ChimeraX bug | No such file or directory | Desktop/

[ramiro.magno@…]

Hi

First time trying ChimeraX here, version 0.5, on Linux.

It seems ChimeraX presumes that a Desktop/ directory exists when attempting
to record a spin movie. I do not have a Directory/ folder (intentionally).

This leads to an error:

Opened mmCIF data containing 3192 atoms and 3121 bonds
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File
"/home/rmagno/dwl/chimerax/chimerax/lib/python3.6/site-packages/chimerax/shortcuts/tool.py",
line 47, in button_press_cb
    ks.run_shortcut(keys)
  File
"/home/rmagno/dwl/chimerax/chimerax/lib/python3.6/site-packages/chimerax/shortcuts/shortcuts.py",
line 373, in run_shortcut
    sc.run(self.session)
  File
"/home/rmagno/dwl/chimerax/chimerax/lib/python3.6/site-packages/chimerax/shortcuts/shortcuts.py",
line 292, in run
    f(s)
  File
"/home/rmagno/dwl/chimerax/chimerax/lib/python3.6/site-packages/chimerax/shortcuts/shortcuts.py",
line 1010, in save_spin_movie
    cmd = 'movie record ; turn y 2 180 ; wait 180 ; movie encode %s' %
unused_file_name(basepath, suffix)
  File
"/home/rmagno/dwl/chimerax/chimerax/lib/python3.6/site-packages/chimerax/shortcuts/shortcuts.py",
line 1022, in unused_file_name
    files = listdir(dir)
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory:
'/home/rmagno/Desktop'

Many thanks!

Sincerely, Ramiro Magno

[Tom Goddard]

Alright, I'll see about making the spin movie toolbar button place the movie in your current directory if ~/Desktop does not exist.

[Tom Goddard]

Fixed.

Image save and movie save toolbar buttons will save in current working directory if ~/Desktop does not exist.