VMD-L Mailing List

From: John Stone (johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu)
Date: Wed Mar 02 2011 - 12:45:53 CST

Hi,
  For now, Axel's suggestion of editing the plugin's default path is
the best way to go forward. I will see if I can add some new APIs to
the "exectool" plugin to make it easier to set defaults like these
in the vmd.rc or .vmdrc startup scripts. At present, directly editing
the vmdmovie.tcl script is the simplest way.

Cheers,
  John Stone
  vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu

On Tue, Mar 01, 2011 at 05:51:49PM -0500, Axel Kohlmeyer wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 3:33 PM, Phelan Jr., Frederick R. Dr.
> <frederick.phelan_at_nist.gov> wrote:
> > I cannot find this information in either the manual or the website, so if
> > someone could direct me to the correct location, I would appreciate it.
> >
> >
> >
> > 1)      What ENV variable needs to be set in VMD.RC to set the path to the
> > VideoMach movie software?
>
> none. it looks in a default location and then the regular executable
> search path.
> it may be most convenient for you to hack the vmdmovie.tcl source to have
> your desired path to be the default.
>
> > 2)      Is it possible to set an ENV variable in VMD.RC to a path containing
> > user written tcl files, or must they always be loaded by hand?
>
> this is more of a Tcl question than anything else.
> a) you can "source" them from your vmdrc file.
> b) you can autoload them. for that are two steps required:
> you need to have the directory with those scripts in your
> auto_path and you have to generate a tclIndex file.
>
> you can look this up in the Tcl documentation or see
> a VMD specific description in section 3.3 of this:
> http://sites.google.com/site/akohlmey/redirect/cpmd-vmd.pdf
>
> axel.
>
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Fred
> >
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> >
> > Frederick R. Phelan Jr., Ph.D.
> > Complex Fluids Group
> > Polymers Division
> > National Institute of Standards and Technology
> >
> > ________________________________
> >
> > NIST, Bldg. 224/Rm. A209
> > 100 Bureau Dr., STOP 8542
> > Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8542
> > 301.975.6761 (VOX)
> > 301.975.4924 (FAX)
> > Frederick.Phelan_at_nist.gov
> >
> > My Polymers Home Page
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Dr. Axel Kohlmeyer
> akohlmey_at_gmail.com  http://goo.gl/1wk0
>
> Institute for Computational Molecular Science
> Temple University, Philadelphia PA, USA. 

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