Session notes/notebook

[olibclarke@…]

The following bug report has been submitted:
Platform:        Darwin-18.6.0-x86_64-i386-64bit
ChimeraX Version: 0.91 (2019-06-13)
Description
Hi,

Feature request: A notes panel that can be saved with a session.

Rationale: Chimera had a Notes section which I found very useful for saving notes within a session. This was very useful when sharing a session with collaborators, or saving a session for later reference. This doesn't seem to be present in ChimeraX, and it would be good to have it back at some point, particularly given the expanded capabilities of session saving in ChimeraX (e.g. including maps in the session). 

If it is being built fresh, I would suggest that making the Notes panel more than just a plain text box might be beneficial. For example, allowing the user to add a hyperlink to a particular scene (not yet in ChimeraX but hopefully in future?), view or selection would open up a lot of possibilities - making an "on rails" ChimeraX session to guide a user through a structure, for example, for the purposes of either teaching students or disseminating results to an audience that might be less familiar with structural biology.

Cheers
Oli

Log:
> camera ortho

> cofr centerOfView

> alias crosshairs_on log text crosshairs_on: displays crosshairs at center of
rotation and places cofr at center of view; cofr centerofview showpivot 5,0.2

> alias crosshairs_off cofr centerofview showpivot false

> alias cootmode volume style mesh step 1 squaremesh false meshlighting true
twosidedlighting false capfaces false; surface cap false; size stickradius
0.05; ~rib; disp; color gold target a; color byhet; lighting flat; lighting
depthcuestart 0.2 depthcueend 0.7; set silhouettes false; set subdivision 1;
crosshairs_on; color #3333851effff target s; style stick; set bgcolor black

> alias cootmode_white volume style mesh step 1 squaremesh false meshlighting
true twosidedlighting false capfaces false; surface cap false; size
stickradius 0.05; ~rib; disp; color orange target a; color byhet; lighting
flat; lighting depthcuestart 0.2 depthcueend 0.7; set silhouettes false; set
subdivision 1; crosshairs_on; color #00000000cccc target s; style stick; set
bgcolor white

> alias carve surface zone #* nearatoms sel distance $1 maxcomponents 1

> alias uncarve surface unzone #*

> alias focus view cofr false

> alias saturation_down color modify $1 saturation - 10

> alias saturation_up color modify $1 saturation + 10

> alias lightness_up color modify $1 lightness + 5

> alias lightness_down color modify $1 lightness - 5

> alias hue_up color modify $1 hue + 5

> alias hue_down color modify $1 hue - 5

> alias symclip clip near -$1 far $1 position cofr

UCSF ChimeraX version: 0.91 (2019-06-13)  
© 2016-2019 Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.  
How to cite UCSF ChimeraX  

> open /Users/oliverclarke/Desktop/testmesh.cxs

opened ChimeraX session  

> help note

No help found for 'note'  

> help save




OpenGL version: 4.1 ATI-2.9.26
OpenGL renderer: AMD Radeon Pro 580 OpenGL Engine
OpenGL vendor: ATI Technologies Inc.