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diff --git a/graphics/chemobabel/README.md b/graphics/chemobabel/README.md index 397c15cad3..7cd66d5e69 100644 --- a/graphics/chemobabel/README.md +++ b/graphics/chemobabel/README.md @@ -7,20 +7,29 @@ ChemDraw files or SMILES notations using Open Babel. This package offers a new choice for chemists who need chemical structures in LaTeX documents. With this package you can insert chemical structural formulas -into your PDF files easily with the help of Open Babel and Inkscape. +into your documents easily with the help of Open Babel. Various chemical formats are allowed for input, for example, `.cdx`, `.mol` and `.smi`. ## Package Contents - - chemobabel.sty: Package itself + - chemobabel.sty: Package itself; provides `\chemobabel` and `\smilesobabel` - chemobabel-{en,ja}.pdf: Basic usage (source: chemobabel.dtx) - example-en.{tex,pdf}: Examples in English - example-ja.{tex,pdf}: Examples in Japanese Sample ChemDraw files and MDL Molfiles are also included. +## Requirements + +To use this LaTeX package, it is necessary to enable execution +of the following external commands via `latex -shell-escape`. + + - `obabel` (Open Babel) + - `inkscape` or `rsvg-convert` (for SVG -> PDF/EPS conversion) + - `pdfcrop` or `ps2eps` (optional; for cropping large margins of PDF/EPS) + ## License This package is distributed under the BSD 2-Clause License. @@ -43,7 +52,7 @@ This work is based on a lot of resources published online: ## Release Date -2022-10-09 +2022-10-22 -------------------- Hironobu YAMASHITA (aka. "Acetaminophen" or "@aminophen") |