Re: [Jmol-users] duplicate selection, then hide or show

[Frieda R. <fr...@ns...>]

oops- yes, I meant, issue the echo *before* the load, like Bob says  
below.
Frieda



On Mar 5, 2008, at 8:00 AM, Bob Hanson wrote:

> I think the following should work just fine:
>
> zap;set echo top left;echo Loading....;refresh;load xxxx.pdb
>
> The ZAP clears the model; the REFRESH forces a display of the message;
> The load does another zap, but it doesn't refresh until it is done
> loading the file.
> So the effect is that the "Loading..." message is present throughout  
> the
> time the file is being accessed.
>
> Bob
>
>
>
> Frieda Reichsman wrote:
>
>> On Mar 4, 2008, at 7:24 PM, Bob Hanson wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>>> 3) how do I show a "loading molecule" message only during the  
>>>> loading
>>>> state?
>>>>
>>>>
>>
>> If I am interpreting what you want correctly, namely a message to
>> appear in the applet window after the applet loads and before the
>> molecule appears, you can issue an echo command immediately after the
>> load command, and then remove the echo at the end of the display
>> script for the structure. Often this delay in appearance is very
>> short, however, and the message barely appears if at all. But if you
>> happen to be working with a very large file or a slow server (at
>> least, that is what I blame for an unusually long a delay in
>> appearance, say several seconds), I have found it to be useful.
>>
>> HTH
>> Frieda
>>
>>
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