Swank

Open-Source, Scriptable GUI Tool Kit

When you download Swank you will get an archive containing the following files:

README.txt Description of files and startup
LICENSE License for Swank and Jacl : these are essentially the BSD license.
swank.jar A Java archive file containing the Swank class files, scripts and demo scripts
jacl.jar and tcljava.jar Java archive files containing the Jacl class files. Note: the jacl.jar and tcljava.jar files contained here are basically the same as the 1.4.0 versions.
wisk A shell script that will start up the Jacl interpreter with one Swank toplevel window. This is analagous to the wish application that comes with Tcl/Tk. After startup you can type in Jacl/Swank commands or source in script files. This script assumes that an appropriate version of Java (Swank was compiled with Java 1.4.2) is in your path and you are running the script from the directory containing the swank.jar, jacl.jar and tcljava.jar files. Alternatively, you can change the following variables in the script to contain the appropriate values for your installations. The directory containing jacl.jar and tcljava.jar JACL_DIR=. The directory containing swank.jar SWANK_DIR=. Fully qualified path name of JVM executable JAVA=java
wisk.bat A Windows batch file that does the same thing as the above file.
wiskcon A shell script that starts up the Jacl interpreter and loads a console in which one can execute commands or run demos.
wiskcon.bat A Windows batch file that does the same thing as the above file.

The minimal command to start Swank without using the above scripts is: 

java -classpath ./swank.jar:./tcljava.jar:./jacl.jar tcl.lang.SwkShell

The above assumes you are in the directory containing the three jar files and java is in your path.

Jacl supports most Tcl commands. Documentation for Tcl commands can be found at:

Tcl Documentation

In addition to the standard Tcl commands, Jacl has a variety of unique commands. In particular, these commands can allow one to access fields and methods of Java classes that are not explicitly part of Jacl. Any public field or method in a class accessible via the classpath can be used.

Documentation on these Jacl specific commands can be found at:

Jacl java commands

Swank supports most Tk commands. Documentation for Tk commands can be found at:

Tk Documentation

At present not all features of Tk commands are implemented in Swank. On the other hand, there are some commands unique to Swank and most commands that are common to Tk and Swank have additional options in Swank. Development of documentation describing the similarities and differences of Tk and Swank is in progress.

News and Events
News: 14 Mar 2007

NMRViewJ 7.0.11 is now available. This version includes a new version of RunAbout. See RunAbout in action on our first web-based NMRViewJ video.

News: 25 Jan 2007

NMRViewJ 7.0.5 is now available. This release includes a new version of Jacl, (Tcl in Java) , new xy and bar charts for relaxation analysis, improved version of RunAbout, and new code for rendering spectra with much less flickering than before. The new version of Jacl will allow much faster scripts in forthcoming versions of NvJ. A variety of other improvements and bug fixes are also included.

News: 5 June 2006

NMRViewJ 6.4.0 Is now available. This release includes RunAbout, the new incarnation of the cbca tool and a new version of the relaxation analysis tool. RunAbout is still being developed but promises to be much easier and faster than the previous cbca tool The relaxation analysis is easier to use, and supports estimation of standard deviations from replicate delay times. Watch for the next draft of the NMRView Book which will include descriptions of these two tools.

Event: 6-9 June 2006

Bruce will be serving as a faculty member for the NMRFAM Workshop on NMR Data Collection and Analysis for Biological Structure Determination in Madison, WI.

Event: 12 May 2006

The new NMRViewJ tools for assigning protein NMR spectra are looking great. Faster, more flexible, and easier to use than the previous CBCA tool. Bruce will be presenting a poster on the new tools at the Cleveland NMR Symposium May 12-14, 2006 .

News: 3 May 2006

NMRViewJ 6.3.4 released. Faster, fewer bugs, more stable. Users at our ENC workshops were quite impressed with this version and ready to make the switch from NMRViewC.

News: 1 May 2006

We had our first suite at the Experimental NMR Conference. Each night we gave a live demonstration of our software to large and enthusiastic crowds. The demos included analyzing metabonomics data with dataChord Spectrum Miner, archiving and analyzing small-molecule NMR spectra with dataChord Spectrum Analyst, and assigning protein backbone spectra with NMRViewJ.

News: 1 Oct 2005

One Moon Sci. moves into office space in a business incubator located on the campus of the New Jersey Institute of Technology. We're located in Newark, NJ and easily accessible by public transportation. Come check out our new office.

News: 1 Sep 2005

One Moon Sci. received a grant from the U.S. National Institutes of Health to continue the development and maintenance of NMRViewJ. The four year grant will ensure that NMRViewJ will remain the premier software for the analysis and visualization of macromolecular NMR spectra, and will remain free to users.

Event: 15 May 2005

One Moon Sci. to exhibit at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society MARM 2005 Tuesday May 24

News: 15 May 2005

New multimedia presentations on dataChord Spectrum Analyst