[Chimera-users] suggested feature/model panel

[Elaine Meng]

Hi Matt,
If you prefer commands to shortcuts, simply entering "open" without  
arguments will bring up a file browser.

There is also an "export" command, and if you omit the output filename  
argument, it will bring up the file browser for specifying output name  
and location.
<http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimera/docs/UsersGuide/midas/export.html>

Neither of these is an operation on specific models ("export" gets the  
whole scene).
Best,
Elaine
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Elaine C. Meng, Ph.D.                          meng at cgl.ucsf.edu
UCSF Computer Graphics Lab (Chimera team) and Babbitt Lab
Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry
University of California, San Francisco
                      http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/home/meng/index.html

On Jan 26, 2009, at 11:40 AM, Eric Pettersen wrote:

> On Jan 24, 2009, at 7:49 PM, Matthew Dougherty wrote:
>
>> another suggestion would be to put open and export buttons on the  
>> model panel.
>> Makes it easier than going up to menu pull down.
>
> I'm hesitant to add buttons to the model panel since the button list  
> is already kind of long, particularly for functions that aren't all  
> that hard to access.  As a power user, you might want to consider  
> using keyboard shortcuts, as documented here:
>
> Chimera Keyboard Shortcuts (Accelerators)
>
> In particular, 'op' will bring up the open-file dialog, and 'ov' the  
> open-volume dialog.  There are shortcuts for opening the last file  
> you opened, the second-to-last, the last two, etc. which is  
> convenient for quickly opening the same file(s) you were working on  
> in a previous session when you start a new session.  Also, 'xs' will  
> export a scene.
>
> --Eric
>