This beta release of publCIF introduces a major new feature:

  Structure visualization using Jmol, implementing a 'local' version of the IUCr's online enhanced figure toolkit

When you launch Jmol (e.g. from the toolbar button ),
you will be presented with an interactive visualization of the structure in your default internet browser. The interface will 'look and feel' like a web service, but no internet connection will be necessary – publCIF will act as the 'web server', managing the data transfer* between the open CIF and the Jmol 'web pages'.

In this way, publCIF now provides an excellent tool () for examining the structures in your CIF, as well as the opportunity to create 'enhanced' interactive figures, either for formal publication or for your own presentation purposes.

* publCIF serves, stores and processes Jmol scripts to prepare the Jmol toolkit pages and present both static images and 'enhanced' figures.

Feedback from this beta release would be most welcome.

Apart from the Jmol enhancement, and a few minor bug fixes, this beta release of publCIF remains the same as the previous version.

The main text sections of the Preprint (title, abstract, references...) can be edited directly in the Preprint window – the CIF being updated as you type.

A single mouse click in the Preprint window will highlight the corresponding data item in the CIF window.

Double-clicking in the Preprint window will activate a data input wizard where applicable:

 can help when writing the text (_publ) sections of the paper.

 can be used to input individual data items.

These wizards will remember any input for use with other CIFs in the future.