Well, before I figured it out, I was surprised - pleasantly! It turned unpleasant only later :) Yes, it was the Get Monomer dialog, but would apply to the "Search Monomer Lib" as well. > Frank von Delft wrote: >> Hmmmm... >> What I read when I select from the menu is the menu label, not the >> manual. Yes, *now* I know it should take 30 seconds :) >> >> I suggest a little radio-button to select between "re-generate fresh >> from library" and "use existing in working dir" or something like that. >> I don't mind what the feature does, only not knowing about it :) >>> > > Hi Frank, > > [After sleeping on it] > > Like good software, Coot has pretensions of being able to be used > without reading the manual. The naive user will not expect to wait > for libcheck to run (there is no progress bar, for example) and will > not be surprised when things appear instantaneously ("that's the way > things should happen, right? - its a GUI program") and will not read > or check the console where the libcheck/refmac is run (or not). > > I take you points on board completely. I will add the interface you > suggest (for the record, it will not be straightforward to do so). > Oh, I presume that we are talking about "Get Monomer"? ("Search > Monomer Library" only partially uses the same underlying code and will > have to be modified differently.) > > Thanks, > > Paul.