BKCHEM(1)

💖 BKCHEM(1) — bestie, it's a user command ✨

okay so real quick, the manual name is BKCHEM(1) and it lives in the User commands section, and honestly? she's iconic for it. 🎀

🌸 NAME 🌸

bkchem — a free chemical drawing program 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

bkchem [options] [file]

🧚 DESCRIPTION 🧚

so bkchem is a free chemical drawing program, and the way it was written in Python?? obsessed. 🐍💜

this editor literally lets you draw, scale, rotate, align and validate molecules and/or molecular fragments. like, all of it. no cap. ✨

and the importing?? bestie, you can import:

• CML1/CML2
• MDL MOL files
• SMILES
• INChI

and exporting is possible into:

• SVG
• OpenOffice Draw format
• Encapsulated PostScript (EPS)
• CML1/CML2
• MDL MOL files
• SMILES

it's giving versatile fr fr 🦋

👑 OPTIONS 👑

the following options can be used (slay, we love a list):

• -H home-directory — set the new home directory to be home-directory. new home, new me 🏡💖
• -b script — run in batch mode and execute script. letting it cook unattended 🍓
• -h, --help — show usage information. when you're lost, she'll guide you 🫶
• -v, --version — show version information. know your queen's era 💅

🎀 FILES 🎀

• ${HOME}/.bkchem/prefs.xml — file to store user preferences. that's where your whole vibe lives, protect it 🔥

🌈 AUTHORS 🌈

bkchem is written by Beda Kosata <beda@zirael.org>. 👑

this manual page was written by Daniel Leidert <daniel.leidert@wgdd.de> for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others — generous queen 🫶).

permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2 or (at your option) any later version published by the Free Software Foundation. 📜✨

and that's the whole page, bestie. every flag, every path, every license line — nothing skipped, nothing invented. iykyk 💖

sooo that's it!! this was dated 05/18/2008 and signed BKCHEM(1) — the manual herself, a true main character. periodt. 💅🌸✨