[chimera-dev] asynchronous running of Chimera extensions

[Marcin Pawlowski]

Thank for your mail. 

That was the first think I thought :-) Unfortunately, calling my script with a & causes that I lack all communication with my script (the plugin). We need something like AJAX. 

Quoting christopher lau <chris.d.lau at gmail.com>: 

> Hi Marcin,
>  
> Correct me if I'm wrong developers, but I believe you should be able to run your extension as a "background process".  In linux it involve calling your script with a "&" simple at the end of the command from terminal, i.e.
>  
> python test.py&
>  
> This would allow the process to execute in the background. 
>  
> Hope that helps,
>  
> Chris
>  
>    On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 5:57 AM, Marcin Pawlowski <marcinp at genesilico.pl[1]> wrote:
>  
> 
> Dear Chimera developers.
> Me and of my students are developing  a chimera extension to deal with
> protein structures.
> Unfortunately, the execution of our plunging last at least 5 minutes,
> so during this time the chimera program is hinged.  We would like to
> execute the program in an asynchronous way.
>  
> Is it possible?
>  
> Please do not hesitate to contact us if you require further
> information about our project.
>  
> Best regards,
> Marcin Pawlowski
>  
>  
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