[chimera-dev] Interfacing with Chimera

[Elaine Meng]

Hi Bernard,
I'm not a coder myself, but can mention there are at least a couple of mechanisms for interfacing with Chimera:

ReadStdIn is the older way, perhaps more limited.
<http://www.rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimera/docs/ContributedSoftware/readstdin/readstdin.html>

RESTServer (REST interface) is the newer way, designed as a replacement for ReadStdIn (others: does this mean ReadStdIN will be removed?)
<http://www.rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimera/docs/ContributedSoftware/restserver/restserver.html>

Elaine
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Elaine C. Meng, Ph.D. 
UCSF Computer Graphics Lab (Chimera team) and Babbitt Lab
Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry
University of California, San Francisco


On Oct 21, 2013, at 7:40 AM, Bernard Lieberman <bernardlieberman at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I'm presently writing an application that I'd like to interface with Chimera. Essentially my program will be capable of loading a specific python session with the appropriate model and then select, stylize, etc. specific residues. I'm able to generate the commands required but I'm wondering if it's best to find a way to hook the Chimera command line or if I should be going the route of editing my source py file? I'm essentially looking for the best method to have my VB6 application interface with Chimera and was looking for some suggestions if others have done this in the past.
> 
> Any tips or suggestions are greatly appreciated.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Bernard Lazarus Lieberman