Attendees

Elaine, Eric, TomG, Scooter, Conrad, Jan, TomF

Agenda

• Progress updates [All]
• help system
• Review requirements list
• toolshed web site
• motion/movie/animation commands
  • currently listed under "Eventually" in the EarlyReleaseRequirements and Needed Command Functionality

Discussion

• Progress updates
  • Conrad passed the tools repository to Greg, who will get Linux builds to work on VM
  • Preliminary ribbon code is in (Conrad)
    • Smoothing lasagnas still needed
    • Implement color and cartoon commands
  • Destructor coordinator/observer code completed (Eric)
  • Finish chains (Eric)
  • Mechanism to restore molecular data (Eric and TomG)
    • Who's in charge? Python or C++?
    • C++ molecule singleton will implement "save" and "restore" functions to convert to/from save format data
  • Added split command (TomG)
  • Started implementing surface command (TomG)
  • Consider adding motion or crossfade commands (TomG)
  • Fixed atom picking to ignore undisplayed atoms (TomG)
  • Working on extending color command further (Elaine)
• help system
  • User interface:
    • Add a '?' on title bar to act as help button?
    • F1 as help key?
  • Display:
    • Use HTML widget in Chimera 2
    • Reading in separate browser has advantages too
  • Content:
    • Help files are distributed with tools
    • Reference URLs are relative
    • A missing file triggers a page saying "Tool not installed. Install or view documentation on web?"
  • Command line:
    • 'help' or command followed by tab brings up help
• Meeting adjourned
• toolshed web site

Action Items