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From: mbcx7sa3_at_zedat.fu-berlin.de
Date: Wed Mar 21 2012 - 17:34:10 CDT

Thanks for the answers! It is working now.

>
> Hi,
> You can add TkCon to your .vmdrc if you want it to start automatically.
> To do this, you would make a .vmdrc file in your home directory (or edit
> the .vmdrc in the installed VMD directory), so that it looks something
> like this (you can actually get by with only "menu main on" and the tkcon
> commands that follow in your .vmdrc if you don't want to bother with the
> rest):
>
> # turn on lights 0 and 1
> light 0 on
> light 1 on
> light 2 off
> light 3 off
>
> # position the stage and axes
> axes location lowerleft
> stage location off
>
> # position and turn on menus
> menu main move 5 225
> menu display move 395 30
> menu graphics move 395 500
> menu color move 125 225
> menu files move 125 325
> menu labels move 125 525
> menu render move 125 525
>
> menu main on
> after idle {
> after 2 {
> menu tkcon on
> }
> }
>
>
> On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 04:17:30PM +0100, mbcx7sa3_at_zedat.fu-berlin.de
> wrote:
>> Hello all,
>>
>> Is it possible to start the TK console from the VMD terminal window?
>> After starting VMD it keeps telling me "invalid command name "tkcon"". I
>> have to start the console manually from "Extensions --> TK Console"
>> first,
>> before the command starts working.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Suliman
>
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