 2001.

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

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                      IMPORTANT - Copying and Distribution

   This version is based in directly on RasMol version 2.7.2.1.1, on RasMol
   version 2.7.2, on RasMol version 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 and for license terms (GPL or RASLIC).

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    Combining RasMol Variants

   The first steps in combining RasMol variants have been performed. Much of
   the work of upgrading the documentation has been done. It remains to make
   the changes to prepdoc to generate the RasFrames version. Several source
   mod packages are being reviewed for inclusion. Features from other
   variants of RasMol will be considered for inclusion in RasMol 2.7.n if the
   features are particularly popular and if available resources (or helpful
   colleagues) make inclusion of those features feasible. When we are done,
   probably in the early fall, the resulting best version should be a
   reasonably stable and reliable single version combining most of the
   features of the major current variants of RasMol.

    Some other important things still to be done

     * Add code to read mmCIF templates
     * Add code for VRML ribbons
     * Add code for CBFlib map write/read
     * Add P. Zhivkov's blurring to simulate surfaces.
     * Add OpenGL management of images.
     * Make native Mac OS X version.
     * Add smooth double buffering to switch molecules for movies.
     * Fix problems with very large zoom scale.
     * Add GUI toolbar interface.
     * Resolve color management issues (including auto-sensing bit depth).
     * Fix printing under windows.
     * Allow for longer names.
     * CIF and mmCIF write logic.
     * The read logic for large NMR structures on a Mac needs to be made to
       work.
     * The field widths for alternate conformer ID's and chains need to be
       extended to allow for the more flexible naming in mmCIF.
     * Resolve problem with interaction of stereo and shadows.
     * Allow writing of GIFs from high colour-resolution mode.
     * Improve memory management on Macs to allow larger structures.
     * Upgrade to full UTF-8 support.
     * Integrate symmetry code into production release.

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   Updated 26 January 2008.
   Herbert J. Bernstein
   Bernstein + Sons, 5 Brewster Lane, Bellport, NY 11713-2803, USA
   yaya@bernstein-plus-sons.com
   +1-631-286-1339
