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From: Ch. Fufezan (fufezan_at_sci.ccny.cuny.edu)
Date: Tue May 23 2006 - 09:26:52 CDT

Hi Alex,

thanks for you help! I installed 1.8.4 and it works indeed.
Unfortunately by using the shell command "vmd -m pdbs/*.pdb",
the .vmdrc is executed after the pdbs are loaded, hence the mol
default entry only effects newly loaded pdbs. Again, I can imagine
writing a little script that loads all my pdb files but then the
beauty of "vmd -m *.pdb" is gone.

Is there maybe a way around this?

cheers,

Christian

On May 23, 2006, at 12:29 AM, Axel Kohlmeyer wrote:

> On Mon, 22 May 2006, Christian Fufezan wrote:
>
> CF> Hello,
> CF>
> CF> is it possible to change the default settings for the
> CF> drawing and coloring method ?
>
> christian,
>
> as of version 1.8.4 VMD supports a 'mol default' command,
> so that you can change default visualization properties
> in your .vmdrc file. if you are locked into using some older
> version, you may want to check out the hack at:
>
> http://www.theochem.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/~axel.kohlmeyer/cpmd-vmd/
> part7.html#chap9_sect2
>
> CF>
> CF> I have a bunch of pdb files that are loaded via vmd -m
> CF> *.pdb and I would like to have them displayed as cpk using
> CF> coloring method beta. I know this can be done via a little
> CF> tcl script, looping over [molinfo num], but I think
> CF> changing the default settings would be more elegant.
>
> indeed.
>
> regards,
> axel.
>
> CF>
> CF> Thanks for your help
> CF>
> CF> Christian
> CF>
>
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