Re: [PyMOL] Delete all but one object

[Bernhard L. <ble...@sa...>]

Thanks for the quick reply. That works like a charm.


On May 8, 2015, at 12:37 PM, Thomas Holder <tho...@sc...> wrote:

> Hi Bernhard,
> 
> "delete" strictly operates on object names, not on atom selections. This difference is unfortunately a common point of confusion.
> 
> Here's a delete command which operates on a selection and therefore supports the "not" operator:
> 
> python
> @cmd.extend
> def delete_by_sele(selection):
>    cmd.delete(' '.join(cmd.get_object_list('(' + selection + ')')))
> python end
> 
> If you paste this in the PyMOL command line or put it in your pymolrc script, you can do:
> 
> PyMOL> delete_by_sele not obj_final
> 
> Hope that helps.
> 
> Cheers,
>  Thomas
> 
> On 08 May 2015, at 14:42, Bernhard Lechtenberg <ble...@sa...> wrote:
> 
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> after an extensive pymol session, I ended up with a lot of intermediate objects that I now want to delete so I will only keep my final object. Is there an easy
>> way to remove all but one object? I tried the delete command, but something like
>> 
>> delete (not obj_final) 
>> 
>> did not work as expected and only deleted obj_final.
>> 
>> Any help is appreciated.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Bernhard
>> 
>> Bernhard C. Lechtenberg, PhD
>> Postdoctoral Fellow
>> Riedl Lab
>> Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute
>> 10901 North Torrey Pines Road 
>> La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
>> Phone: 858.646.3100 x 4216
>> Email: ble...@sa...
> 
> -- 
> Thomas Holder
> PyMOL Principal Developer
> Schrödinger, Inc.
>