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From: Sanghyun Park (sp.spark_at_gmail.com)
Date: Sat Oct 20 2007 - 11:42:45 CDT

Hi John and Axel -

I'm not trying to accomplish anything. I just don't like seeing all
the X's VMD put in my PDB; it makes me dizzy. If there is no simple
way within VMD, I'll just write a little script to remove all the X's
in the chain column. (I'll call it "X-killer".)

Thanks!
Sanghyun

On 10/19/07, John Stone <johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu> wrote:
>
> Hi Sanghyun,
> The existing VMD code won't allow a blank chain ID, which is why
> it auto-assigns "X" if one is not otherwise set. If you want to change
> that behavior, I can probably send you a patch, but without knowing
> what you're trying to accomplish, changint that detail may not help much.
> If you can tell me what you're attempting to accomplish, I can help you
> get it done.
>
> Cheers,
> John Stone
> johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu
>
> On Fri, Oct 19, 2007 at 09:57:10PM -0500, Sanghyun Park wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > How can I remove the chain id "X" automatically assigned by VMD? I've tried
> >
> > set all [atomselect top "all"]
> > $all set chain " "
> >
> > But, that doesn't seem to work.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Sanghyun
>
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