Richard, The PyMOL team was just discussing this a few days back. Sadly, there is no way to do this using standard labels.
If you have Incentive PyMOL v1.7 you can use the new callout command (http://pymol.org/dsc/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=command:callout). Otherwise you can use the pseudoatom (http://www.pymolwiki.org/index.php/Pseudoatom) as a label: # create a single ala frag ala # create a labeled distance dist 2/N, 2/O # hide the labels hide labels # create a new label at the center of the selection pseudoatom new_label, (2/N or 2/O), label="Some arbitrary label here: \316\261" orient Cheers, -- Jason On Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at 10:07 AM, Richard Smith <re...@cam.ac.uk> wrote: > Hi, > > Is there an easy way to change the label on a distance object to some > arbitrary string? > > I would like a line connecting two atoms with an arbitrary label > at the midpoint between the two atoms. > > for example: > #make atom pair selection > distance d, (id 3651, id 3691) # actual distance = 2.00 > > #replace "2.00" with "100%" # or any other string > label d, "100%" > > > > Thanks. > > -- > ----------------------- > Regards > Richard Smith > > Research Associate > Department of Zoology > Smith Research Group > University of Cambridge > Downing Street > Cambridge CB2 3EJ > > Tel.: +44 (0)1223 330933 > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Managing the Performance of Cloud-Based Applications > Take advantage of what the Cloud has to offer - Avoid Common Pitfalls. > Read the Whitepaper. > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=121051231&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk > _______________________________________________ > 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 -- Jason Vertrees, PhD Director of Core Modeling Products Schrödinger, Inc. (e) jason.vertr...@schrodinger.com (o) +1 (603) 374-7120 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Managing the Performance of Cloud-Based Applications Take advantage of what the Cloud has to offer - Avoid Common Pitfalls. Read the Whitepaper. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=121051231&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ 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
