PyMOL can't be stopped and restarted within a Python -- it terminates
the process.
However, you can hide the graphics window as needed...
cmd.window("hide")
cmd.window("show")
(in the future, pymol2 will support class-like behavior.)
Cheers,
Warren
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: pymol-users-ad...@lists.sourceforge.net
> [mailto:pymol-users-ad...@lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of Dmitriy
> Sent: Saturday, October 29, 2005 10:07 PM
> To: pymol-users@lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: [PyMOL] cmd.quit() kills pymol together with the
> external python launcher
>
> Hello
>
> I have a question about cmd.quit() behavior.
> here goes simplest example:
> -----------------------------------------------------
> import __main__
> __main__.pymol_argv = [ 'pymol', '-qx' ]
>
> import pymol
> pymol.finish_launching()
>
> from pymol import cmd
>
> raw_input("type something")
> cmd.quit()
> print "finfished"
> ----------------------------------------------------
> cmd.quit() kills the whole program, not just PyMol's window.
> i.e. "finished" is never printed.
> Is it possible somehow to close only PyMol without
> interrupting the program?
>
> What I want to be able to do in general is to launch PyMol
> from my program, plot some data then close PyMol. Then launch
> PyMol again if I need to plot some things again, plot, close,
> and so on. All these things related to PyMol are separated
> in a class. Calling cmd.quit() simply ruins the whole program.
>
> Pymol ver. 20beta I think (latest from CVS)
>
> Help is really appreciated
> Thanks
> Dmitriy
>
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