Update README and update version to 1.7.4

README.txt

@@ -13,9 +13,30 @@ http://leeping.github.io/forcebalance/doc/html/index.html
 You can also download the documentation in pdf format here:
 http://leeping.github.io/forcebalance/doc/ForceBalance-Manual.pdf
 
-#==================#
-#| Quick Help |#
-#==================#
+#================================#
+#| Conda / pip installation |#
+#================================#
+
+As of version 1.7.4, ForceBalance is available as a package on the conda-forge channel.
+To install the package, make sure you are using an Anaconda/Miniconda Python distribution
+for Python versions 2.7, 3.5, 3.6, or 3.7, then run:
+
+`conda install --strict-channel-priority -c conda-forge forcebalance`
+
+This will install ForceBalance and all of the required dependencies. It will not install
+optional dependencies such as OpenMM, Gromacs, AMBER, Tinker, CCTools/Work Queue,
+or the Open Force Field toolkit.
+
+(Note: If you were installing ForceBalance from the omnia repository previously,
+you may need to clear your index cache using `conda clean -i`.)
+
+Similarly, to install from PyPI (Python Package Index), run the command:
+
+`pip install forcebalance`
+
+#=========================================#
+#| Building / installing from source |#
+#=========================================#
 
 To build the package:
 

bin/ForceBalance.py

@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ def process(word, color):
  return Answer
 
 def main():
- printcool("Welcome to ForceBalance version 1.7.3! =D\nForce Field Optimization System\n\nAuthors:\nLee-Ping Wang\nYudong Qiu, Keri A. McKiernan\nJeffrey R. Wagner, Hyesu Jang, Simon Boothroyd\nArthur Vigil, Erik G. Brandt, Johnny Israeli", ansi="1", bold=True, minwidth=64)
+ printcool("Welcome to ForceBalance version 1.7.4! =D\nForce Field Optimization System\n\nAuthors:\nLee-Ping Wang\nYudong Qiu, Keri A. McKiernan\nJeffrey R. Wagner, Hyesu Jang, Simon Boothroyd\nArthur Vigil, Erik G. Brandt, Johnny Israeli", ansi="1", bold=True, minwidth=64)
  logostr = """
  ,'+++ 
  ,++++++. .:,,. 

devtools/conda-recipe/meta.yaml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 package:
  name: forcebalance-dev
- version: !!str 1.7.3
+ version: !!str 1.7.4
 
 source:
  path: ../..

doc/api_header.tex

@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
 \vspace*{1cm}
 \begin{center}
 
-{\Large ForceBalance Developer API Guide version 1.7.3}\\
+{\Large ForceBalance Developer API Guide version 1.7.4}\\
 \vspace*{2cm}
 {\large Generated by Doxygen 1.8.11}\\
 \vspace*{2.5 cm}

doc/header.tex

@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
 \vspace*{1cm}
 \begin{center}
 
-{\Large ForceBalance version 1.7.3}\\
+{\Large ForceBalance version 1.7.4}\\
 \vspace*{2cm}
 {\large Generated by Doxygen 1.8.11}\\
 \vspace*{2.5 cm}

doc/installation.txt

@@ -17,7 +17,19 @@ package of your choice. If you choose to do so, please contact me as
 I would be happy to include your contribution in the main
 distribution.
 
-@section installing_forcebalance Installing ForceBalance
+@section installing_forcebalance Installing ForceBalance using conda package manager
+
+As of version 1.7.4, ForceBalance is available as a package on the conda-forge channel.
+To install the package, make sure you are using an Anaconda/Miniconda Python distribution
+for Python versions 2.7, 3.5, 3.6, or 3.7, then run:
+
+@verbatim python setup.py install @endverbatim
+
+This will install ForceBalance and all of the required dependencies. It will not install
+optional dependencies such as OpenMM, Gromacs, AMBER, Tinker, CCTools/Work Queue,
+or the Open Force Field toolkit.
+
+@section installing_forcebalance Installing ForceBalance from source
 
 %ForceBalance is packaged as a Python module. Here are the installation instructions. 
 

setup.py

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 #| doc/api_header.tex |#
 #| bin/ForceBalance.py |#
 #===================================#
-__version__ = "v1.7.3"
+__version__ = "v1.7.4"
 try:
  # use git to find current version
  git_describe = subprocess.check_output(["git", "describe"]).strip()