Volume 1 Chapter 2 The Journal File
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The graphical interface to QUEST3D consists of two sets of menus:
- The Input Menus
- These menus (BUILD, EDIT, FILES, SEARCH, and their associated
sub-menus) allow users to construct the tests that will constitute their
search of the database, and specify various options to control the search.
- The Display Menus
- These three menus (2D/3D, 2D and 3D) allow you to examine database
hits in detail. You can modify the 3D view in a variety of ways.
The commands used to initialise the graphical interface are described in
chapter 4 ("Getting Started").
This diagram shows the paths between the Input Menus. At the top of each Main
menu are three buttons that allow you to move to each of the other Main menus.
For example, in the BUILD menu, you may select TO-EDIT, TO-FILES and
TO-SEARCH.
However, from sub-menus, you may only return to the menu from whence you
came. For example, from the 2D-CONSTRAIN, you may return to the BUILD menu by
selecting TO-BUILD.
Each of the Input Menus has a generally consistent layout. This layout is
shown schematically in the diagram below.
The function of each of these menu areas is as follows:
- Title
- Function
- The LOGO Area
- This contains the title of the current menu or sub-menu.
(Note: Clicking in this area causes the program to refresh the current
screen. This facility is provided to assist in situations where the
screen has been made invisible, so the REFRESH button has disappeared,
for example when using some screen-savers in conjunction with certain
Tektronix emulators.)
- The TO-OTHER-MENUS Area
- This contains one box for each of the currently accesible menus.
For example, selecting TO-SEARCH will cause the current menu to vanish
and be replaced by the SEARCH menu.
- The DRAWING Area
- This is where chemical structure fragments are built, and, when required,
some sub-menus are displayed.
- The MENU OPTIONS Area
- This contains the options (commands) which are specific to the current
menu.
- The GENERAL UTILITY OPTIONS Area
- Each menu and sub-menu contains the same five general utility options
(commands):
- REFRESH
- CANCEL
- HELP
- UNDO
- EXIT
If it is not possible to undo your last command, the UNDO button will be
either grey or invisible (depending on which type of terminal you are using).
- The DIALOGUE Area
- This is where the program displays prompts, messages, warnings,
instructions, etc. When you type a reply, it is displayed here.
- The SUMMARY Area
- This is where 3D commands are displayed as they are composed in the
3D-CONSTRAIN sub-menu.
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