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From: John Stone (johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu)
Date: Fri Sep 14 2012 - 16:46:10 CDT

Hi,
  The color change command won't work if you don't have a structure
loaded with atoms matching "Type B" at the time the command is run.
I suspect you loaded something that didn't have a "Type B" in it.

Cheers,
  John Stone
  vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu

On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 09:40:04PM +0000, Teich-McGoldrick, Stephanie wrote:
> Dear VMD users,
> I am using vmd 1.9.1, and receive the error message "ERROR) Unable to
> change color name" related to these lines in my .vmdrc file:
>
> set sel_B [atomselect top "charge = -0.820"]
>
> $sel_B set radius 0.5
>
> $sel_B set type B
>
> color Type B pink
>
> Specifically, the error is a result of the last line where I try to change
> the color of atom type B. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
> Thanks in advance,
> Stephanie 

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