PS. If it wasn't obvious, this is Python-specific - presumably there are
Scheme equivalents like this:

set-map-radius 20
set-show-symmetry-master 1

but I could be wrong about the precise syntax.  My (possibly flawed)
understanding was that .coot could be either (but not both).

On Mon, May 6, 2013 at 12:05 PM, Nat Echols <[email protected]>wrote:

> On Mon, May 6, 2013 at 11:44 AM, Joe Batchelor <[email protected]>wrote:
>
>> Coot is working wonderfully for us. I was hoping to get guidance on how
>> to modify initial settings using the .coot file. Apologies if this already
>> has been addressed elsewhere. I specifically would like to add lines to the
>> .coot file with these results -
>>
>> 1 - Change initial map radius (Edit -> Map Parameters) to 20*Å
>> *2 - Load coot with Hardware stereo on (Draw -> Stereo -> Hardware
>> stereo)
>> 3 - Load showing symmetry atoms (Draw -> Cell & Symmetry -> Master
>> Switch:Show Symmetry Atoms: Yes)
>>
>> I would greatly appreciate advice on how to modify the .coot file to
>> change these settings when coot starts up.
>>
>
> A general piece of advice: you can find out what many of the Coot commands
> are by opening the scripting console (e.g. Calculate->Scripting->Python),
> guessing a partial command name, and letting the auto-complete show
> suggested options.  Doing this, starting with "set_map" or "set_show", I
> was able to find these for [1] and [3]:
>
> set_map_radius(20)
> set_show_symmetry_master(1)
>
> Not sure about the hardware stereo - I suspect stereo_mono_toggle or
> stereo_mode_state might do the trick, but I'm running it on a Mac laptop so
> I'm not going to try either of those.
>
> -Nat
>

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