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From: Axel Kohlmeyer (akohlmey_at_cmm.chem.upenn.edu)
Date: Mon Jun 04 2007 - 20:12:25 CDT

On Mon, 4 Jun 2007, Grant Schauer wrote:

GS> Hello everyone,
GS>

GS> I wrote a tcl script hisdis.tcl, added it to
GS> /usr/local/vmd-1.8.5/scripts/vmd/ , and created a .vmdrc file with
GS> one line:

GS>
GS> source /usr/local/vmd-1.8.5/scripts/vmd/hisdis.tcl
GS>
GS> In the tcl console, I wrote:
GS> auto_mkindex /usr/local/vmd-1.8.5/scripts/vmd/ hisdis.tcl
GS>
GS> I'm happy to say that my script works great, but now my VMD-Main
GS> window does not load! If I remove the .vmdrc file, I can recover
GS> the Main Window (but can't run the script). I'm sure it's a problem
GS> with the .vmdrc file, but clues were sparse as to how to create it.
GS> Any suggestions?

add:

menu main on

have a look at /usr/local/vmd-1.8.5/.vmdrc to see what
is in the default .vmdrc script.

cheers,
  axel.

GS>
GS> Thanks!
GS> Grant
GS>
GS>
GS>
GS>
GS> 

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