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News & Updates Official Release PyMOL v2.4 has been released on May 20, 2020. Python 3 New Python 3 compatibility guide for scripts and plugins Official Release PyMOL v2.3 has been released on February 11, 2019. POSF New PyMOL fellows announced for 2018-2019 Tutorial Plugins Tutorial updated for PyQt5 New Plugin ProBiS H2O is a new plugin for identification of conserved waters in protein structures. Selection keywords New polymer.protein and polymer.nucleic selection keywords. Thanks everyone who participated in the poll! Plugin Update MOLE 2.5 is an updated version of channel analysis software in PyMOL New Script dssr_block is a wrapper for DSSR (3dna) and creates block-shaped nucleic acid cartoons Older News See Older News.

Did you know... Window window controls the visibility of PyMOL's output window Some actions (maximize, focus, defocus) are not consistent across operating systems. Non-functional in PyMOL 2.0, will be available again in 2.1 Usage window [ action [, ... ]] Actions Hide the window (Warning: might make the window inaccessible. Intended for programmed automation): window hide Show the window (reverse of hide): window show Place the window at x, y screen coordinates: window position, x, y Resize the window: window size, width, height Place and resize in a single operation: window box, x, y, width, height If any window corner is not on the visible screen, move the window and if necessary, resize (shrink) to screen dimensions: window fit Maximize the window: window maximize Give the OpenGL window focus: window focus Example Place in upper left corner and resize to 1000x500 window box, 0, 0, 1000, 500 See Also full_screen viewport -W, -H, -X, -Y Command Line Options ..→

A Random PyMOL-generated Cover. See Covers.