Changes between Version 91 and Version 92 of requests

Timestamp:

Mar 3, 2010, 9:45:48 AM (16 years ago)

Author:

goddard

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 Currently they include only those collected by Tom Goddard (focus on
 density maps, molecular assemblies, electron microscopy).
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+<b>New command "active"</b><br>
+Tom Goddard<br>
+March 3, 2010<br>
+Create a new command "active" to specify which models are active (ie. movable).
+Currently this is done with the misleadingly named "select" command provided
+the model number argument isn't preceded with "#".  If the argument does start
+with "#" then "select" behaves differently controlling selection instead of
+activation.  This senseless and confusing select command was an attempt to preserve
+the historical "select" command for activating models.  "select" for activating
+models should be deprecated and a new command "active" should do this job.  This
+<a href="http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/pipermail/chimera-users/2010-March/004883.html">message</a>
+points out contortions that are encountered without the "active" command.
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