vim (Improved Vi editor) which is on RedHat and probably most other
Linux, also is python-sensitive. It does pretty colours and stuff, so
for all you vi loyalists, there's no need to go over to the Dark Side.
:)
phx.
> -Original Message-
> From: DeLano, Warren [mailto:war...@sunesis.com]
> Sent: Monday, December 10, 2001 9:13 AM
> To: David J. Schuller
> Cc: pymol-users@lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: [PyMOL] Learning Python for PyMOL
>
>
>
> David Schuller asked about the best books for learning Python. There
> are two key resources:
>
> (1) Guido's online tutorial is a good starting point for learning the
> language.
>
> http://www.python.org/doc/current/tut/tut.html
>
> and (2) "Python Essential Reference" by David M. Beazley, (New Riders)
> is a must-have reference for writing Python code.
>
> These tare what got me going a couple years back along with the other
> documentation files on the Python web site.
> http://www.python.org/doc/current/
>
> NOTE: In order to write Python effectively, you need an editor which
> supports its indentation scheme. The top choices are (1)
> emacs running
> python-mode, or (2) IDLE, the editor included with most Python
> distributions.
>
> Writing Python without a Python-aware editor is a thankless
> task due to
> Python's sensitive block structures which would be a chore to
> maintain.
> I recommend that you use spaces instead of tabs to indent
> Python code --
> PyMOL's convention is 3 spaces per block.
>
> The relavent portions of my .emacs file are included below in case
> anyone is interested. I think most modern Linux
> distrubutions include a
> python mode in emacs by default.
>
> For simple tasks, the PyMOL command language (.pml files) is
> easier than
> Python because you can ignore the identation issue. However,
> .pml files
> are suited for real programming.
>
> Cheers,
> Warren
>
> -- BEGIN .emacs excerpt
>
> (setq-default visible-bell t)
> (setq-default backup-inhibited t)
> (setq-default auto-save-default nil)
>
> (global-set-key "\C-c\C-w" 'goto-line)
>
> (setq-default tab-stop-list '(3 6 9 12 15 18 21 24 27 30 33
> 36 39 42) )
>
> (setq-default tab-width 3)
> (setq-default py-indent-offset 3)
> (setq-default indent-tabs-mode nil)
>
> (setq auto-save-default nil)
> (setq auto-save nil)
> (setq load-path (cons "/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/" load-path))
> (autoload 'python-mode "python-mode" "Python editing mode." t)
> (setq auto-mode-alist
> (cons '("\\.py$" . python-mode) auto-mode-alist))
> (setq auto-mode-alist
> (cons '("\\.pym$" . python-mode) auto-mode-alist))
> (setq interpreter-mode-alist
> (cons '("python" . python-mode) interpreter-mode-alist))
> (global-font-lock-mode)
>
> -- END .emacs excerpt
>
> --
> mailto:war...@sunesis.com
> Warren L. DeLano, Ph.D.
> Informatics Manager
> Sunesis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
> 341 Oyster Point Blvd.
> S. San Francisco, CA 94080
> (650)-266-3606 fax: (650)-266-3501
>
>
>
> > -Original Message-
> > From: DeLano, Warren
> > Sent: Monday, December 10, 2001 7:40 AM
> > To: Glen L. Prosise
> > Cc: pymol-users@lists.sourceforge.net
> > Subject: [PyMOL] PyMOL 0.73 Released (Win,Linux)
> >
> >
> >
> > Gang,
> >
> > Last night I posted binaries of PyMOL 0.73 for Windows and
> > Linux to the
> > downloads page. Read more at http://www.pymol.org
> >
> > This is the first version to support fragment and residue-based
> > molecular building. However, you may find the process
> > challenging with
> > the current rudimentary interface.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Warren
> >
> >
> >
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