From: Phillip B. <pw...@fa...> - 2005-03-27 18:50:02
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> Restrict does not 'temporarily' disable display so that things can be > restored later. > ... > So, if you want to do the 'opposite' of restrict then you need to > explicitly turn on the things that you want to see, with the size > that you > want. > > spacefill 20%; > wireframe 0.1; > I think this is getting to the heart of the request...If I have it right, using _any_ display mode (spacefill, wireframe, ribbons, etc.), restrict xyz will remove xyz from the visible display. To add xyz back, then we need knowledge of the particular display mode that is/was operative to make it consistent w/ the rest. --Phil Barak |
From: timothy d. <mol...@ma...> - 2005-03-28 15:37:54
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On 2005-03-27 (12:49) Phillip Barak wrote: > On 2005-03-27 (11:29) Miguel wrote: >> >> Restrict does not 'temporarily' disable display so that things can be >> restored later. >> ... >> So, if you want to do the 'opposite' of restrict then you need to >> explicitly turn on the things that you want to see, with the size=20 >> that you >> want. >>=20 >> spacefill 20%; >> wireframe 0.1; >>=20 > >I think this is getting to the heart of the request...If I have it >right, using _any_ display mode (spacefill, wireframe, ribbons, etc.), >restrict xyz will remove xyz from the visible display. To add xyz back, >then we need knowledge of the particular display mode that is/was >operative to make it consistent w/ the rest. > >--Phil Barak > hi, restrict is a RasMol/Chime compatible command, which means it is important = that it function as it does in RasMol/Chime. that said, I would be interested in discussing a Jmol-specific method of co= ntrolling the display. maybe some pair of commands like show and hide: # this shows protein in spacefill, current method # select protein spacefill 100% color cpk # this hides protein from view but 'remembers' the format # hide protein # this restores protein to last format; i.e., spacefill # show protein this requires Jmol to store format for each atom, and I don't know how diff= icult that would be to implement. but it would certainly add a very nice, = more intuitive (for some) command for controlling the display. just my $0.02, tim --=20 Timothy Driscoll molvisions - see, grasp, learn. <http://www.molvisions.com/> usa:north carolina:raleigh "Enzymes are things invented by biologists that explain things which otherw= ise require harder thinking." - Jerome Lettvin |