> >Also note that by some conventions, "2OA2" in a PDB file really means
> >atom "OA22".
> >
> I didn't know that. What conventions are those?
Well, PDB atom names are supposed to have the atomic symbol right
justified in the first two columns followed by a remoteness indicator
and then a branchi
Hi Warren,
PyMOL's PDB handling is an attempt to navigate a minefield of
incompatible standards which exist in the conventions of various
software packages.
Ugh. I know more about incompatable PDB files than I ever wanted to. I
once wrote something much like Andrew Dalke's UPDB (see
Michael,
PyMOL's PDB handling is an attempt to navigate a minefield of
incompatible standards which exist in the conventions of various
software packages. Amber in particular poses significant challenges, as
its PDB files are unusual.
Since version 0.90, PyMOL's behavior has chan
