The Gnome chemistry Utils are a collection of 

Copyright 2002-2005 Jean Bréfort jean.brefort@ac-dijon.fr, All Rights Reserved.
	http://jean.brefort.normalesup.org

This software is copyrighted under the GNU GPL.  Please see the file COPYING,
Or, to obtain a copy of the GNU GPL, please visit:
  http://www.gnu.org

See the file AUTHORS for a list of who has contributed to the application.

Introduction
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The latest version of the software can be found at:
	http://savannah.nongnu.org/download/gchemutils/
See the file ChangeLog for more information about this software.

What is needed to install the Gnome Chemistry Utils:
	liblade-2
	GtkGLExt
	GOffice
	All dependencies of these two libraries
These libraries are available from ftp://ftp.gnome.org or one of its mirrors
	OpenBabel (available from openbabel.sourceforge.net)

Versions numbering:
Odd minor versions are development version. To see what remains to be done
before a stable version can be released read the TODO file. Help is of course
welcomed.

Three widgets are present in this version of the software:
* GtkPeriodic is a periodic table of the elements.
* GtkCrystalViewer is a crystal structure viewer.
* GtkChem3DViewer is a 3D molecular structure viewer.
Simple samples of their use is provided in the test programs

Please, note that GtkCrystalViewer cannot use files created with Gnome Crystal
versions smaller than 0.5. The sample file is indented, but files created by Gnome Crystal
are written on a single line (using libxml2).

Two programs are avaible:
* A 3D molecular structure viewer (GChem3Viewer).
* A Chemical calculator (GChemCalc).