[chimera-dev] Chimera extension threads

[Conrad Huang]

Shoot.  I forgot to cc you.  I asked for data.

Conrad

On 5/17/2016 10:44 AM, Eric Pettersen wrote:
> Hi Tanja,
> Well, depending on you data it may still be possible to speed things up
> somewhat.  It’s possible that computing the initial “smart display” is
> slow with your structure.  You can test this out interactively by going
> to Favorites->Preferences, switch to the New Molecules category of
> Preferences, and change “smart initial display” from “true” to “false”,
> then open your structure.  If it’s significantly faster to open with
> smart display off, then let me know what calls you are making to open
> the structure and I’ll tell you what to change to prevent smart display
> from happening.
>
> —Eric
>
> Eric Pettersen
> UCSF Computer Graphics Lab
>
>> On May 16, 2016, at 3:06 PM, Tanja Štular <ts6544 at student.uni-lj.si
>> <mailto:ts6544 at student.uni-lj.si>> wrote:
>>
>> Dear Conrad,
>>
>> Thank you for fast reply. Unfortunately, I'm having the problem due to
>> the large data. As I understand correctly for now there is no way to
>> solve this problem? I would be happy even with just making a plugin
>> responsive while Chimera is loading.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Tanja
>>
>> 2016-05-16 23:53 GMT+02:00 Conrad Huang <conrad at cgl.ucsf.edu
>> <mailto:conrad at cgl.ucsf.edu>>:
>>
>>     Hi, Tanja.
>>
>>     I think the answer depends on where the bottleneck lies.  If the
>>     problem is that your plugin data is large and Chimera is just slow
>>     to process the data set, then there's not a whole lot we can do to
>>     speed that up. (That's why we're working on ChimeraX.)  If, on the
>>     other hand, the issue is that the plugin takes some time to send
>>     data back, I may be able to help.  Do you have some idea of which
>>     type of problem you're encountering?  Thanks.
>>
>>     Conrad
>>
>>
>>     On 5/16/2016 9:49 AM, Tanja Štular wrote:
>>
>>         Dear Sir or Madam,
>>
>>         I have been developing an extension for UCSF Chimera. I'm
>>         wondering if
>>         there is any option for background threading for loading object to
>>         Chimera view? Our plugin allows loading large molecules to
>>         Chimera which
>>         sometimes causes freezing of Chimera and plugin for a little
>>         time. I
>>         know about Subprocess class
>>         (https://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimera/docs/ProgrammersGuide/Examples/Main_RunSubprocess.html)
>>         but it doesn't seem to work (same goes for python threading).
>>
>>         Thank you in advance.
>>
>>         Best regards,
>>         Tanja
>>
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