debian man page for drawxtl

DRAWXTL(1)							DRAWxtl User Manual							DRAWXTL(1)

NAME
       drawxtl - display crystal structures on ordinary computer hardware

SYNOPSIS
       drawxtl [filename]

DESCRIPTION
       drawxtl	reads  a basic description of the crystal structure, which includes unit-cell parameters, space group, atomic coordinates, thermal
       parameters or a Fourier map, and outputs a geometry object that contains polyhedra, planes, lone-pair cones, spheres or ellipsoids,  bonds,
       iso-surface Fourier contours and the unit-cell boundary.

       Four forms of graphics are produced:

       o   an OpenGL window for immediate viewing

       o   the Persistence of Vision Ray Tracer (POV-RAY) scene language for publication-quality drawings

       o   the Virtual Reality Modeling Language (VRML) for dissemination across the Internet

       o   Postscript rendering of the OpenGL window for those who want high-quality output but do not have POV-RAY installed

OPTIONS
       There are no command line options to use.

FILES
       ~/.drawxtlrc
	      Per user configuration file.

       A short tutorial about this file and configuring drawxtl is available online at http://home.att.net/~larry.finger/drawxtl/configure.htm.

BUGS
       When opening a structures (.str) file, drawxtl needs write permissions in the directory the file is located in. Otherwise it will return an
       error ("Cannot open structures files.").

SEE ALSO
       A FAQ and a manual are available online in PDF and HTML format at the DRAWxtl homepage at http://home.att.net/~larry.finger/drawxtl/.

CITATION
       Please cite DRAWxtl as follows:

	      Larry W. Finger, Martin Kroeker, and Brian H. Toby, DRAWxtl, an open-source computer program to produce crystal-structure  drawings,
	      J. Applied Crystallography V40, pp. 188-192, 2007.

       An electronic reprint is available online at http://home.att.net/~larry.finger/drawxtl/DRAWxtl_JAC.pdf.

AUTHORS
       Larry Finger <larry.finger@lwfinger.net>
	      Author of the program and the former version called "crystal".

       Martin Kroeker <martin@ruby.chemie.uni-freiburg.de>
	      Author of the original POV and VRML modifications.

       Brian Toby <brian.toby@anl.gov>
	      Author of the Fourier-contour code.

       Daniel Leidert <daniel.leidert@wgdd.de>
	      Manpage author for the Debian system.

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 2007-2009 Daniel Leidert

       This manual page was written for the Debian system (but may be used by others).

       Permission  is  granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2 or (at
       your option) any later version published by the Free Software Foundation.

       On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.

drawxtl 							    2009/09/27								DRAWXTL(1)