Bug report with Chop^ChopMF

[emmanuel.bettler@…]

Hi,
after installing ChopchopMF, I wanted to open it from the menu Tools > 
General

ui tool show ChopChopMFChopChopMF-beta2.0
Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "C:\Program Files\ChimeraX 
1.10.1\bin\Lib\site-packages\chimerax\core\toolshed\info.py", line 571, 
in start_tool
     ti = api._api_caller.start_tool(api, session, self, tool_info)
          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
   File "C:\Program Files\ChimeraX 
1.10.1\bin\Lib\site-packages\chimerax\core\toolshed\__init__.py", line 
1458, in start_tool
     return cls._get_func(api, "start_tool")(session, bi, ti)
            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
   File 
"C:\Users\ebettler\AppData\Local\UCSF\ChimeraX\1.10\Python311\site-packages\chimerax\chopchop_mf\__init__.py", 
line 71, in start_tool
     raise ValueError(f"Unknown tool name: {tool_name}")
ValueError: Unknown tool name: ChopChopMF

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "C:\Program Files\ChimeraX 
1.10.1\bin\Lib\site-packages\chimerax\ui\gui.py", line 1891, in <lambda>
     run(ses, "ui tool show %s" % StringArg.unparse(tool_name)))
     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
   File "C:\Program Files\ChimeraX 
1.10.1\bin\Lib\site-packages\chimerax\core\commands\run.py", line 49, in run
     results = command.run(text, log=log, return_json=return_json)
               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
   File "C:\Program Files\ChimeraX 
1.10.1\bin\Lib\site-packages\chimerax\core\commands\cli.py", line 3221, 
in run
     result = ci.function(session, **kw_args)
              ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
   File "C:\Program Files\ChimeraX 
1.10.1\bin\Lib\site-packages\chimerax\ui\cmd.py", line 219, in ui_tool_show
     return bi.start_tool(session, name)
            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
   File "C:\Program Files\ChimeraX 
1.10.1\bin\Lib\site-packages\chimerax\core\toolshed\info.py", line 578, 
in start_tool
     raise ToolshedError(
chimerax.core.toolshed.ToolshedError: start_tool() failed for tool 
ChopChopMF in bundle ChimeraX-ChopChopMF:
Unknown tool name: ChopChopMF

chimerax.core.toolshed.ToolshedError: start_tool() failed for tool 
ChopChopMF in bundle ChimeraX-ChopChopMF:
Unknown tool name: ChopChopMF

File "C:\Program Files\ChimeraX 
1.10.1\bin\Lib\site-packages\chimerax\core\toolshed\info.py", line 578, 
in start_tool
raise ToolshedError(

See log for complete Python traceback.

Platform: Windows-10-10.0.19045
ChimeraX version: 1.10.1 (2025-07-24 20:15:27 UTC)

[Eric Pettersen]

Emmanuel: I don't there is an actual "ChopChopMF" tool -- it really just installs a toolbar. You should ignore that tool in the General category.

Lukas: You should remove the ChopChopMF tool entry from your bundle's metadata.