Subject: JAVA frontend for TURBOMOLE?

From: "Stefan Dapprich" <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 8 Jun 1998 21:10:27 +0200

Dear CCLers:
The quantum chemistry group at the University of Karlsruhe is currently
evaluating the various possibilities for developing a graphical frontend for
the popular ab initio package TURBOMOLE. Because such a GUI should be
platform independent and easy to maintain we got the impression that JAVA
might be an appropriate programming language for this task.

However, first we would like to get some general advice and feedback from
potential users:

- What do people think about the necessity of a GUI for TURBOMOLE?
- Is JAVA (AWT/SWING) the best basis for its realization?
- What about speed issues?
- What features should be implemented?

Any comments, hints, and suggestions are appreciated.
Stefan

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Dr. Stefan Dapprich
Institut fuer Physikalische Chemie
Universitaet Karlsruhe (TH)
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D-76128 Karlsruhe
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