Dear PyMOL-Users: Today's questions regarding alignment RMS values suggest to me that I should re-emphasize what PyMOL is and is not good for:
Please everyone keep in mind that PyMOL is intended to be just a "molecular graphics" program, to be used for displaying, comparing, and manipulating molecular structure in various visual and interactive ways. PyMOL is a figure maker, a movie maker, a presentation tool -- a molecular communications platform, if you will. PyMOL is not intended to be, nor should it be used as, a molecular analysis tool. It wasn't built with that goal in mind, and most of the algorithms inside the program have not been rigorously validated. As a general rule, if the "numbers" matter, then you should be using other more rigorous software for those tasks, and then loading only the final output into PyMOL (for rendering, etc.). Thank you all for keeping this in mind as you continue to apply PyMOL in your work. Cheers, Warren ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference _______________________________________________ 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
