![[Preferences Menu]](images/preferences.gif)
The preferences menu has several miscellaneous options:
QUICK RENDER : toggles the "QUICK RENDER" option. When set and an interactive
transformation is taking place, solid objects are rendered as lines in order
to obtain better interactive performance.
SECOND VIEW : pressing the "v" key brings up a second view of the structure.
Selecting "SECOND VIEW" from the preferences menu allows the user to select
the angle about the Y axis by which the second view is rotated from the first.
SHOWPICKSIZE: shows the picking area (default 5x5 pixels). This is
useful when redefining the picking area (see below) in order to pick
more then one atom or other object.
PICK SIZE: allows the user to adjust the picking area either with the
mouse, or by specifying values in an input window.
PLAYBACK : allows the user to play back a "record" file (undocumented).
REWIND: start at the beginning of a "playback" file (undocumented).
RECORD: start writing to a "playback file" (undocumented).
NORECORD: stop writing to a "playback" file (undocumented).
PAUSE: enter a pause , in seconds into a "playback" file (undocumented).
DEMOS: brings up the QMView demos panel.
VRML BROWSER: prompts for a VRML file and displays it within a web
browser.
WRITE MOLPLT: prompts for the name of a MOLPLT file and
writes out the system currently being displayed.
SHOW TRANSFORMATIONS: toggles display of transformation values
when an object is being interactively transformed.
CHECK DDD (no longer used).
DO NOT CHECK DDD (no longer used).
LABEL SIZES: brings up a panel to adjust atomic,bond
and internal transformation label sizes
RENDERING : brings up a panel to adjust the rendering
quality
USESSHOUT Use "ssh" instead of "rsh" for starting jobs on remote machines.
USESSHIN : Use "ssh" instead of "rsh" for remote jobs sending things back
to QMView
SYMMETRY TOLERANCE: Allows the user to adjust the tolerance in symmetry calculations.
INTERACTIVE SCALING: Allows the user to adjust the scaling for all transformations.