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From: John Stone (johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu)
Date: Tue Jan 11 2005 - 15:41:03 CST

Luis,
  VMD 1.8.3 has a new Tcl variable you can put a trace on which will
trigger your cleanup routine when VMD quits. The new variable is
called vmd_quit, it's listed in the beta docs for VMD 1.8.3, and
you can test one of the beta versions if you want:
  http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/alpha/

The preliminary 1.8.3 docs are here:
  http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/vmd-1.8.3/ug/node140.html#7389

  John

On Mon, Jan 10, 2005 at 12:43:43PM -0500, Luis Gracia wrote:
> Hi!
>
> Is there any way to know from within tcl if vmd is going to exit? I want
> to do some cleaning in a plugin before vmd closes.
> Thanks and
>
> HAPPY NEW YEAR!
>
> Luis
>
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> Department of Physiology & Biophysics
> Weill Medical College of Cornell University
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> New York, NY 10021
>
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