Hi Charles, What do you mean with obscure? I've always thought the examples were clear enough. It'd be more helpful if you could give more of your ideas of what is obscure about the help and what would be needed to improve it. But the syntax is
label selection, expression Now selections may be slightly obscure when starting out, but no more than with any other language. The c-alpha atom of tryptophan 42 of chain B is simply 'chain B and resn trp and resi 42 and name ca'. And if you want to label 'Trp42', it's just that: label chain B and resn trp and resi 42 and name ca, Trp42 There's another way to do the selection, but this one's most intuitive. You might also give the expression as 'resn + resi', which is particularly better when dealing with series of atoms. Cheers, Tsjerk On Sat, Mar 21, 2009 at 8:00 AM, Charles David Stout <d...@scripps.edu> wrote: > It's a hassle to always add labels to PyMol figures in Photoshop > > How do you do this in PyMol? e.g. I want to label 'Trp42' next to its > alpha-carbon (on chain B). > The examples in the help manual are obscure. > Thanks > C. D. Stout > 3-20-09 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Apps built with the Adobe(R) Flex(R) framework and Flex Builder(TM) are > powering Web 2.0 with engaging, cross-platform capabilities. Quickly and > easily build your RIAs with Flex Builder, the Eclipse(TM)based development > software that enables intelligent coding and step-through debugging. > Download the free 60 day trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-adobe-com > _______________________________________________ > PyMOL-users mailing list > PyMOL-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/pymol-users > -- Tsjerk A. Wassenaar, Ph.D. Junior UD (post-doc) Biomolecular NMR, Bijvoet Center Utrecht University Padualaan 8 3584 CH Utrecht The Netherlands P: +31-30-2539931 F: +31-30-2537623
