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From: Rob (spamrefuse_at_yahoo.com)
Date: Mon Sep 25 2006 - 11:17:10 CDT

Damn, that means I can't use my fast scripts with
an updated VASP plugin....

Rob

--- John Stone <johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu> wrote:

> Hi,
> There's no race condition (which would imply
> non-determinism), but you're absolutely correct
> that updated plugins aren't loaded until after VMD
> has run through its startup scripts and .vmdrc etc.
> This is due to some historical aspects of the way
> VMD starts up.
> One of many small things that still needs
> improvement...
>
> John Stone
> vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
>
> On Mon, Sep 25, 2006 at 09:45:26AM -0400, Axel
> Kohlmeyer wrote:
> > hi!
> >
> > one additional remark: when trying to override the
> internal plugins
> > you should not load molecule files directly from
> the command line.
> > there is some kind of race condition between the
> loading of the
> > data and the re-initialization of the plugins. so
> you need to make
> > sure that vmd is fully up and running before
> loading files. otherwise
> > the file may still be loaded with the old plugin.

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