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pluto - molecular and crystalline graphics system from <PLOT79> package
pluto[1,4,b,r,s,v,z]
where the final character indicates the desired output device
(4 for the Tektronix 4014 in the default Sun installation:
see plot79 manual page for complete list)
Pluto
is a system for computer generation of molecular and crystalline graphics;
this version is adapted from the original and is distributed with the <PLOT79>
computer graphics package. If no files are specified on the command line,
the program looks for a file named pluto.cmd in the current directory,
which is assumed to contain the required file names. If no such
file exists, the program will send prompts to the standard output asking for
pluto commands. Log information is sent to the standard output.
The plottable output is sent to a file named by the CRT environment variable,
or to CRT.num if CRT is undefined
(num is a number which begins at 1 and is
incremented appropriately to prevent files being overwritten).
Pluto commands are concerned with three aspects of molecular
graphics: content (the definition
of items such as molecules or a unit cell), style (wire-frame or
ball-and-spoke or space filling model, with or without shading
of atoms and tapering of bonds, in various colors, with labels
in various fonts, using monocular or stereographic projections, with or without
a superimposed perspective grid), and viewpoint (distance, direction,
orthographic or perspective projection). Consult the User's Guide for
detailed instructions.
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/usr/local/plot79/plutodir/*
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files required to make pluto
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/usr/local/plot79/pluto*
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executable file (pluto4 on the default Sun installation)
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/usr/local/plot79/define
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various environment definitions, an appropriate subset of which should be
placed in the user's .cshrc or .profile file
document (1L), drawit(1L), grapht(1L), graph3t(1L), lptops(1L), pfort(1L),
piechtt(1L), plot79.intro(1L), plot79(1L), pretty(1L), rdinfo(1L),
sf3(1L), slides(1L), tekalw(1L), tkvecs(1L), tmacro(1L), world(1L)
A User's Guide to PLUTO. A Program for Plotting Molecular and Crystal
Structures. Sam Motherwell, Joel Sussman, Zappora Shakked, David Barnett,
and Nelson Beebe. Depts. of Physics and Chemistry, University of
Utah.
The original PLUTO was authored by:
Sam Motherwell
University Chemical Laboratory
Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW United Kingdom
It was subsequently revised and extended by:
Joel L. Sussman, Zappora Shakked, and David Barnett
Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovoth, Israel.
It was further modified for purposes of portability, performance,
and device independence by:
Nelson H. F. Beebe, Ph.D.
Center for Scientific Computing
South Physics Building
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT 84112
Tel: (801) 581-5254
(Manual page by R. P. C. Rodgers, Computer Applications in Laboratory
Medicine Project, UCSF, San Francisco, CA 94143).