Gnome Crystal Manual V0.12.0

Jean Bréfort

  

Copyright © 2006-2010 Jean Bréfort

Gnome Crystal allows you to edit and display crystalline structures.

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Table of Contents
Introduction
1. Getting started
1.1. To Start Gnome Crystal
1.2. When You Start Gnome Crystal
1.3. To Open a File
1.4. To Open Multiple Files from a Command Line
2. General operations
2.1. To Create a New File
2.2. To Save a File
2.3. To Export the Current View to a Graphic Format
2.4. To Print the Current View
2.4.1. The page setup dialog.
2.5. To Change Gnome Crystal Settings
2.5.1. Printing resolution
2.5.2. Views default parameters
3. Defining the crystal.
3.1. Lattice
3.2. Atoms
3.3. Lines and Bonds
3.4. Size
3.5. Cleavages
4. Views operations.
4.1. To Create a New View
4.2. To Close The Current View
4.3. To Tune a View
5. Support.
5.1. To Ask a Question
5.2. To Find the Gnome Chemistry Utils on the Web.
5.3. To Report a Bug
6. License
List of Figures
1-1. Gnome Crystal document window
2-1. The Page Setup tab.
2-2. The Print Scale tab.
2-3. Printer Resolution Page
2-4. View Defaults Page
3-1. Lattice Dialog
3-2. Atoms Dialog
3-3. Lines and Bonds Dialog
3-4. Size Dialog
3-5. Cleavages Dialog
4-1. View Settings Page
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