Welcome to the General Chemistry Lab Simulator! (version 0.6) Written by Bryan Herger, Georgia Institute of Technology, herger@chemistry.gatech.edu This program is released under the terms of the GNU General Public License. Portions of the source code are copyright by others. Please see the files COPYRIGHT.txt and GPL.txt included in this package. NOTE: This is NOT a stable version, and certainly has bugs! See LICENSE.txt for copyright and limitation of liability. Please report bugs to herger@chemistry.gatech.edu GenChemLab is an OpenGL-based application intended to simulate several common general chemistry exercises. It is meant to be used to help students prepare for actual lab experience. It could also be used in cases where laboratory facilites are not accessible, for instance in K-12 schools or home schooling. At present, supported experiments include titration, calorimetry, and freezing point depression. GenChemLab features an online manual. Run the program and press F1 (or select Help under the Help menu) for instructions. The HISTORY file lists changes made in each revision. The GenChemLab web site is http://www.prism.gatech.edu/~gte067k/genchemlab Please report bugs and suggest features to me at the e-mail listed above. Please subscribe to the genchemlab-announce mailing list for information about future releases. Send a blank message to genchemlab-announce-request@lists.sourceforge.net INSTALLATION Go into the source directory and type: ./configure make Then, as root, type: make install The default data and documentation directory is /usr/local/share/genchemlab, so if you do not "make install", you will probably not be able to view the help files. However, all standard "configure" options are supported for installation to non-standard locations. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Many thanks to Gunner Poulsen for the Danish translation and advice on internationalization.