Re: [PyMOL] default settings

[Thomas H. <tho...@sc...>]

Hi Adam and Nat,

a few clarifying remarks on this topic:

 - The leading dot is optional, so everything that starts with
   .pymolrc or pymolrc will be found by PyMOL. Files with dot
   take precedence over files without dot.

 - Files ending on .py (or .pym) will be parsed as python scripts,
   files ending on .pml (or .p1m) or without suffix will be parsed as
   PyMOL command syntax.

 - Several directories are searched, in order:
   - $HOME
   - $HOMEPATH + $HOMEDRIVE (on Windows)
   - $PYMOL_PATH

 - PyMOL will even load multiple pymolrc files, however only either
   with dot or without dot, and only from the same directory.

I'll update the PyMOLWiki with that information.

A handy script for saving the current set of changed settings to a
pymolrc file is available here:
http://pymolwiki.org/index.php/Save_settings

Cheers,
  Thomas

H. Adam Steinberg wrote, On 01/30/13 20:37:
> 1st, thank you for your patience and help.
> 2nd, for those who end up trying to also do this… Apple now hides all files in the user folder that start with a period. Therefore, the minute you hit enter after changing the name to .pymolrc, the file disappears. You have to run a third party app that allows you to see the hidden files. I used TinkerTool.
> 
> This works and solved the problem! Thanks!
> 
> On Jan 30, 2013, at 12:59 PM, Nat Echols <nat...@gm...> wrote:
>> On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 10:56 AM, H. Adam Steinberg <ad...@st...> wrote:
>>> You are correct, if I put the pymolrc.pym file in the user folder, MacPyMol does try to read it when it starts up.
>>>
>>> However, it errors every time.
>>>
>>> If I put just this one command in the file and start up PyMol, it comes back with:
>>>
>>> File "/Users/adam/pymolrc.pym", line 1
>>>    set auto_zoom = 0
>>>                ^
>>> SyntaxError: invalid syntax
>>
>> That's because you're using the wrong file name:
>>
>>>> "On a linux-type system, this file will be located in /path/to/home/.pymolrc."
>>
>> -Nat

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