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From: Axel Kohlmeyer (akohlmey_at_cmm.chem.upenn.edu)
Date: Mon Sep 25 2006 - 11:44:23 CDT

On 9/25/06, Rob <spamrefuse_at_yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Damn, that means I can't use my fast scripts with
> an updated VASP plugin....

you can. i'm not sure when a script provided with -e is
executed by to make sure you just need to wrap the
execution into an:

after idle {
# add script code here

}

axel.
>
> 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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