MacOSX-specific .pymolrc file

Here is an example of a ~/.pymolrc file that I use on Mac OS X. There are two main things going on here:

• It defines a bunch of aliases, including one that ribbonizes protein/nucleic acid comples (this could benefit from updating)

• It runs a series of pythonized pymol commands to permit interaction with the PowerMate Dial

 
_ feedback push
_ feedback disable,all,everything

alias clear, mstop; mclear; hide all
alias nogui, set internal_gui=0
alias gui, set internal_gui=1
alias shiny, set spec_power=250; set spec_refl=1.5; set antialias=1; ray
alias grab, os.system("open -a Grab")
alias stop, quit
alias exit, quit
alias white, bg_color white; set depth_cue=0; set ray_trace_fog=0

from pymol import cmd

# Define aliases for mapping in [x,y,z] rotations and translations into a single Powermate
# dial.  Toggling between the three is possible if you then assign these to special keys.

# Functions for x,y,z rotations and translations using Powermate dial
# Program F1 and F2 for Rotate Right and Rotate Left
# Program F3 and F4 for Click & Rotate Right and Click & Rotate Left
# Program F5 for  Click  (to toggle between dialsets)

# dialset = 2

def dialx(): \
    global dialset \
    dialset = 1 \
    cmd.set_key ('F1', cmd.turn,('x',-2.0)) \
    cmd.set_key ('F2', cmd.turn,('x',2.0)) \
    cmd.set_key ('F3', cmd.move,('x',-0.5)) \
    cmd.set_key ('F4', cmd.move,('x',0.5)) \
    print "dialset ", dialset, " [ X ]\n" \
    return dialset

def dialy(): \
    global dialset \
    dialset = 2 \
    cmd.set_key ('F1', cmd.turn,('y',-2.0)) \
    cmd.set_key ('F2', cmd.turn,('y',2.0)) \
    cmd.set_key ('F3', cmd.move,('y',-0.5)) \
    cmd.set_key ('F4', cmd.move,('y',0.5)) \
    print "dialset ", dialset, " [ Y ]\n" \
    return dialset


def dialz(): \
    global dialset \
    dialset = 3 \
    cmd.set_key ('F1', cmd.turn,('z',-2.0)) \
    cmd.set_key ('F2', cmd.turn,('z',2.0)) \
    cmd.set_key ('F3', cmd.move,('z',-0.5)) \
    cmd.set_key ('F4', cmd.move,('z',0.5)) \
    print "dialset ", dialset, " [ Z ]\n" \
    return dialset

def toggle_dial(): \
    if dialset == 1 : \
        print "Changing to y" \
        dialy() \
    elif dialset == 2 : \
        print "Changing to z" \
        dialz() \
    elif dialset == 3 : \
        print "Changing to x" \
        dialx() \
    else: print "Dial assignment isn't working"


cmd.set_key ('F5', toggle_dial)

# Start default dial state for rotate y  (arbitrary choice)

dialy()


alias ribbonize,\
    hide; show cartoon; set cartoon_fancy_helices, 1; \
    hide cartoon, ( resname A or resname G or resname C or resname U or resname T ); \
    show sticks, ( resname A or resname G or resname C or resname U or resname T ); \
    util.rainbow; color hotpink, ( resname A or resname G or resname C or resname U or resname T )


# END COMMANDS
_ feedback pop

print "PowerMate Dial interface has been enabled"

print "Finished reading ~/.pymolrc"