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From: H. Lee (hjunlee_at_gmail.com)
Date: Mon Apr 03 2017 - 12:20:57 CDT

Thank you very much for your quick reply!

Sincerely,

H. Lee

On Mon, Apr 3, 2017 at 5:16 PM, John Stone <johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu> wrote:

> What are the major and minor version numbers you have set in your
> VASP plugin code? The current version in the recent VMD 1.9.3 release
> was set as follows, so your version number would have to be greater than
> this one:
>
> ...
>
> int VMDPLUGIN_init(void) {
> memset(&plugin, 0, sizeof(molfile_plugin_t));
> plugin.abiversion = vmdplugin_ABIVERSION;
> plugin.type = MOLFILE_PLUGIN_TYPE;
> plugin.name = "CHGCAR";
> plugin.prettyname = "VASP_CHGCAR";
> plugin.author = "Sung Sakong";
> plugin.majorv = 0;
> plugin.minorv = 7;
> ...
>
>
> Cheers,
> John Stone
> vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 03, 2017 at 05:11:43PM +0200, H. Lee wrote:
> > Dear John Stone:
> > Thank you very much for your reply.
> > Yes, I want to modify one of molfile plugins, vaspchgcarplugin.c.
> > I have already modified, compiled, and copy it, as mentioned in this
> > source code as follows:
> >
> > * MACOSX
> > 00023 * c++ -O2 -Wall -I. -I$VMDBASEDIR/plugins/include -c
> vaspchgcarplugin.c
> > 00024 * c++ -bundle -o vaspchgcarplugin.so vaspchgcarplugin.o
> > 00025 *
> > 00026 * Install
> > 00027 * copy vaspchgcarplugin.so $VMDBASEDIR/plugins/$ARCH/molfile
> >
> > However, this change has not been reflected in VMD.
> > It would be much appreciated if you could give me more assistance.
> > Sincerely,
> > H. Lee
> > On Mon, Apr 3, 2017 at 4:47 PM, John Stone <[1]johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu>
> wrote:
> >
> > What plugin(s) are you trying to modify? If you're talking about
> > compiled molfile plugins, you must ensure that you have updated the
> > major/minor version numbers of the plugin if you want to have your
> > plugin supercede one of the plugins that's already included with
> VMD.
> > If you tell us more specifically what you're doing we can give more
> > assistance.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Â John Stone
> > Â [2]vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> > On Sat, Apr 01, 2017 at 03:28:11PM +0200, H. Lee wrote:
> > >Â Â Dear developers:
> > >Â Â I am using VMD in MACOS X in the form of the pre-complied
> binary
> > from the
> > >Â Â VMD website (dmg file).
> > >Â Â I want to modify some plugin included in VMD, but I fail to
> do
> > it; even if
> > >Â Â I modify, compile and link dynamically, it is not reflected
> in
> > VMD.
> > >Â Â I think that the pre-compiled binary in MAC includes the
> static
> > library
> > >Â Â for plugins.
> > >Â Â How can I use the modified plugins in MACOS X?
> > >Â Â Sincerely,
> > >Â Â Hyungjun Lee
> >
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> > Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
> > University of Illinois, 405 N. Mathews Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
> > [3]http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/~johns/Â Â Â Â Â Â Phone:
> [4]217-244-3349
> > [5]http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/
> >
> > References
> >
> > Visible links
> > 1. mailto:johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> > 2. mailto:vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> > 3. http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/~johns/
> > 4. file:///tmp/tel:217-244-3349
> > 5. http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/
>
> --
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> 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/
>