Hey Andrew, On my system, open launches Graphic Converter. In any case, I have an alias defined in ~/.bashrc to start pymol:
alias pymol='/Applications/PyMOLX11Hybrid.app/Contents/MacOS/PyMOL' This way, pymol test.pdb opens the pdb file in pymol, and the path is set correctly. Andreas > I recently switched to MacPyMol 0.99. I frequently open a pdbfile > using the command line in OsX using the "open" command. This opens up > the pdbfile in macpymol. The problem is that the present working > directory is not set up properly. > > For instance: > % cd pdbfiles > % open test.pdb > PyMol > pwd > > I get "/" as the path > > if I open the pdb in the following way: > % cd pdbfiles > % /Applications/MacPyMOL.app/Contents/MacOS/MacPyMOL test.pdb > PyMol > pwd > > I get "/Users/andrew/pdbfiles" as the path. > > Does anyone know how to get around this problem? Incidently I have > the same issue when clicking on pdbfiles using the finder. > > > Andrew Wollacott, PhD > Baker Research Lab > University of Washington -- --> Andreas Förster <-- 8 rue Doudart de Lagrée, 38000 Grenoble ++33.(0)438.866201 and ++33.(0)456.452000 b5foan at skype and yahoo messenger docandreas.blogspot.com