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From: Heather Boltz (buzzbuzzboltz_at_gmail.com)
Date: Mon Jun 13 2016 - 20:13:32 CDT

Heads up to anyone wondering about the solution to this issue:

I reinstalled Tcl 8.5 directly into the Tcl.frameworks folder- seems to
work well now!

On Sat, Jun 11, 2016 at 12:20 AM, Strahs, Dr. Daniel Bernard <
dstrahs_at_pace.edu> wrote:

> Heather:
>
>
> I think your error is this; you executed catdcd within the VMD console and
> received the following message:
>
>
> vmd > catdcd
> wrong # args: should be "catdcdList dcdFileNames outFile indexFile stride"
>
>
> Try to run catdcd outside of VMD in a Terminal window (found in your
> Utilities folder). For example, my VMD is installed in /usr/local, and
> catdcd is located in
>
> /usr/local/lib/vmd/plugins/LINUX/bin/catdcd4.0
>
>
> If you execute catdcd in the Terminal window, you will get a help message
> which tells you how to execute the command. You'll find it far easier to do
> it this way rather than in VMD.
>
>
> Dan Strahs
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* owner-vmd-l_at_ks.uiuc.edu <owner-vmd-l_at_ks.uiuc.edu> on behalf of
> Heather Boltz <buzzbuzzboltz_at_gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Friday, June 10, 2016 11:05 PM
> *To:* vmd-l_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> *Subject:* vmd-l: CatDCD refuses to work (mac)
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> I have parsed through the archive of previous conversations about catdcd,
> but I have yet to find an answer..
>
> I am running VMD 1.9.2 on a mac and every time I submit a catdcd job
> (regardless of syntax), catdcdList is called. From what I understand, this
> is a command that just echos proper catdcd syntax. I have located catdcd
> within the plugin folder (subfolder bin) within the VMD content, but for
> some reason, VMD will not recognize catdcd as a standalone command.
>
> I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling VMD (and older versions of VMD)
> to no success.
>
> Thank you for your help!
>