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From: Martyn Winn m {- dot -} d {- dot -} winn {- at -} DL {- dot -} AC {- dot -} UK
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Subject: Re: CCP4 GUI
From: "Kolstoe S {- dot -} E {- dot -} " S {- dot -} E {- dot -} KOLSTOE {- at -} SOTON {- dot -} AC {- dot -} UK
Date: 2007-05-10

The most useful aspect of the ccp4i GUI is its automatic generation of
com files. However, I would prefer the GUI to output a .com file into my
working directory (rather than the obscure location they are saved to
now) every time I run a program so that I can then tinker with it and
add any extra keywords I want to. It would also be nice to see how
different options are changing the .com file (something similar to the
way dreamweaver shows you the updated html in a split-screen with the
WYSIWYG editor).

Something else that might be useful could be log files suggesting extra
keywords/parameters in much the same way as mosflm does already.

Finally, if a function does not work (such as the shelx conversion in
mtz2various mentioned last month or the temperature factor check box I
mentioned in Refmac) then these functions should definitely not be
included in the GUI. Better a spartan GUI where everything works than a
complete GUI with questionable parts.

Simon

-----Original Message-----
From: CCP4 bulletin board [mailto:CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On Behalf Of
Phil Evans
Sent: 10 May 2007 13:58
To: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK
Subject: Re: [ccp4bb] CCP4 GUI

I always liked Kevin's comments on little-used options in the DM
documentation

"Don't use these unless you really know what you are doing. In which
case you'd better have a better idea of what you
are doing than I do."

Phil

On 10 May 2007, at 13:07, Kevin Cowtan wrote:

> Miguel Ortiz Lombardia wrote:
>> I was thinking in the "less scary" widgets-based interface for
>> not-so-used options. If possible, I think that all options should be
>> available to the interface.
>
> My programs at least have a load of options which I put in for the
> purposes of testing out ideas, which didn't work but may be useful
> at some point in the future. Generally these options are not error
> checked. They should not be made available to the user.

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