.\" Hey, EMACS: -*- nroff -*- .\" First parameter, NAME, should be all caps .\" Second parameter, SECTION, should be 1-8, maybe w/ subsection .\" other parameters are allowed: see man(7), man(1) .TH "GPERIODIC" "1" "June 04, 2014" "gperiodic" "User manuals" .\" Please adjust this date whenever revising the manpage. .\" .\" Some roff macros, for reference: .\" .nh disable hyphenation .\" .hy enable hyphenation .\" .ad l left justify .\" .ad b justify to both left and right margins .\" .nf disable filling .\" .fi enable filling .\" .br insert line break .\" .sp insert n+1 empty lines .\" for manpage-specific macros, see man(7) .SH "NAME" gperiodic \- periodic table application .SH "SYNOPSIS" \fBgperiodic\fR [\fIoption(s)\fR] [\fIelement_symbol\fR | \fIatomic_number\fR] .SH "DESCRIPTION" \fBgperiodic\fR is a small X/GTK+\-based program which allows you to browse through a periodic table of chemical elements, and view somewhat detailed information on each of the elements. 118 elements are currently listed. .SH "OPTIONS" Zero options will start \fBgperiodic\fR. .TP \fB\-h\fR Show the help screen. .TP \fB\-c\fR <\fITemp\fR> Color the elements according to their phase at temperature in Kelvins. .TP \fB\-D\fR Dump the periodic table. .TP \fB\-v\fR Be verbose. .PP Possible arguments: .TP \fIelement_symbol\fR | \fIatomic_number\fR Display information on the element with the given element symbol or atomic number. .SH "AUTHOR" The program was originally written by Kyle R. Burton, then Jonas Frantz. The current author is Alexey Loginov <\&loginov.alex.valer@gmail.com\&>. .PP This manual page was written by Sebastien Bacher <\&seb128@debian.org\&>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).