Release note

Changes and improvements have been made as follows.


 * version 3.1
 * The following commands have been added; 'animrange', 'set adjustview', 'show godata', and 'show xps3'.
 * The xPSSS expression has been added in order to select a group of atoms.
 * Several public methods have been added to the applet so as to append molecule or polygon files after the applet started.
 * The applet can send information about mouse-picked atoms to JavaScript.
 * version 3.1.1
 * Some problems in GUI menu [Options]-[Hetero Atoms] and [Hydrogens] have been fixed.
 * Some problems in 'trace' command have been fixed.
 * version 3.1.2
 * eF-site ID has been changed to a new format.
 * version 3.1.3
 * Some problems in xps3 atom selection have been fixed.
 * version 3.1.4
 * Some problems in finalization process of openGL rendering have been fixed.
 * version 3.1.5
 * The output of 'show xps3' command has been modified.
 * Some problems in 'save png/jpeg' command have been fixed.
 * version 3.1.6
 * Some problems in loading an empty polygon file have been fixed.
 * version 3.1.7
 * Some problems in initialization process of the applet have been fixed.
 * version 3.2
 * 'show site' command has been added.
 * version 3.3 beta 1
 * Availabe JOGL version is restricted to JSR-231 beta 5 only.
 * version 3.3
 * Both the previous JOGL (version 1.1.1) and JSR-231 are available.
 * The following commands have been added; 'set viewpoint', 'show viewpoint', 'set imagesize', and 'show imagesize'.
 * version 3.3.1
 * Some problems in reading a pdbMLplus file have been fixed.
 * version 3.4
 * PDB format version 3 can be processed.
 * version 3.5
 * Discrimination of DNA and RNA linking nucleotides is based on Chemical Component Dictionary for PDB format version 3.
 * The default representation of the cartoon model has been changed. Commands 'set cartoon_loop_tube', 'set cartoon_round' and 'set ribbonback' have been added.
 * The default parameters of lighting have been changed. Commands 'set ambient', 'set diffuse1', 'set diffuse1_direction', 'set diffuse2' and 'set diffuse1_direction' have been added.
 * Commands 'set pdbml_noatom_url', 'set pdbml_extatom_url', 'set pdbml_plus_url', 'set efsite_url', 'set ext_site_url', 'show pdbml_url', 'show efsite_url' and 'show ext_site_url' have been added.
 * The command-line option '-stdin' has been added to receive commands from stdin stream.
 * version 3.6
 * Users can specify the JavaScript function name used in Applet-to-JavaScript Communication.
 * Applet parameter 'file_load_message' has been added.
 * version 3.6.1
 * Predefined set of residues has been modified.
 * Old JOGL API is not supported.
 * version 3.6.2
 * Latest version of PDBML can be processed.
 * Some problems in mouse control on Mac have been fixed.
 * version 3.6.3
 * Molecule file parsing has been modified to detect chain breaks properly by reading the 'label_asym_id' column in PDBML and the TER line in PDB flat file, respectively.
 * version 3.6.4
 * Some problems in GUI menu on Mac have been fixed.
 * version 3.6.5
 * The jV applet can invoke a JavaScript function when it started.
 * version 3.7
 * Commands 'pdbj_describe' and 'pdbj_execute' have been added.
 * Keyword 'xps3' have been replaced by 'pdbj'.
 * version 3.7.1
 * Default PDBML URLs have been changed.
 * version 3.7.2
 * Some problems in creating png/jpeg image files have been fixed.
 * version 3.8
 * Command 'displayatom' has been added.
 * The signed jV applet can save PNG/JPEG image files.
 * version 3.8.1
 * In commands 'cartoon', 'ribbons' and 'trace', a backbone will be drawn instead when a chain does not have enough atoms to draw those models.
 * Recognition of amino acids is based on Chemical Component Dictionary.
 * version 3.8.2
 * Command 'ball_and_stick' has been added.
 * version 3.8.3
 * Binary distribution contains the JOGL library and pre-installation of JOGL is not necessary to use jV.
 * version 4.0
 * The program supports PDB format version 4.0.
 * Atom expression has been extended to handle case-sensitive chain ID and label_asym_id in PDBML.
 * version 4.1
 * The program runs with new JOGL library (2.0-rc4 or later) which enables jV applets to run on Mac.
 * From this release, the program requires JRE 1.6 or later.
 * Command 'add_backbone' has been added.
 * The program uses MODRES data and chem_comp/type data (PDBML only) to determine residue types.