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From: John Stone (johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu)
Date: Wed Sep 13 2000 - 23:15:21 CDT

Hi Surjit,
  VMD 1.5 and newer have a very different file browser from
the one found in VMD 1.4 and older. This is because the new
versions of VMD are built using FLTK, and FLTK's file browser
is different. The buttons labelled "*.[pP][dD][bB]" etc, are
just hard coded buttons in this file browser, you can't modify
what they select. To list files of a certain type, you can
type "*.foo" into the text input field at the very bottom of
the file browser, in the line right above the "ok" and "cancel"
buttons. It is a "filename completion" browser control of sorts,
try it out, I think you'll find that it does everything you would
have wanted out of the modifiable XForms buttons, and much much
more. Its only drawback is that it isn't labelled with any text
saying what the heck its there for, so unless you happen to play
with it at some point, it is an easy feature to overlook.
Please play around with it for a few minutes, and I think you'll
actually like it a lot. For more information on FLTK, go to
http://www.fltk.org/

Please feel free to send us comments on the GUI, we're always
interested in feedback.

Thanks!
  John Stone
  vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu

On Wed, Sep 13, 2000 at 07:03:45PM +0200, Surjit Dixit wrote:
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Hi!
<br>While loading files into VMD1.6a1 which do not have non-default file
extensions : for eg if my
<br>*.pdb is called *.xpdb, I am not able to change the default pattern
to the new pattern. ie clicking
<br>on the "*.[pP][dD][bB]" button in the "Select molecular structure file:"
does not pop up a pattern
<br>window to permit the change. This was functional in vmd 1.4.&nbsp;
I am using vmd on Irix6.4.
<br>I know this is not a grave bug but thought it should be reported.
<br>Thanks and best wishes,
<br>Surjit.
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