[PyMOL] Quick Updates

[Jason V. <jas...@sc...>]

Greetings,

I'd like to give you a few updates about PyMOL and the changes within
Schrodinger that affect PyMOL.

First, I'm happy to announce that we plan on releasing PyMOL v1.4
within the next 1--2 months.  The list of new features will be
presented soon and we'll announce that release when it's posted.  As
usual, the academic builds will be ready near the start of the fall
semester.  We will be introducing a 64-bit MacPyMOL and deprecating
the 32-bit version.  Don't worry, though, the new version will work on
your Mac OS X 10.5+, which is what we currently support.

Alongside myself, we now have one person working on cross-platform
infrastructure, builds, and integration, and a graphics developer who
helped us implement the new volumes feature (coming soon in PyMOL
v1.4; see http://pymol.org/volume). We are also planning to add more
development resources to PyMOL to work on a wide range of projects,
including overdue infrastructure projects.  We will of course continue
to support the open-source project and keep making academic builds
free for students.  Happily, we now have more people to help.

Also, the source code for the PyMOL Web Services API has been pushed
to the open-source repository.  This is a new feature.  To understand
what this means and how to use it, after installing PyMOL, use
FireFox/IE to read pymol/modules/web/examples/index.html, from where
you installed PyMOL.  Please make sure you read and understand
associating the PWG file extension with the new version of PyMOL.
There should be plenty of information
and examples to get you started.

Last, please be warned that ATI does not support 120Hz stereoscopic 3D
viewing.  Therefore, those who are buying the new MacPros, iMacs, or
machines with ATI cards, you will need to either use a different
stereo viewing mode (Zalman, anaglyph, etc) or acquire an NVidia
Quadro card.  This is not our doing: we would love to see stereoscopic
3D supported more broadly.

Cheers,

-- Jason

-- 
Jason Vertrees, PhD
PyMOL Product Manager
Schrodinger, LLC

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