diff --git a/doc/src/Howto_lammps_gui.rst b/doc/src/Howto_lammps_gui.rst index a408272ae9..85f0210f99 100644 --- a/doc/src/Howto_lammps_gui.rst +++ b/doc/src/Howto_lammps_gui.rst @@ -416,10 +416,16 @@ Otherwise the default sequence of colors of the :doc:`dump image ` command is assigned to the different atom types and the diameters are all the same. -.. image:: JPG/lammps-gui-image.png +.. figure:: JPG/lammps-gui-image.png :align: center :scale: 50% + Visualization of LAMMPS "peptide" example + +.. versionchanged:: 1.6 + + Buttons for toggling shininess and re-centering were added. + The default image size, some default image quality settings, the view style and some colors can be changed in the ``Preferences`` dialog window. From the image viewer window further adjustments can be made: @@ -458,6 +464,12 @@ Paste (`Ctrl-V`), Undo (`Ctrl-Z`), Redo (`Ctrl-Shift-Z`), Select All dialog will pop up asking whether to cancel the exit operation, or to save or not save the buffer contents to a file. +.. versionadded:: 1.6 + +The editor has an auto-save mode that can be enabled or disabled in the +``Preferences`` dialog. In auto-save mode, the editor buffer is +automatically saved before running LAMMPS or before exiting LAMMPS-GUI. + Context Specific Word Completion ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ @@ -713,13 +725,15 @@ General Settings: log) of the application can be set. - *Select Text Font:* Opens a font selection dialog where the type and size for the text editor and log font of the application can be set. -- *GUI update interval:* Allows to set the time interval between GUI - and data updates during a LAMMPS run in milliseconds. The default is - to update the GUI every 10 milliseconds. This is good for most cases. - For LAMMPS runs that run *very* fast, however, data may be missed and - through lowering this interval, this can be corrected. However, this - will make the GUI use more resources, which may be a problem on some - computers with slower CPUs and a small number of CPU cores. This +- *GUI update interval:* Allows to set the time interval between GUI and + data updates during a LAMMPS run in milliseconds. The default is to + update the GUI every 10 milliseconds. This is good for many cases. + Set this to 100 milliseconds or more if LAMMPS-GUI consumes too many + resources during a run. For LAMMPS runs that run *very* fast (for + example in tutorial examples), however, data may be missed and through + lowering this interval, this can be corrected. However, this will + make the GUI use more resources, which may be a problem on some + computers with slower CPUs and a small number of CPU cores. This setting may be changed to a value between 1 and 1000 milliseconds. Accelerators: @@ -736,18 +750,23 @@ Snapshot Image: ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ This tab allows setting defaults for the snapshot images displayed in -the ``Image Viewer`` window, such as its dimensions and the zoom -factor applied. The *Antialias* switch will render images with twice -the number of pixels for width and height and then smoothly scale the -image back to the requested size. This produces higher quality images -with smoother edges at the expense of requiring more CPU time to -render the image. The *HQ Image mode* option turns on screen space -ambient occlusion (SSAO) mode when rendering images. This is also -more time consuming, but produces a more 'spatial' representation of -the system shading of atoms by their depth. The *VDW Style* checkbox -selects whether atoms are represented by space filling spheres when -checked or by smaller spheres and sticks. Finally there are a couple -of drop down lists to select the background and box colors. +the ``Image Viewer`` window, such as its dimensions and the zoom factor +applied. The *Antialias* switch will render images with twice the +number of pixels for width and height and then smoothly scale the image +back to the requested size. This produces higher quality images with +smoother edges at the expense of requiring more CPU time to render the +image. The *HQ Image mode* option turns on screen space ambient +occlusion (SSAO) mode when rendering images. This is also more time +consuming, but produces a more 'spatial' representation of the system +shading of atoms by their depth. The *Shiny Image mode* option will +render objects with a shiny surface when enabled. Otherwise the +surfaces will be matted. The *Show Box* option selects whether the +system box is drawn as a colored set of sticks. Similarly, the *Show +Axes* option selects whether a representation of the three system axes +will be drawn as colored sticks. The *VDW Style* checkbox selects +whether atoms are represented by space filling spheres when checked or +by smaller spheres and sticks. Finally there are a couple of drop down +lists to select the background and box colors. Editor Settings: ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ @@ -758,9 +777,11 @@ ranges, IDs (e.g. for fixes), and names (e.g. for groups). The value set is the minimum width for the text element and it can be chosen in the range between 1 and 32. -The two settings which follow enable or disable the automatic -reformatting when hitting the 'Enter' key and the automatic display of -the completion pop-up window. +The three settings which follow enable or disable the automatic +reformatting when hitting the 'Enter' key, the automatic display of +the completion pop-up window, and whether auto-save mode is enabled. +In auto-save mode the editor buffer is saved before a run or before +exiting LAMMPS-GUI. ----------- diff --git a/doc/src/JPG/lammps-gui-image.png b/doc/src/JPG/lammps-gui-image.png index 48b9fd1ce3..969aadce0b 100644 Binary files a/doc/src/JPG/lammps-gui-image.png and b/doc/src/JPG/lammps-gui-image.png differ diff --git a/doc/src/JPG/lammps-gui-prefs-accel.png b/doc/src/JPG/lammps-gui-prefs-accel.png index 3cab94136a..25820c8d44 100644 Binary files a/doc/src/JPG/lammps-gui-prefs-accel.png and b/doc/src/JPG/lammps-gui-prefs-accel.png differ diff --git a/doc/src/JPG/lammps-gui-prefs-editor.png b/doc/src/JPG/lammps-gui-prefs-editor.png index 5d2fe50380..5b5cffe209 100644 Binary files a/doc/src/JPG/lammps-gui-prefs-editor.png and b/doc/src/JPG/lammps-gui-prefs-editor.png differ diff --git a/doc/src/JPG/lammps-gui-prefs-general.png b/doc/src/JPG/lammps-gui-prefs-general.png index 765ba8f84d..bfc9556995 100644 Binary files a/doc/src/JPG/lammps-gui-prefs-general.png and b/doc/src/JPG/lammps-gui-prefs-general.png differ diff --git a/doc/src/JPG/lammps-gui-prefs-image.png b/doc/src/JPG/lammps-gui-prefs-image.png index b87e8f2d20..7dd9e06653 100644 Binary files a/doc/src/JPG/lammps-gui-prefs-image.png and b/doc/src/JPG/lammps-gui-prefs-image.png differ