xmakemol(1)

✨ xmakemol(1) ✨

okay bestie, welcome to the xmakemol manual page — section 1, she's giving classic Unix, she's giving chemistry, she's giving main character energy. let's get into it 💅

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🌸 NAME 🌸

XMakemol — a program for visualizing atomic and molecular systems.

no cap, that's literally the whole vibe: atoms and molecules, but make it visual.

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

xmakemol [options]

that's it. that's the whole summoning ritual. iconic 🫶

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

XMakemol is a program for viewing and manipulating atomic and molecular systems.

okay so here's the tea: XMakemol is a mouse-based application, which means a lot of the good stuff happens when you click or drag the mouse around on the main window. no digging through menus for the basics, bestie — just vibes and cursor motion. 🖱️✨

and if that's not enough, there are also additional popup dialogs that offer a number of additional features. so many features. she's generous like that. 💅

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🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

• -a — switch off atoms. yes, all of them. bye atoms 👋
• -b — switch off bonds. no bonds, only vibes.
• -h — switch on hydrogen bonds. (not help, bestie — hydrogen bonds, stay focused 🧪)
• -c — set the canvas colour. make it cute. make it yours. 🎨
• -e — set the bounding box colour. the box deserves aesthetic too.
• -f — read file on startup. and the pro move? use -f - for STDIN. 🍓
• -G — switch off GL rendering. GL said: not today.
• -u — print usage information. when you forgot how things work (relatable).
• -v — print version information. always know which era of XMakemol you're in. ⭐

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🧚 FILES 🧚

• /usr/share/xmakemol/elements — list of element properties.

it's giving reference material, it's giving the receipts. 🗂️

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🌈 ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES 🌈

XM_ELEMENTS

specifies an alternative location for the elements file.

so if your elements file is living somewhere else (she's on her own journey), point XM_ELEMENTS at her new address and everything's fine. 🏠💜

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🔥 EXAMPLES 🔥

to run this program the standard way, type:

xmakemol -f <filename>

look at you go. certified XMakemol user. slay 👑

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👑 AUTHOR 👑

Matthew P. Hodges <matt@tc.bham.ac.uk>

the legend. the moment. the icon. 🫶

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lowkey a lil reminder: XMakemol is mouse-based, so if you're sitting there wondering "where's the keyboard shortcut for everything", the answer is probably click the main window, bestie. that's canon, it's in the DESCRIPTION. 💀

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and that's a wrap on the xmakemol(1) page, written back in May 2004 and brought to you as part of XMakemol ✨ go forth, visualize some molecules, and remember — atoms off, bonds off, hydrogen bonds ON. periodt. 💖🌸🦋🎀💅