The Gnome chemistry Utils are a collection of Copyright 1999-2007 Jean Bréfort jean.brefort@normalesup.org, All Rights Reserved. http://jean.brefort.free.fr This software is copyrighted under the GNU GPL version 2 or later. Please see the file COPYING, or, to obtain a copy of the GNU GPL, please visit: http://www.gnu.org See the file AUTHORS for a list of who has contributed to the application. Introduction -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The latest version of the software can be found at: http://savannah.nongnu.org/download/gchemutils/ See the file ChangeLog for more information about this software. What is needed to install the Gnome Chemistry Utils: libglade-2 version 2.4.0 or later. libgnomeprintui-2.2 version 2.4.0 or later. GtkGLExt version 1.0.0 or later. GOffice version 0.4.x. All dependencies of these libraries. These libraries are available from ftp://ftp.gnome.org or one of its mirrors. BODR (the Blue Obelisk Data Repository) version 5 or later. (http://bodr.sourceforge.net). The Chemical Mime Data version 0.1.94 or later (http://chemical-mime.sourceforge.net). OpenBabel-2 version 2.1.0 or later (http://openbabel.sourceforge.net). Further man, xmllint, xsltproc and maybe a local docbook-xsl installation are required for manpage building. We deliver ready-to-use manpages, so you don't need to build them yourself. But if you e.g. change something in their XML source, you need xsltproc to update the manpages too. Versions numbering: Odd minor versions are development version. To see what remains to be done before a stable version can be released read the TODO file. Help is of course welcomed. Four widgets are present in this version of the software: * GtkPeriodic is a periodic table of the elements. * GtkComboPeriodic is a combo button with a drop down periodic table. * GtkCrystalViewer is a crystal structure viewer. * GtkChem3DViewer is a 3D molecular structure viewer. Simple samples of their use are provided in the test programs Five programs are avaible: * A 2D chemical editor (GChemPaint). * A 3D molecular structure viewer (GChem3Viewer). * A Crystal structure viewer (GCrystal). * A Chemical calculator (GChemCalc). * A periodic table of the elements application (GChemTable).