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From: John Stone (johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu)
Date: Tue May 01 2007 - 12:38:46 CDT

Hi,
  If VASP outputs its files with a particular default filename extension,
let me know and I can adjust the VASP plugins to autodetect these so that
it isn't necessary to manually pick the filetype. Other than that,
prepending "0" to the plugin names and compiling from source
as you describe will indeed put them at the front of the list if you
need to continue manually selecting them. Regarding re-sorting the list
of plugins, I'll have to consider whether that is practical or not and
get back to you.

Cheers,
  John Stone
  vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu

On Thu, Apr 26, 2007 at 11:14:37PM -0700, Rob wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I use vmd as the interface to VASP.
> Whenever I load a VASP structure via the main menu,
> I have to select the type from an endless list of
> possibilities: from "AMBER" types to "gOpenmol plt"
> (more than 50 options). Somewhere in the middle of
> that long list are the VASP types.
> Quite a nuissance having to do this each time.
>
> It would be great if I can set this list myself in,
> for example, the .vmdrc file; I would then select
> only the different VASP types, to make life a lot
> easier :).
>
> Is there a way to do this already?
> (besides hacking the source code, of course)
>
> Previously, the VASP plugin used a trick by adding
> a '0' (zero) in front of the name, so that it would
> appear near the top of the list.
> This zero has been dropped from 1.8.5 to 1.8.6,
> which I kind of understand for those who do not
> use VASP....
>
> Best regards,
> Rob.
>
>
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