Re: [PyMOL] MacPyMol plug-ins

[stephen r. <st...@fr...>]

> 1) Header file display.
> 2) Filelist : show a directory as a list, to avoid repeated "load" 
> commands.

this is a good idea, and a fairly easy one to implement. do you mean 
present all of the pdb files (or the like) from a chosen directory in a 
list, and load each molecule via a double-click?

> 3) Ramachandran plots : I keep meaning to try dynoplot on the hybrid
> pymol, but never do.
> 4) Secondary structure display.
>
> Oh the list is endless!

keep 'em comin'.

> But number one suggestion (suggestion 0, in fact) is :
> 0) Tutorial on writing aqua plugins.

i'll work on a tutorial and post it on my website.

if you have experience coding in Xcode, plug-in development is fairly 
straightforward.
In a nutshell, you use the pymol api to send pymol commands. The only 
funky part i've seen so far involves bridging Python and Objective C 
data structures (e.g. when asking pymol for a response of some kind), 
but even this isn't that bad.

-stephen