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Main Form
Figure 3.8:
The Main form
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The Main form, also called the button bar,
can turn most of the other
forms on or off. It can also be used to start an HTML viewer to see
the VMD quick help file, and to exit the program. The buttons with
lights control which forms are turned on or off; if the light is on,
the form is being displayed. Sometimes a form is turned on but is
hidden behind other forms or windows. A quick way to bring the form
to the top is to turn it off and then on again, as implemented for you
using the Menu shortcut keys described in Table 3.3.
The Help button starts an HTML viewer (like Mosaic or Netscape)
and displays on-line VMD help documents. The viewer is designated by the
environment variable
VMDHTMLVIEWER. Starting help multiple times will start
multiple viewers. The default web browser is Netscape.
The following documents can be accessed from this submenu:
- Quick Help - A listing of common procedures in VMD
- User's Guide - An online version of what you are presently reading
- VMD Home Page - The WWW site from which you can access many VMD docs
- VMD FAQ - A listing of fequently asked VMD questions (plus answers)
- Mailing List - Allows you to access an archive of past VMD discussions
- Tcl - If you need hints on programming the scripting interface
- Software - Links to common programs used by VMD (i.e. renderers)
Note, you may need to have Netscape or Mosaic up and running before
successfully selecting these options. That is, if you obtain a message such
as ``netscape: not running on display :0.0'', then you will have
to start up the program yourself, after which VMD will be able to direct
you to the correct page.
Press the Quit button to exit VMD. This will bring up
another form which verifies that you do indeed wish to exit. Press
Yes to quit, or No to return to VMD.
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