General Usage
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The following remarks may provide a short overview on the most important program characteristics of MolArch+.
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When started from the console, all MolArch+ programs and sub-systems will print all information to the console (stdout), a wide text area with at least 140 columns is recommended
for best reading of the output. All actions, calculated results, warnings, and errors are logged to the console. As a new MolArch+ user you may have to carefully read what
is indicated here, in particular if you are not familiar with the general program behavior.
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The graphics version of MolArch+ (molarch+) will give you a command line upon pressing any key that is not a macro-key as defined in the parameter file "molarch+.key",
it is safest to use the space-bar. Commands may be entered on this command line and executed after hitting 'return'; the non-graphics version (molarch-) will read commands
directly from the console (after the 'molarch->' prompt) or from stdin if invoked from within pipelines.
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Shell special characters in commands and filenames (such as '*', '?', and '$') are expanded. If the first letter of a command is '>' or '!', the command is submitted to
a UNIX shell (sh) and executed.
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All commands, options and parameters (except filenames, numbers, and values) may be abbreviated using the first three letters only; anything else will be totally ignored. The above command 'pdbload'
may be substituted simply with 'pdb'; type-setting errors such as 'pdbload' will also work as only the first three letters are interpreted.
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All MolArch+ programs are case-sensitive when interpreting commands, options, and parameters. Generally these are all lowercase letters only, with some significant exceptions were
the lowercase and uppercase keywords will behave differently (for example the command 'save pdb <file>.pdb' will not save bond records, but 'save PDB <file>.pdb' does; and calling the
external POVRAY ray-tracing program by 'povray' or 'POVRAY' may produce different results). In any case, only the first three letters are interpreted. UNIX file names are generally case-sensitive.
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The mouse-buttons are used as follows:
- Left: Pick atoms and/or molecules.
- Middle: Rotation around z-axis only.
- Right: Rotations around x- and y-axis.
- Left + Right: Move along x- and y-axis.
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For a more detailed overview on program handling, commands, and options take a look at the file "molarch+.hlp" in your $MOLARCH installation directory.
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Ctrl-c terminates program (key defined in the parameter file file "molarch+.key").
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