Dirk Kostrewa wrote:
Hi Paul,
I still have a ".coot" file in my home folder for a few coot preferences
that I couldn't find in the new
".coot-preferences/coot-preferences.scm". There is a warning that I
should not add commands to this file. So is a "~/.coot" still the proper
place to add default commands for coot?
Dear Dirk,
Thanks for this prompting.
Coot does not create a ~/.coot file for you, but will read it if it
exists. Likewise, ~/.coot.py in which you can write python commands.
~/.coot-preferences is a directory in which all .scm files and .py files
are executed. coot-preferences.scm and coot_preferences.py there are
generated by using the Edit -> Preferences dialog (and thus it
overwrites older versions - hence the warning).
If you want to create a script that will be read by everyone then put
those files into a directory define by environment variable
$COOT_SCHEME_EXTRAS_DIR (for *.scm) or $COOT_PYTHON_EXTRAS_DIR (*.py).
All *.scm in $COOT_SCHEME_EXTRAS_DIR and *.py files in
$COOT_PYTHON_EXTRAS_DIR will be executed at start up.
So you have a variety of places. Personally I mostly use ~/.coot.
Paul.
