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From: Madaras Erzsébet (madaras.k.e_at_gmail.com)
Date: Fri Nov 25 2016 - 02:12:59 CST

Hi John,
I've attached the startup script. Thank you very much for your help!
My best,
Liz

2016-11-24 19:13 GMT+01:00 John Stone <johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu>:

> Hi,
> If you remove the rlwrap code block properly, you should not be
> getting the "rlwrap: No match." error. Email me a copy of the startup
> script you're using and I will fix it for you.
>
> Cheers,
> John Stone
> vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
>
> On Thu, Nov 24, 2016 at 05:07:13PM +0100, Madaras Erzsébet wrote:
> > Hi,
> > I stillA get rlwrap: No match. Also: Linux
> liz-HP-Pavilion-15-Notebook-PC
> > 4.4.0-21-generic #37-Ubuntu SMP Mon Apr 18 18:33:37 UTC 2016 x86_64
> x86_64
> > x86_64 GNU/Linux
> > Cheers,
> > Liz
> > 2016-11-24 16:37 GMT+01:00 John Stone <[1]johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu>:
> >
> > Hi,
> > A What error do you get after removing the 'rlwrap' block from the
> > startup
> > script?A What do you get when you run this command:
> > A uname -a
> >
> > Cheers,
> > A John Stone
> > A [2]vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> > On Thu, Nov 24, 2016 at 01:42:09PM +0100, Madaras ErzsA(c)bet wrote:
> > > Dear John,
> > > I tried your suggestions, but it still won't work. I do have
> rlwrap on
> > my
> > > system, I'm quite sure. Do you perhaps have any other
> suggestions? Or
> > > should I try switching op systems?
> > > Many thanks,
> > > Liz
> > >
> > > 2016-11-23 23:16 GMT+01:00 John Stone <[3]johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu>:
> > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > >A A If your system lacks rlwrap, the easiest way of getting past
> > this is
> > > > to disable that part of the startup script.A The 'rlwrap'
> program
> > is used
> > > > to give the standard VMD text interface an arrow-editable
> > > > command history and other features that people often use in
> modern
> > > > command shells, or with the TkCon plugin in VMD itself.A That
> being
> > said,
> > > > it is optional and in cases where 'rlwrap' isn't working, you
> can
> > simply
> > > > disable it in the VMD startup script that is used to launch
> VMD, by
> > > > commenting out the associated lines of code.
> > > >
> > > > Original VMD csh startup script:
> > > > --------------------------------
> > > > # detect if we have rlwrap available to have commandline editing
> > > > set vmdprefixcmd=""
> > > > if (("${ARCH}" == "LINUX") || ("${ARCH}" == "LINUXAMD64")) then
> > > >A A set rlwrap=`which rlwrap`
> > > >A A if ( -x "$rlwrap" ) then
> > > >A A A if ( -f ${MASTERVMDDIR}/vmd_completion.dat ) then
> > > >A A A A set vmdprefixcmd="rlwrap -C vmd -c -b(){}[],&^%#;|\\
> -f
> > > > ${MASTERVMDDIR}/vmd_completion.dat "
> > > >A A A else
> > > >A A A A set vmdprefixcmd="rlwrap -C vmd -c -b(){}[],&^%#;|\\ "
> > > >A A A endif
> > > >A A endif
> > > > endif
> > > >
> > > > Modifications that disable the use of 'rlwrap' (csh startup
> script):
> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------
> --------
> > > > # detect if we have rlwrap available to have commandline editing
> > > > set vmdprefixcmd=""
> > > > #if (("${ARCH}" == "LINUX") || ("${ARCH}" == "LINUXAMD64")) then
> > > > #A set rlwrap=`which rlwrap`
> > > > #A if ( -x "$rlwrap" ) then
> > > > #A A if ( -f ${MASTERVMDDIR}/vmd_completion.dat ) then
> > > > #A A A set vmdprefixcmd="rlwrap -C vmd -c -b(){}[],&^%#;|\\
> -f
> > > > ${MASTERVMDDIR}/vmd_completion.dat "
> > > > #A A else
> > > > #A A A set vmdprefixcmd="rlwrap -C vmd -c -b(){}[],&^%#;|\\ "
> > > > #A A endif
> > > > #A endif
> > > > #endif
> > > >
> > > > Or you can just delete those lines, so that all you have left is
> > this:
> > > > # detect if we have rlwrap available to have commandline editing
> > > > set vmdprefixcmd=""
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > If you're using the bourne shell version of the VMD startup
> script
> > > > (it is installed when /bin/csh or /bin/tcsh don't exist) then
> you
> > would
> > > > make the same general modifications, changing the code from the
> > original:
> > > >
> > ------------------------------------------------------------
> --------------
> > > > # detect if we have rlwrap available to have commandline editing
> > > > case $MACHARCH in
> > > >A A *Linux*)
> > > >A A A if hash rlwrap 2>/dev/null
> > > >A A A then
> > > >A A A A if [ -f "${MASTERVMDDIR}/vmd_completion.dat" ]
> > > >A A A A then
> > > >A A A A A vmdprefixcmd="rlwrap -C vmd -c -b(){}[],&^%#;|\\ -f
> > > > ${MASTERVMDDIR}/vmd_completion.dat "
> > > >A A A A else
> > > >A A A A A vmdprefixcmd="rlwrap -C vmd -c -b(){}[],&^%#;|\\ "
> > > >A A A A fi
> > > >A A A else
> > > >A A A A vmdprefixcmd=""
> > > >A A A fi
> > > >A A A ;;
> > > >
> > > >A A *)
> > > >A A A vmdprefixcmd=""
> > > >A A A ;;
> > > > esac
> > > >
> > > > And either comment out all of those lines or delete them, and
> > > > then add this line after the end of that block of code:
> > > > # force empty prefixcmd if rlwrap isn't working!
> > > > vmdprefixcmd=""
> > > >
> > > > Cheers,
> > > >A A John Stone
> > > >A A [4]vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> > > >
> > > > On Wed, Nov 23, 2016 at 11:00:00PM +0100, Madaras ErzsA(c)bet
> wrote:
> > > > > Hi! I'm experiencing a problem with VMD on Linux Cinnamon Mint
> > (Sarah).
> > > > > When I try to run VMD, I get an error message saying "rlwrap:
> no
> > match"
> > --
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> > Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
> > University of Illinois, 405 N. Mathews Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
> > [5]http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/~johns/A A A A A A Phone:
> [6]217-244-3349
> > [7]http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/
> >
> > References
> >
> > Visible links
> > 1. mailto:johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> > 2. mailto:vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> > 3. mailto:johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> > 4. mailto:vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> > 5. http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/~johns/
> > 6. tel:217-244-3349
> > 7. http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/
>
> --
> NIH Center for Macromolecular Modeling and Bioinformatics
> Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
> University of Illinois, 405 N. Mathews Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
> http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/~johns/ Phone: 217-244-3349
> http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/
>


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