The NMRViewJ console window's (Figure 3.2, “NMRView SwkCon Console”) main utility for the new user is its display of error messages when they occur and acknowledgement that certain processes have completed when no otherwise apparent effect is observed. For example, after loading a STAR file containing information such as molecular topology you will see a message indicating the name of the file that was loaded, and the name of the molecule whose topology was defined.
You can also enter commands at the prompt in the console window. This enables NMRView to be scriptable, which can be very handy. This central feature of NMRView will be covered to some extent in further sections of this guide, but will not be introduced just yet. You can also issue some simple commands that will be familiar from computer shells like dir to get a directory listing, pwd to display the current working directory and cd to change the current working directory.
Here is what the pulldown menus of the main toolbar look like (Figure 3.3, “Main Toolbar Pulldowns”). You access these pulldowns by left-clicking on the toolbar buttons. You also select your menu choice by left-clicking.
