News & Updates
| Server updates
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The underlying servers upon which the PyMOLWiki runs were upgraded over the weekend. We are now fully functional. A deep thanks to BitGnome for donating time and hardware for the PyMOL project.
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| fetch_host setting
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Fetch_Host has been added to allow users to download PDBs from their PDB server (pdb, pdb euro, or pdb japan) of choice.
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| Fetch
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Fetch has been updated to also load electron density maps.
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| Schrodinger Buys PyMOL
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Schrodinger has purchased PyMOL. Development, support and open-source fun to continue! Read about the sale.
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| User Movie
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One of our users has posted another interesting movie, images from which were created with PyMOL.
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| New setting
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surface_cavity_mode to change how PyMOL displays cavities.
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| Search fixed.
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Thanks to a eagle-eyed user, our search has been fixed. Please let us know if you have any search-related problems.
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| New Command
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Cache—stores information on structures, so we don't have to recompute them.
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| Warren
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News about Warren DeLano's passing may be read on Warren's memorial page.
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| Setting
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Fetch_Path—Sets the default path for the fetch command.
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| New Script
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SelInside—Creates a custom selection of all atoms spatially inside some user-defined box.
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Did you know...
viewport changes the size of the viewing port--the visible openGL window (and thus the size of all png files subsequently output).
No API command can reliably retrieve the viewport dimensions under all circumstances. However, it is possible to obtain the dimensions using a third party image viewer like Gimp or OS X Preview:
- Save the current view as a png file ("png imagename.png").
- Determine the image dimensions using a viewer ..→
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 A Random PyMOL-generated Cover. See Covers.
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