From: Axel Kohlmeyer (akohlmey_at_cmm.chem.upenn.edu)
Date: Thu Sep 07 2006 - 11:51:01 CDT

On 9/7/06, Christian Fufezan <christian_at_fufezan.net> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> is it possible to pass some variable from the shell to be used in VMD?
>
> e.g.
> vmd -e ~~/.vmdrc_new -axpos upperright
>
> and in .vmdrc_new something like
>
> axes location $axpos

yep.

start vmd with:

env VMDAXPOS=upperright vmd -e ~/.vmdrc_new

and then add to .vmdrc_new

if { [info exists env(VMDAXPOS)] } {
    axes location $env(VMDAXPOS)
}

cheers,
    axel.

>
>
>
> Thanks for your help
> cf.
>
>
>
>
> Christian Fufezan, PhD
> Physics Department J419
> City College of New York
> 160 Convent Ave
> New York, NY 10031
>
> Tel. ++1-212-650-6872
> Fax. ++1-212-650-6940www.fufezan.net
>
>

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