From: John Stone (johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu)
Date: Wed Oct 05 2005 - 14:47:45 CDT

Hi,
  For all versions of VMD, if you want to see the text commands that
correspond to actions, you can use:
  logfile console

That works on all platforms and doesn't depend on /dev/tty or anything..
When you're finished, turn it off with:
  logfile off

  John Stone
  vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu

On Wed, Oct 05, 2005 at 01:38:59PM -0500, JC Gumbart wrote:
> You can do it like this: mol modstyle rep_number mol_number CPK
> sphere_scale bond_radius sphere_resolution bond_resolution
>
> an example would be "mol modstyle 3 0 CPK 1 .3 8 6" (for the default, I
> believe, assuming this is rep 3).
>
> Another nice trick to figure out how commands in the GUI correspond to
> tcl commands is to type in the console "log ____" which can be directed
> to a file (or /dev/tty/ in linux at least for console output).
>
>
> On Oct 5, 2005, at 12:07 PM, pascal.baillod_at_epfl.ch wrote:
>
> >Dear community,
> >
> >I would like to know the tcl syntax to create different cpk
> >representations, of
> >which I would change the so called "sphere scale" that can be accessed
> >in the
> >"graphical representations" GUI. So far I use
> >
> >mol representation cpk
> >..after which I add my atom selections.
> >
> >Thank you very much for any help!
> >
> >Pascal
> >
> >
> >
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