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# Documentation
RasMol 2.7.1

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Molecular Graphics Visualisation Tool
22 June 1999

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 © Roger Sayle 1992-1999

and Based on Mods by Arne Mueller
Version 2.6x1, May 1998
Copyright © Arne Mueller 1998

Version 2.7.0, 2.7.1 Mods by Herbert J. Bernstein
Bernstein + Sons, P.O. Box 177, Bellport, NY, USA, yaya@bernstein-plus-sons.com
2.7.0 March 1999, 2.7.1 June 1999
Copyright © Herbert J. Bernstein 1998-1999

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.

Documentation Last Updated 5 July 1999
Edited by Herbert J. Bernstein and Frances C. Bernstein

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

## IMPORTANT

This version is based on RasMol version 2.6_CIF.2, on RasMol version 2.6x1 and on RasMol version 2.6.4. Please read the file NOTICE for important notices which apply to this package. If you are not going to make changes to RasMol, you are not only permitted to freely make copies and distribute them, you are encouraged to do so, provided you do the following:

- 1. Either include the complete documentation, especially the file NOTICE, with what you distribute or provide a clear indication where people can get a copy of the documentation; and
- 2. Please give credit where credit is due citing the version and original authors properly; and
- 3. Please do not give anyone the impression that the original authors are providing a warranty of any kind.

If you would like to use major pieces of RasMol in some other program, make modifications to RasMol, or in some other way make what a lawyer would call a "derived work", you are not only permitted to do so, you are encouraged to do so. In addition to the things we discussed above, please do the following:

- 4. Please explain in your documentation how what you did differs from this version of RasMol; and
- 5. Please make your modified source code available.

This version of RasMol is not in the public domain, but it is given freely to the community in the hopes of advancing science. If you make changes, please make them in a responsible manner, and please offer us the opportunity to include those changes in future versions of RasMol.

This documentation directory contains the following "gzipped" files:

| README.gz | Text version of this file
| README.html.gz | HTML version of this file for WWW/HTTP
| manualUS.rtf.gz | 8.5x11 RTF copy of User Manual
(bin) | manualUS.ps.gz | 8.5x11 PostScript version of the RasMol User Manual
(bin) | manualUS.pdf | 8.5x11 PDF version of the RasMol User Manual
| manualUS.rtf.gz | A4 RTF copy of User Manual
(bin) | manualA4.ps.gz | A4 PostScript version of the RasMol User Manual
(bin) | manualA4.pdf | A4 PDF version of the RasMol User Manual
| refcardUS.rtf.gz | 8.5x11 RTF copy of Ref. Card
(bin) | refcardUS.ps.gz | 8.5x11 PostScript version of Quick Reference Card
(bin) | refcardUS.pdf.gz | 8.5x11 PDF version of Quick Reference Card
| refcardA4.rtf.gz | A4 RTF copy of Ref. Card
(bin) | refcardA4.ps.gz | A4 PostScript version of Quick Reference Card
(bin) | refcardA4.pdf.gz | A4 PDF version of Quick Reference Card
| rasmol.0.gz | ASCII text formatted version of UNIX 'man' page
| rasmol.1.gz | Nroff macro version of the UNIX `man' page
(bin) | rasmol.hlp | RasMol help file (unix, mac, windows)
| rasmol.vms.gz | RasMol help file (VMS librarian HELP text)
| raswin.rtf.gz | RTF source of RasMol WinHelp document
(bin) | raswin.hpj.gz | Parameter file for RasMol WinHelp document
(bin) | raswin.hlp.gz | RasMol WinHelp file
| rasmol.html.gz | HTML version of User Manual for WWW/HTTP

Files marked "(bin)" should be transmitted in binary form.

In addition to the files listed above, there is a master rasmol document file, rasmol.doc.gz, a Makefile and a copy of Roger Sayle's document preparation program prepdoc.c which are used in creating new versions of the documentation.

For those who need uncompressed versions and can accept the longer download times, uncompressed versions are available:

| README | Text version of this file
| manualUS.rtf | 8.5x11 RTF copy of User Manual
(bin) | manualUS.ps | 8.5x11 PostScript version of the RasMol User Manual
(bin) | manualUS.pdf | 8.5x11 PDF version of the RasMol User Manual
| manualUS.rtf | A4 RTF copy of User Manual
(bin) | manualA4.ps | A4 PostScript version of the RasMol User Manual
(bin) | manualA4.pdf | A4 PDF version of the RasMol User Manual
| refcardUS.rtf | 8.5x11 RTF copy of Ref. Card
(bin) | refcardUS.ps | 8.5x11 PostScript version of Quick Reference Card
(bin) | refcardUS.pdf | 8.5x11 PDF version of Quick Reference Card
| refcardA4.rtf | A4 RTF copy of Ref. Card
(bin) | refcardA4.ps | A4 PostScript version of Quick Reference Card
(bin) | refcardA4.pdf | A4 PDF version of Quick Reference Card
| rasmol.0 | ASCII text formatted version of UNIX 'man' page
| rasmol.1 | Nroff macro version of the UNIX `man' page
(bin) | rasmol.hlp | RasMol help file (unix, mac, windows)
| rasmol.vms | RasMol help file (VMS librarian HELP text)
| raswin.rtf | RTF source of RasMol WinHelp document
(bin) | raswin.hpj | Parameter file for RasMol WinHelp document
(bin) | raswin.hlp | RasMol WinHelp file
| rasmol.html | HTML version of User Manual for WWW/HTTP

Updated 5 July 1999,