[Chimera-users] Atom specifiers for selected atoms

[Elaine Meng]

Hi Yangqi,
For labeling: 
see commands “label” and “labelopt” 
- or -
menu Actions… Label… (several options)
<http://www.rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimera/docs/UsersGuide/midas/label.html>
<http://www.rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimera/docs/UsersGuide/menu.html#menuactions>

For writing a list of the selected atoms to a file and/or the Reply Log, see command “writesel” or menu Actions… Write List
<http://www.rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimera/docs/UsersGuide/midas/writesel.html>

You can search the help for topics using menu Help… Search Documentation...
I hope this helps,
Elaine
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Elaine C. Meng, Ph.D.                       
UCSF Chimera(X) team
Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry
University of California, San Francisco


> On Sep 16, 2018, at 9:28 AM, BuddySphinx <yangqi.gu at yale.edu> wrote:
> 
> Dear Chimera users,
> I have a simple question, if I have selected some atoms from my coordinates using mouse and draw a square. How do I know which atoms I have selected? Is there any way to show the atom specifier?
> Best,
> Yangqi
>