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&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;New page&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;Here is an example of a ~/.pymolrc file that [[User:Wgscott|I]] use on Mac OS X.  There are two main things going on here:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* It defines a bunch of aliases, including one that ribbonizes protein/nucleic acid comples (this could benefit from updating)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* It runs a series of pythonized pymol commands to permit interaction with the [[MAC_Install#PowerMate_Dial | PowerMate Dial]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;source lang=&amp;quot;python&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
_ feedback push&lt;br /&gt;
_ feedback disable,all,everything&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
alias clear, mstop; mclear; hide all&lt;br /&gt;
alias nogui, set internal_gui=0&lt;br /&gt;
alias gui, set internal_gui=1&lt;br /&gt;
alias shiny, set spec_power=250; set spec_refl=1.5; set antialias=1; ray&lt;br /&gt;
alias grab, os.system(&amp;quot;open -a Grab&amp;quot;)&lt;br /&gt;
alias stop, quit&lt;br /&gt;
alias exit, quit&lt;br /&gt;
alias white, bg_color white; set depth_cue=0; set ray_trace_fog=0&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
from pymol import cmd&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
# Define aliases for mapping in [x,y,z] rotations and translations into a single Powermate&lt;br /&gt;
# dial.  Toggling between the three is possible if you then assign these to special keys.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
# Functions for x,y,z rotations and translations using Powermate dial&lt;br /&gt;
# Program F1 and F2 for Rotate Right and Rotate Left&lt;br /&gt;
# Program F3 and F4 for Click &amp;amp; Rotate Right and Click &amp;amp; Rotate Left&lt;br /&gt;
# Program F5 for  Click  (to toggle between dialsets)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
# dialset = 2&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
def dialx(): \&lt;br /&gt;
    global dialset \&lt;br /&gt;
    dialset = 1 \&lt;br /&gt;
    cmd.set_key ('F1', cmd.turn,('x',-2.0)) \&lt;br /&gt;
    cmd.set_key ('F2', cmd.turn,('x',2.0)) \&lt;br /&gt;
    cmd.set_key ('F3', cmd.move,('x',-0.5)) \&lt;br /&gt;
    cmd.set_key ('F4', cmd.move,('x',0.5)) \&lt;br /&gt;
    print &amp;quot;dialset &amp;quot;, dialset, &amp;quot; [ X ]\n&amp;quot; \&lt;br /&gt;
    return dialset&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
def dialy(): \&lt;br /&gt;
    global dialset \&lt;br /&gt;
    dialset = 2 \&lt;br /&gt;
    cmd.set_key ('F1', cmd.turn,('y',-2.0)) \&lt;br /&gt;
    cmd.set_key ('F2', cmd.turn,('y',2.0)) \&lt;br /&gt;
    cmd.set_key ('F3', cmd.move,('y',-0.5)) \&lt;br /&gt;
    cmd.set_key ('F4', cmd.move,('y',0.5)) \&lt;br /&gt;
    print &amp;quot;dialset &amp;quot;, dialset, &amp;quot; [ Y ]\n&amp;quot; \&lt;br /&gt;
    return dialset&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
def dialz(): \&lt;br /&gt;
    global dialset \&lt;br /&gt;
    dialset = 3 \&lt;br /&gt;
    cmd.set_key ('F1', cmd.turn,('z',-2.0)) \&lt;br /&gt;
    cmd.set_key ('F2', cmd.turn,('z',2.0)) \&lt;br /&gt;
    cmd.set_key ('F3', cmd.move,('z',-0.5)) \&lt;br /&gt;
    cmd.set_key ('F4', cmd.move,('z',0.5)) \&lt;br /&gt;
    print &amp;quot;dialset &amp;quot;, dialset, &amp;quot; [ Z ]\n&amp;quot; \&lt;br /&gt;
    return dialset&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
def toggle_dial(): \&lt;br /&gt;
    if dialset == 1 : \&lt;br /&gt;
        print &amp;quot;Changing to y&amp;quot; \&lt;br /&gt;
        dialy() \&lt;br /&gt;
    elif dialset == 2 : \&lt;br /&gt;
        print &amp;quot;Changing to z&amp;quot; \&lt;br /&gt;
        dialz() \&lt;br /&gt;
    elif dialset == 3 : \&lt;br /&gt;
        print &amp;quot;Changing to x&amp;quot; \&lt;br /&gt;
        dialx() \&lt;br /&gt;
    else: print &amp;quot;Dial assignment isn't working&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
cmd.set_key ('F5', toggle_dial)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
# Start default dial state for rotate y  (arbitrary choice)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
dialy()&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
alias ribbonize,\&lt;br /&gt;
    hide; show cartoon; set cartoon_fancy_helices, 1; \&lt;br /&gt;
    hide cartoon, ( resname A or resname G or resname C or resname U or resname T ); \&lt;br /&gt;
    show sticks, ( resname A or resname G or resname C or resname U or resname T ); \&lt;br /&gt;
    util.rainbow; color hotpink, ( resname A or resname G or resname C or resname U or resname T )&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
# END COMMANDS&lt;br /&gt;
_ feedback pop&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
print &amp;quot;PowerMate Dial interface has been enabled&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
print &amp;quot;Finished reading ~/.pymolrc&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/source&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Mac]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Launching]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Pyadmin</name></author>
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	<entry>
		<id>https://wiki.pymol.org/index.php?title=MacOSX-specific_.pymolrc_file&amp;diff=6916&amp;oldid=prev</id>
		<title>Wgscott at 19:08, 18 February 2006</title>
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		<updated>2006-02-18T19:08:48Z</updated>

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				&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; style=&quot;background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;← Older revision&lt;/td&gt;
