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

                                                   12/03/2003                                            bist(1)