Re: [PyMOL] q: dash options, transparency, global setting vs.local settings

[Warren L. D. 1 <wa...@su...>]

On Fri, 16 Aug 2002, Bartholomeus Kuettner wrote:

> Dear all!
>
> I've encountered several questions while playing aroung with PyMOL. Maybe
> there is someone who could provide some help?
>
> 1. dash options
>
> It seems that all the "dash" settings (e.g. "dash_length", "dash_with",
> "dash_radius") are global modifiers and cannot be assigned to specific
> interactions in a way like "set dash_gap=0.7, dist1". A different dash_gap
> would prevent a situation where interactions perpendicular to the plane
> become near solid lines while interactions in plane are looking fine.

Bug tracked down and quashed -- it'll work right in the next version.
Thanks for the report.


> 2. transparency, sphere_transparency
>
> Is it still the case in version 0.82 of PyMOL that transparency setting only
> applies to surface or spheres (using sphere_transparency)?

Yes.

- Warren