Notes

For debian users : You can install gabedit using apt-get utility : `aptitude|apt-get install gabedit`

(Thanks to Daniel Leidert for providing this package, see http://packages.debian.org/gabedit)

For PCGamess users under windows XP OS : if your home directory contain a SPACE : Edit the gabedit.bat file (in the Gabedit directory installation) and replace c:\Temp by c:\YourNewDirWithoutBackSpace (c:\tmp for example). Click on gabedit.bat

Here is a list of the significant changes between 2.2.0 and 2.1.8:

1) Minor bugs were fixed

2) All geometric changes can be undone and redone using the Undo and Redo (u/U or Ctrl z/Ctrl y)

3) The user has complete control over the bonds displayed in a drawing.

4) The drawing of the molecule atom by atom have been simplified.

5) The drawing of the molecule fragment by fragment have been simplified.

6) Gabedit read connectivities from gabedit, hin, pdb, mol2 and mol files.

7) The user can set the value of the distance, bond angle and dihedral angle.

8) A Molecular dynamics conformational search is implemented using a MM potential (Amber 99).

9) A Molecular dynamics conformational search is implemented using a Semi-Empirical method (from Open Mopac or PCGamess).

10) Migration from GDK drawing functions to Cairo: Cross-device Rendering for Vector Graphics.

11) Cairo is now used for the XYplot gabedit widget(used by gabedit for draw spectrums).

12) Cairo is now used for the geometry drawing window.

13) Geometry can be exported in eps, ps, pdf or svg file.

14) The curves of XYplot window can be exported in eps, ps, pdf or svg file.

15) New tool for compute distance between 2 points on XYPlot window. "Control + shift button" can be used for do a zoom on XYPlot window.

16) The new version of PCGamess (firefly) is now supported

You can also download the 1.2.8 version of gabedit (work with GTK+1.2.x) : Gabedit1.2.8