<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi all,<DIV><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN>The production release, version 1.2470, is out now. A list of changes from the previous production release (1.2422) can be found here:</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><A href="http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimera/docs/relnotes/1.2470.html">http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimera/docs/relnotes/1.2470.html</A></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>I think that page is pretty easy to scan through, but for those of us who are really time-challenged, the important changes, I think, are:</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>1) Incorporation of what were previously "experimental features", such as morphing between volume </DIV><DIV>data sets</DIV><DIV>2) Volume Viewer improvements:</DIV><DIV> a) Multi-data set interface</DIV><DIV> b) Distinct initial map colors</DIV><DIV> c) Resampling of rotated maps</DIV><DIV> d) Improved large-file handling</DIV><DIV> e) Single-plane display</DIV><DIV> f) Scriptability</DIV><DIV>3) Display of dendrograms in Multalign Viewer</DIV><DIV>4) Use of rotamer libraries in swapping residue side chains with the ability to evaluate possible swaps based on clashing, fit into density maps, or hydrogen-bond formation</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN>Mac users with the new Leopard OS should note that it seems that 3-button mouse emulation is off by default in Leopard's X11. So, if you have a one-button mouse and want to be able to scale/translate using the mouse + alt/command, do the following:</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>1) click on the X11 icon (it should show up in the dock when you start Chimera)</DIV><DIV>2) open the X11 menu from the menubar at the top of the screen</DIV><DIV>3) choose the Preferences... entry</DIV><DIV>4) in the resulting dialog choose the Input tab</DIV><DIV>5) enable the Emulate three button mouse option</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>--Eric</DIV><BR><BR><DIV> <SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="5" style="font: 16.0px Helvetica"><SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> <SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></SPAN>Eric Pettersen</FONT></P><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="5" style="font: 16.0px Helvetica"><SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> <SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></SPAN>UCSF Computer Graphics Lab</FONT></P><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="5" style="font: 16.0px Helvetica"><SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN><A href="http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu">http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu</A></FONT></P><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"></SPAN> </DIV><BR></BODY></HTML>