Attendees

Elaine, Eric, Greg, TomG, TomF

Agenda

• Review action items from last meeting
• Semicolon processing on command line
• Possible echo commands invoked via URL on command line

• Discuss session status
  • Volume models not in sessions currently
  • Python level ribbon attributes
  • Global pseudobond manager
  • Lighting
• Decide what else still needs to be done
  • finish mmCIF NMR structure support
  • figure out and fix Mac OS X runtime linking bug
• Will there be a Linux release?
• Decide who will get the friends-and-family release
• Decide on bounded Qt evaluation plan
  • --windowsys flag
  • implement:
    • dockable main window
    • status line
    • OpenGL area
      • mouse modes
    • reply log (perhaps simplified)
    • balloon help
    • menus
    • command line
      • keystroke forwarding
  • ETA:
    • top priority and few distractions (other ChimeraX emergencies, grant writing, etc.): 1 month
    • therefore probably 2 months
  • Notes:
    • separate Git checkout, for easy variance of compiler environment and options
    • frequent testing of Linux version
    • Qt 5.5.1 (latest PyQt)

Action Items

• Friends and Family bugs outstanding
  • New version of phoenix (Greg)
    • Make Linux release if new version works well (Greg)
  • Version command (Greg)
  • Fetch feedback (Eric)
  • Quick start update (TomG)
  • Ribbon strand smoothing (Conrad)
  • Save ribbon attributes in sessions (Conrad)
  • Save lighting attributes in sessions (TomG)
  • Save clip planes in sessions (TomG)
  • Save named views in sessions (TomG)
  • Stretch goals
    • Hither/Yon planes in side view (Greg)
    • Save global pseudobond manager in sessions (Eric)
    • Finish mmCIF NMR structure support (Greg)
    • Figure out and fix Mac OS X runtime linking bug (TomG/Greg/Conrad)
    • First-time start-up failure after installation from dmg (TomG/Greg/Conrad/Eric)
    • Save molecular surfaces in sessions (Eric/TomG)
• Announcing ChimeraX release
  • Need licensing agreement
  • Invite the follow to try current version:
    • Andreas and Ezra
    • Oliver Clarke
    • Jane Richardson
    • Darrell Hurt
    • Graham & his group
  • Should we focus on specific people/groups or cast a broad net?