Re: [PyMOL] How to raw_input() from windows Pymol?

[evangelos p. <eva...@db...>]

Warren,
Thank you for the prompt answer. Defining the function/script as you 
said in a way that I pass arguments through the calling command should 
work. Although there could be other nicer ways.
I intend to use it in order to input a filename with constrain data that 
the user wants to open. I work with NMR structures and I have writen a 
Pymol script that can take the NMR constrains and display them atop the 
NMR structure or ensemble.  You can see an example in this snapshot:
http://www.biophys.su.se/~evangelo/mDpl/cnstr3.gif
It can work for CNS format or Cyana/Dyana upl. I inted to share it 
either from this email list or deposit it in pymol wiki. I have a 
slightly working version already but the user has to correct the 
filename from within the script file which is rather clumpsy.

I would like to point out also to this script from Pymol wiki:

http://www.pymolwiki.org/index.php/Key_Wait

It is suposed to call a raw_input() from pymol and even get an input. 
But I never made it work and had some errors like:

PyMOL>spawn spawn_demo.py, local
Exception in thread Thread-5:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "E:\Program Files\DeLano Scientific\PyMOL\py23\lib\threading.py", 
line 436, in __bootstrap
    self.run()
  File "E:\Program Files\DeLano Scientific\PyMOL\py23\lib\threading.py", 
line 416, in run
    self.__target(*self.__args, **self.__kwargs)
  File "spawn_demo.py", line 2
     within pymol
                ^
 SyntaxError: invalid syntax

How should this key_wait script be used?

Thanks again for the help. Are there any  further beter suggestions? I 
am comming soon hopefully back on it with the script
./Evangelos