XDRAWCHEM(1)

💖 xdrawchem — the manual, but make it cute 💖

okay bestie, gather round, because we're talking about xdrawchem, and it's giving main character energy in the terminal fr fr.

🌸 NAME 🌸

xdrawchem — an open-source chemical structures editor, basically the ChemDraw vibe but free, and we're obsessed 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

xdrawchem [INPUT-FILE] [OPTION(S)...] [OUTPUT-FILE]

like, you give it a file, you give it some options, you give it an output file. the whole squad is in the square brackets because they're all optional-ish. iykyk 🦋

🧪 DESCRIPTION 🧪

so xdrawchem is a program that attempts to duplicate the functionality of ChemDraw — you know, the whole molecule structure drawing application situation. no cap, it operates in much the same fashion, so if you've ever touched ChemDraw, this is gonna feel highly familiar. it's like seeing your bestie after a long summer, except your bestie draws hexagons 🎀

the version that's currently packaged is a fork of the original package, maintained by Yaman Qalieh <https://gitlab.com/yamanq>. go check the copyright file for the deets, bestie 👑

and the compatibility?? iconic. xdrawchem has file compatibility with ChemDraw and MDL files. it can also create images in popular formats like PNG and EPS. we love a versatile queen 🌈

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

xdrawchem accepts the following options, and yes, we're going through every single one because that's what a real bestie does:

• -png OUTPUT-FILE — makes a PNG image of an input file and then exits. cute, quick, done. 💖
• -t -png OUTPUT-FILE — same energy but transparent PNG image of an input file, then exits. see-through, see slay ✨
• -3d OUTPUT-FILE — creates a Make 3D model of the input file and outputs a MDL mofile. yes bestie, we're going 3D, this is the moment 🔥
• -h, --help — shows you a summary of the options. the little "what do i even do here" button 🫶
• -v, --version — shows the version of the program. for when you gotta know exactly which icon you're running 👑

👑 AUTHORS 👑

• Warren Stramiello <stramiello@debian.org> — wrote this manpage for the Debian GNU/Linux system. the original author, the blueprint, the moment 💜
• Daniel Leidert <daniel.leidert@wgdd.de> — updates for this manpage. keeping the lore alive 🌸
• Georges Khaznadar <georgesk@debian.org> — updates for this manpage. more updates, more slay 🦋

💅 COPYRIGHT 💅

Copyright © 2004-2005 Warren Stramiello Copyright © 2005-2006 Daniel Leidert Copyright © 2020 Georges Khaznadar

this manpage was written for the Debian distribution, but may be used by others. sharing is caring, bestie 🎀

and that's the whole thing! this was xdrawchem, documented across the User manuals era, page dated 11/14/2006, from the xdrawchem source, and honestly? it ate. periodt 💖✨🧚