Hi Michael, it's a good idea! A working proof-of-concept userland script should be quick to implement I guess.
I think the design should go together with the planned new plugin architecture (http://pymolwiki.org/index.php/PluginArchitecture ). Cheers, Thomas Michael Lerner wrote, On 05/04/11 17:59: > Hi all, > > I'm considering building in a mechanism for automatically fetching > scripts from the PyMOL Wiki. The goal is to allow users to say > > fetch findSurfaceResidues, type=script > findSurfaceResidues doShow=True, cutoff=0.5 > > The convenience benefits are obvious, especially for new users, and I > think that lowering the barrier to script usage will greatly increase > both the number of people who use various scripts and the incentive to > place scripts on the wiki (especially if the fetch mechanism makes it > easy for script authors to provide a citation/DOI/etc.). > > I've put up a tentative page about this on the wiki > (http://pymolwiki.org/index.php/Fetching_scripts), and I'd love comments > either via the list, private email or on the wiki, especially about > > - whether you think it's a good idea > - security and validation > - options you'd like > - implementation issues > > The plan is to write this as a userland script first. If issues relating > to security and validation can be resolved, we'll see if the official > builds want to include it. > > Cheers, > > -Michael > > -- > Michael Lerner, Ph.D. > IRTA Postdoctoral Fellow > Laboratory of Computational Biology NIH/NHLBI > 5635 Fishers Lane, Room T909, MSC 9314 > Rockville, MD 20852 (UPS/FedEx/Reality) > Bethesda MD 20892-9314 (USPS) -- Thomas Holder MPI for Developmental Biology Spemannstr. 35 D-72076 Tübingen ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ WhatsUp Gold - Download Free Network Management Software The most intuitive, comprehensive, and cost-effective network management toolset available today. Delivers lowest initial acquisition cost and overall TCO of any competing solution. http://p.sf.net/sfu/whatsupgold-sd _______________________________________________ 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
