+2.
I really like the idea of orienting CA-CB vertically as well. Dave ________________________________ From: Mailing list for users of COOT Crystallographic Software <[email protected]> on behalf of Oliver Clarke <[email protected]> Sent: 16 November 2018 00:53:18 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Automatic rotation during "Next/Previous Residue"-Action +1 for this idea! I’ve wanted this for a while too… Cheers Oli > > Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2018 10:27:54 +0100 > From: Jan Gebauer <[email protected]> > Subject: Automatic rotation during "Next/Previous Residue"-Action > > Dear all, > > first of all thank all developers for their great work on COOT and > others for their great support! > > I am using the software now for years very successfully. However, today > I noticed that I do one thing over and over again - and wondered if it > can't be automated. The way I finally inspect and refine my (small) > structures is by "spacing" through all residues and look for issues or > adjustments I can do. During this process I continuously rotate the > screen to get roughly the same orientation of the main chain trace and > the side chain. Especially in helices, this tends to be a very > repetitive mouse movement. It should be possible to implement a > automatic rotation which should work most of the times? (Like orient the > C-CA-N axis in relation to the screen as it was before next residue ...) > Is there such a function available, which I am unaware of? Could this be > implemented a Extension (like when you press ctrl+space) ? Am I the only > one, who would be interested in such functionality? ( Probably I am > "holding it wrong" ;-) ) > > Best, > Jan > > -- > Dr. Jan Gebauer > AG Prof. Baumann > Institut für Biochemie / Uni-Köln > Zülpicher Str. 47 / 50674 Köln > Fon: +49 (221) 470 3212 > Fax: +49 (221) 470 5066 > > https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fpx.uni-koeln.de%2F&data=02%7C01%7C%7C3f1783eb90e14616ad4f08d64b5de9e4%7C4eed7807ebad415aa7a99170947f4eae%7C0%7C0%7C636779264081307353&sdata=YeuqrgVUp02WtPmRi%2B9NP%2Bc%2FGSDJnG2B%2FxzzatCfn%2FA%3D&reserved=0 > > ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the COOT list, click the following link: https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jiscmail.ac.uk%2Fcgi-bin%2Fwebadmin%3FSUBED1%3DCOOT%26A%3D1&data=02%7C01%7C%7C3f1783eb90e14616ad4f08d64b5de9e4%7C4eed7807ebad415aa7a99170947f4eae%7C0%7C0%7C636779264081307353&sdata=zoLj7ZH3qTFl%2B9IxdhIQaZW7iWfVm4JO6jR68jLqPPE%3D&reserved=0 The Francis Crick Institute Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales no. 1140062 and a company registered in England and Wales no. 06885462, with its registered office at 1 Midland Road London NW1 1AT ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the COOT list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=COOT&A=1
