Re: [PyMOL] pymol wildcards usage

[Thomas H. <sp...@us...>]

this is an open issue:
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=2182309&group_id=4546&atid=104546

> Have you tried
>
> delete all and not obj1

unfortunately this does not work, it will delete obj1.

The expected result could be achieved with this workaround:

python
def delete2(selection):
     names = cmd.get_names(selection=selection)
     cmd.delete(' '.join(names))
cmd.extend('delete', delete2)
python end

Cheers,
   Thomas

>     Hi all! I have a question about wildcards usage in pymol.
>     For example if I want to delete all except obj1 I write:
>     delete not obj1
>     but this expression does not works as expected...
>
>     Is there a way in pymol to delete all except [something]?
>     In selections these experssions work. But in object names they don't.
>
>
>     --
>
>     Andrew Gontchar

-- 
Thomas Holder
MPI for Developmental Biology