FWIW, perhaps now would be a good a time to start looking at integrating Verse into PyMOL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verse_protocol
Blender, an open-source graphics program (and a free alternative to Maya), uses it quite well. Just as an aside, improved PyMOL and Blender integration would be simply awesome... ...and now I shall step off the soap-box. Best, Shiven On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 7:32 AM, Lesburg, Charles <charles.lesb...@spcorp.com> wrote: > Hi PyMOLers, > > >From time to time, I find myself sharing structures using PyMOL with > coworkers/collaborators at remote locations. I have used various > screen-sharing tools (e.g. VNC) to do this. If you've ever done this, > even over a fast 'net connection, you know that the quality suffers > significantly over running PyMOL locally. On occasion, I've reversed > this so that I remote-control a remote local PyMOL session, but this is > also a bit difficult as the quality on my side suffers significantly. > It would be nice to have a high-quality method to share 3D info > simultaneously across multiple locations. > > I stumbled upon the ability of PyMOL to act as an XML-RPC listener. > Obviously, this feature was added to allow one or more sessions to act > as "slaves" to a "master" controlling session over the > internet/intranet. > > Has anyone made any progress along these lines? As I see it, the slave > session(s) need to be invoked so that they can be controlled remotely > (currently, it seems fixed to localhost on port 9123). Also, the master > session needs to spit out the appropriate commands (as it does to a log > file) along with orientational information to one or more slave > sessions. > > Any guidance would be useful. > > Sincerely, > > Chip Lesburg > ********************************************************************* > This message and any attachments are solely for the > intended recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, > disclosure, copying, use or distribution of the information > included in this message is prohibited -- Please > immediately and permanently delete. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > OpenSolaris 2009.06 is a cutting edge operating system for enterprises > looking to deploy the next generation of Solaris that includes the latest > innovations from Sun and the OpenSource community. Download a copy and > enjoy capabilities such as Networking, Storage and Virtualization. > Go to: http://p.sf.net/sfu/opensolaris-get > _______________________________________________ > PyMOL-users mailing list (PyMOL-users@lists.sourceforge.net) > Info Page: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/pymol-users > Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/pymol-users@lists.sourceforge.net > -- ~^v^~ the cgull ... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ OpenSolaris 2009.06 is a cutting edge operating system for enterprises looking to deploy the next generation of Solaris that includes the latest innovations from Sun and the OpenSource community. Download a copy and enjoy capabilities such as Networking, Storage and Virtualization. Go to: http://p.sf.net/sfu/opensolaris-get _______________________________________________ PyMOL-users mailing list (PyMOL-users@lists.sourceforge.net) Info Page: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/pymol-users Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/pymol-users@lists.sourceforge.net
