An interesting idea. It will be a performance hit, but maybe not too bad.. Eric Martz wrote:
>"set labelsFront on" in 10.3.1 is extremely useful -- with it you can be >sure to see all labels regardless of the orientation of the molecule. > >However, I think we need another mode for labels. Most often, what I need >is that, with everything SPACEFILLED, the label on an alpha-carbon atom be >visible regardless of the orientation of the amino acid. In other words, >I'd like the label to be in front of the sidechain, even when the sidechain >is in front, hiding the alpha carbon. > >On the other hand, if A DIFFERENT residue is in front of the labeled >residue, I want the label to be hidden behind the interceding residue. That >is, I don't want to see labels from the backside of the molecule "bleeding >through" to the front (as now happens with "set labelsFront on"). So I'd like: > >set labelsFront group > >I'm not sure how hard this would be to implement. > >Another idea that occurred to Frieda when we discussed this is > >set labelsFront [distance] > >So labels would be hidden behind atoms only when the interceding atoms are >farther than [distance] from the labeled atom. This would be slightly less >satisfactory than "set labelsFront group" but would fill the need, if it is >easier to implement. > >Thanks, -Eric > >/* - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - >Eric Martz, Professor Emeritus, Dept Microbiology >U Mass, Amherst -- http://www.umass.edu/molvis/martz > >Biochem 3D Education Resources http://MolviZ.org >See 3D Molecules, Install Nothing! - http://firstglance.jmol.org >Protein Explorer - 3D Visualization: http://proteinexplorer.org >Workshops: http://workshops.proteinexplorer.org >World Index of Molecular Visualization Resources: http://molvisindex.org >ConSurf - Find Conserved Patches in Proteins: http://consurf.tau.ac.il >Atlas of Macromolecules: http://atlas.proteinexplorer.org >PDB Lite Macromolecule Finder: http://pdblite.org >Molecular Visualization EMail List (molvis-list): > http://bioinformatics.org/mailman/listinfo/molvis-list >- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - */ > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? >Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier >Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo >http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 >_______________________________________________ >Jmol-users mailing list >[email protected] >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jmol-users > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Jmol-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jmol-users