				&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; style=&quot;background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Revision as of 19:08, 18 February 2006&lt;/td&gt;
				&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l1&quot; &gt;Line 1:&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Here is an example of a ~/.pymolrc file that [[User:Wgscott|I]] use on Mac OS X.  There are two main things going on here:&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;* It defines a bunch of aliases, including one that ribbonizes protein/nucleic acid comples (this could benefit from updating)&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;* It runs a series of pythonized pymol commands to permit interaction with the [[MAC_Install#PowerMate_Dial | PowerMate Dial]]&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;source lang=&amp;quot;python&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;source lang=&amp;quot;python&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<title>Wgscott at 19:01, 18 February 2006</title>
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		<updated>2006-02-18T19:01:31Z</updated>

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&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;New page&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;source lang=&amp;quot;python&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
_ feedback push&lt;br /&gt;
_ feedback disable,all,everything&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
alias clear, mstop; mclear; hide all&lt;br /&gt;
alias nogui, set internal_gui=0&lt;br /&gt;
alias gui, set internal_gui=1&lt;br /&gt;
alias shiny, set spec_power=250; set spec_refl=1.5; set antialias=1; ray&lt;br /&gt;
alias grab, os.system(&amp;quot;open -a Grab&amp;quot;)&lt;br /&gt;
alias stop, quit&lt;br /&gt;
alias exit, quit&lt;br /&gt;
alias white, bg_color white; set depth_cue=0; set ray_trace_fog=0&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
from pymol import cmd&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
# Define aliases for mapping in [x,y,z] rotations and translations into a single Powermate&lt;br /&gt;
# dial.  Toggling between the three is possible if you then assign these to special keys.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
# Functions for x,y,z rotations and translations using Powermate dial&lt;br /&gt;
# Program F1 and F2 for Rotate Right and Rotate Left&lt;br /&gt;
# Program F3 and F4 for Click &amp;amp; Rotate Right and Click &amp;amp; Rotate Left&lt;br /&gt;
# Program F5 for  Click  (to toggle between dialsets)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
# dialset = 2&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
def dialx(): \&lt;br /&gt;
    global dialset \&lt;br /&gt;
    dialset = 1 \&lt;br /&gt;
    cmd.set_key ('F1', cmd.turn,('x',-2.0)) \&lt;br /&gt;
    cmd.set_key ('F2', cmd.turn,('x',2.0)) \&lt;br /&gt;
    cmd.set_key ('F3', cmd.move,('x',-0.5)) \&lt;br /&gt;
    cmd.set_key ('F4', cmd.move,('x',0.5)) \&lt;br /&gt;
    print &amp;quot;dialset &amp;quot;, dialset, &amp;quot; [ X ]\n&amp;quot; \&lt;br /&gt;
    return dialset&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
def dialy(): \&lt;br /&gt;
    global dialset \&lt;br /&gt;
    dialset = 2 \&lt;br /&gt;
    cmd.set_key ('F1', cmd.turn,('y',-2.0)) \&lt;br /&gt;
    cmd.set_key ('F2', cmd.turn,('y',2.0)) \&lt;br /&gt;
    cmd.set_key ('F3', cmd.move,('y',-0.5)) \&lt;br /&gt;
    cmd.set_key ('F4', cmd.move,('y',0.5)) \&lt;br /&gt;
    print &amp;quot;dialset &amp;quot;, dialset, &amp;quot; [ Y ]\n&amp;quot; \&lt;br /&gt;
    return dialset&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
def dialz(): \&lt;br /&gt;
    global dialset \&lt;br /&gt;
    dialset = 3 \&lt;br /&gt;
    cmd.set_key ('F1', cmd.turn,('z',-2.0)) \&lt;br /&gt;
    cmd.set_key ('F2', cmd.turn,('z',2.0)) \&lt;br /&gt;
    cmd.set_key ('F3', cmd.move,('z',-0.5)) \&lt;br /&gt;
    cmd.set_key ('F4', cmd.move,('z',0.5)) \&lt;br /&gt;
    print &amp;quot;dialset &amp;quot;, dialset, &amp;quot; [ Z ]\n&amp;quot; \&lt;br /&gt;
    return dialset&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
def toggle_dial(): \&lt;br /&gt;
    if dialset == 1 : \&lt;br /&gt;
        print &amp;quot;Changing to y&amp;quot; \&lt;br /&gt;
        dialy() \&lt;br /&gt;
    elif dialset == 2 : \&lt;br /&gt;
        print &amp;quot;Changing to z&amp;quot; \&lt;br /&gt;
        dialz() \&lt;br /&gt;
    elif dialset == 3 : \&lt;br /&gt;
        print &amp;quot;Changing to x&amp;quot; \&lt;br /&gt;
        dialx() \&lt;br /&gt;
    else: print &amp;quot;Dial assignment isn't working&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
cmd.set_key ('F5', toggle_dial)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
# Start default dial state for rotate y  (arbitrary choice)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
dialy()&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
alias ribbonize,\&lt;br /&gt;
    hide; show cartoon; set cartoon_fancy_helices, 1; \&lt;br /&gt;
    hide cartoon, ( resname A or resname G or resname C or resname U or resname T ); \&lt;br /&gt;
    show sticks, ( resname A or resname G or resname C or resname U or resname T ); \&lt;br /&gt;
    util.rainbow; color hotpink, ( resname A or resname G or resname C or resname U or resname T )&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
# END COMMANDS&lt;br /&gt;
_ feedback pop&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
print &amp;quot;PowerMate Dial interface has been enabled&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
print &amp;quot;Finished reading ~/.pymolrc&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/source&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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