NAME

       bist - a chemical drawing tool.

SYNOPSIS

        bist [-c --convert-to | -f --input-file | -h --help | -v --version]

DESCRIPTION

       Bist   stands   for  bidimensional   structures   (in  italian  it sounds like "beast"  in
       english) and is a chemical  drawing tool. It is focused on organic chemistry but  may   it
       may be useful also for chemists or teacher as well.

       Bist  support  many  of  the  formalism  used to describe molecoles structures like single
       bond, double bond, stereospecific  bond, charges, resonance arrows, lone pairs etc...

       It  can export  both  PostScript and  PNG  formats.

       Currently  portability is  not my   goal   so  only   GNU/Linux  platform   is  supported.
       However  any   effort  in  this direction is  appreciated so feel free to ask me about any
       porting question. Please remember that bist is actually in a beta stage of development  so
       i  strongly  suggest you to not using it  except for testing or  hacking purpose. Bist  is
       free software released under GNU GPL

OPTIONS

       -c --convert-to format
              Convert to "format" (currently  PostScript, SVG, PNG);

       -f --input-file file
              File to convert (wildcard allowed but please escape it);

       -h --help
              Print usage information;

       -v --version
              Print information and exit.

BUGS

       Please send bug reporting to: cage@katamail.com

SEE ALSO

AUTHORS

       Bist is written by Valerio Benfante.

       The logo has been  designed by Luisa Russo.

       We  always  need  help  (traslation,   code   improvement   etc...)    please   write   to
       cage@katamail.com to contribute to this project.

COPYING

       Copyright (C)  2005 Valerio  Benfante.

       This is free software; see  the source for copying conditions.  There is NO warranty;  not
       even for  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR  A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

       The logo is copyright 2005 Luisa Russo and is released under GNU GPL

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