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From: lam nguyen (lamvn08_at_gmail.com)
Date: Sun Mar 11 2012 - 18:55:38 CDT

Hi John,

I got 1.8. I guess it's VMD version?

Lam

On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 6:45 PM, John Stone <johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu> wrote:

>
> Lam,
> What version of VMD are you running? What do you get if you
> run this command in the text console:
> package require vmdmovie
>
> Cheers,
> John Stone
> vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
>
> On Fri, Mar 09, 2012 at 05:57:53PM -0800, lam nguyen wrote:
> > Oh you're right Axel. I did not notice that I can choose none when it
> asks
> > for svgalib. Now netpbm is installed. But the same error still
> persists
> > when I use usermovie.tcl.
> > Lam
> > On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 5:35 PM, Axel Kohlmeyer <akohlmey_at_gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 7:34 PM, lam nguyen <lamvn08_at_gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > > I tried to install netpbm again. It requires svgalib but I cannot
> get
> > > svgalib installed.
> >
> > no it doesn't. just compile netpbm without svgalib support.
> > it is unlikely that you'll ever need svgalib.
> >
> > axel.
> >
> > >
> > > Lam
> > >
> > >
> > > On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 3:31 PM, lam nguyen <lamvn08_at_gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> Hi John,
> > >>
> > >> Normal built-in movies are fine. Just tried them out. Still
> cannot
> > use the
> > >> user-define on linux. :(
> > >>
> > >> Lam
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 2:27 PM, John Stone <johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu>
> wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> Hi,
> > >>> Before you would be able to make any of the user-defined
> movies,
> > >>> you would need to ensure that the "normal" built-in movie types
> > >>> like the rocking movies work. If you don't have required tools
> like
> > >>> NetPBM installed, then there's no way that any of it is going to
> > work
> > >>> correctly. I recommend you get that fixed first, and once you
> get
> > the
> > >>> normal rocking movies running, the user-defined movies should
> also
> > work.
> > >>>
> > >>> Cheers,
> > >>> John Stone
> > >>> vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> > >>>
> > >>> On Fri, Mar 09, 2012 at 10:10:05AM -0800, lam nguyen wrote:
> > >>> > Yes I did try those 2 scripts on linux and on macbook. On
> linux
> > both
> > >>> > scripts did not work. On mac, one of them worked fine,
> > >>> > the usermoviefade.tcl did not work.
> > >>> > If I recall correctly I might have failed installing
> netpbm on
> > linux
> > >>> > because I could not install all the dependencies. Would
> that be
> > the
> > >>> > problem that gave the error? If yes I will try install
> netpbm
> > again.
> > >>> > Thanks,
> > >>> > Lam
> > >>> >
> > >>> > On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 10:12 AM, John Stone <
> johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu>
> > >>> > wrote:
> > >>> >
> > >>> > Hi,
> > >>> > I'm not sure why you're having trouble there, it seems
> > >>> > reasonable.
> > >>> > Perhaps there's a typo in your script that I'm not seeing
> > below.
> > >>> > What happens if you download and run one of the example
> > >>> > user-defined
> > >>> > movie scripts that are posted here:
> > >>> > http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/plugins/vmdmovie/
> > >>> >
> > >>> >
> http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/plugins/vmdmovie/usermovie.tcl
> > >>> >
> > >>> >
> >
> http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/plugins/vmdmovie/usermoviefade.tcl
> > >>> >
> > >>> > Cheers,
> > >>> > John Stone
> > >>> > vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> > >>> > On Mon, Mar 05, 2012 at 10:49:00AM -0800, lam nguyen
> wrote:
> > >>> > > Dear all,
> > >>> > > I want to learn how to make movies with user-defined
> > scripts.
> > >>> > I
> > >>> > started
> > >>> > > with a simple script from the VMD tutorial. Here is
> the
> > >>> > content:
> > >>> > > proc moviecallback { args } {
> > >>> > > puts "User-defined movie frame update callback
> frame:
> > >>> > > $::MovieMaker::userframe
> > >>> > > / $::MovieMaker::numframes"
> > >>> > > rotate y by 5
> > >>> > > }
> > >>> > > ## Easy-to-use proc to enable the user-defined movie
> > frame
> > >>> > callback
> > >>> > > proc enablemoviecallback { } {
> > >>> > > trace add variable ::MovieMaker::userframe write
> > >>> > moviecallback
> > >>> > > }
> > >>> > > ## Easy-to-use proc to disable the user-defined
> movie
> > frame
> > >>> > callback
> > >>> > > proc disablemoviecallback { } {
> > >>> > > trace remove variable ::MovieMaker::userframe
> write
> > >>> > moviecallback
> > >>> > > }
> > >>> > > In the Tk console:
> > >>> > > source usermovie.tcl
> > >>> > > enablemoviecallback
> > >>> > > Then in the movie maker window I chose User defined
> > >>> > procedure.
> > >>> > > However I got an error message: Invalid input file
> > expansion
> > >>> > expression
> > >>> > > (no ']')
> > >>> > > Can anyone please tell me what I did wrong here?
> > >>> > > Thanks
> > >>> > > Lam
> > >>> >
> > >>> > --
> > >>> > NIH Resource for Macromolecular Modeling and
> Bioinformatics
> > >>> > Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
> > >>> > University of Illinois, 405 N. Mathews Ave, Urbana, IL
> 61801
> > >>> > http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/~johns/ Phone:
> 217-244-3349
> > >>> > http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/ Fax:
> 217-244-6078
> > >>>
> > >>> --
> > >>> NIH Resource for Macromolecular Modeling and Bioinformatics
> > >>> Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
> > >>> University of Illinois, 405 N. Mathews Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
> > >>> http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/~johns/ Phone: 217-244-3349
> > >>> http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/ Fax: 217-244-6078
> > >>
> > >>
> > >
> >
> > --
> > Dr. Axel Kohlmeyer
> > akohlmey_at_gmail.com http://goo.gl/1wk0
> >
> > College of Science and Technology
> > Temple University, Philadelphia PA, USA.
>
> --
> NIH Resource for Macromolecular Modeling and Bioinformatics
> Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
> University of Illinois, 405 N. Mathews Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
> http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/~johns/ Phone: 217-244-3349
> http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/ Fax: 217-244-6078
>