Bug 253140

Summary: Ability to open molecule editor directly
Product: [Applications] kalzium Reporter: Todd <toddrme2178>
Component: generalAssignee: Kalzium Developers <kalzium>
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE    
Severity: wishlist CC: etienne.rebetez
Priority: NOR    
Version: unspecified   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: openSUSE   
OS: Linux   
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Description Todd 2010-10-03 18:13:39 UTC 
Version:           unspecified (using KDE 4.5.1) 
OS:                Linux

It is really nice having a native molecule viewer in KDE.  However, as far as I can tell the only way to get access to it is from within the kalzium interface.  I think it would be very useful if we could get access to the molecule editor from the commandline, either through its own binary or through a commandline switch.  The user would be able to open a blank window or pass it a file to be opened.

This would not only allow quicker access to the molecule editor, it would also allow people to associate kalzium with molecule file formats, allowing them to open the files directly from their file browser or even web browser.  This is critical for fields that use a lot of molecule files, like molecular biology.

Reproducible: Always
Comment 1 Etienne 2010-10-04 19:26:01 UTC 
Hi
Kalzium uses avogadro for the molecule viewer.
http://avogadro.openmolecules.net
So you could just use avogadro directly. 

But you are right, making the molecule viewer more accessible in kalzium would be an advantage.
Comment 2 Etienne 2012-09-23 21:48:44 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 307198 ***