Hi, what I tend to do, is to trigger the continuous rotation (key "I"). the view adjustments are then not needed that often. Cheers, Jan
On 15/11/18 11:47, Paul Emsley wrote: > Hello Jan, > >> >> first of all thank all developers for their great work on COOT and >> others for their great support! > > :-) > >> >> I am using the software now for years very successfully. However, >> today I noticed that I do one thing over and over again - and wondered >> if it can't be automated. The way I finally inspect and refine my >> (small) structures is by "spacing" through all residues and look for >> issues or adjustments I can do. During this process I continuously >> rotate the screen to get roughly the same orientation of the main >> chain trace and the side chain. Especially in helices, this tends to >> be a very repetitive mouse movement. It should be possible to >> implement a automatic rotation which should work most of the times? >> (Like orient the C-CA-N axis in relation to the screen as it was >> before next residue ...) Is there such a function available, which I >> am unaware of? Could this be implemented a Extension (like when you >> press ctrl+space) ? Am I the only one, who would be interested in such >> functionality? ( Probably I am "holding it wrong" ;-) ) >> > > Thanks for the question. Graham Winter asked for this (or something like > it) some time ago and I think that it's a good idea, I just haven't got > around to doing it. I had been thinking that I want the side-chain > "pointing up" but I think that your idea is better. > > Paul. > > ######################################################################## > > To unsubscribe from the COOT list, click the following link: > https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=COOT&A=1 -- Jan Stránský, PhD. Institute of Biotechnology, CAS Centre of Molecular Structure Průmyslová 595 252 50 Vestec Czech Republic Email: jan.stran...@ibt.cas.cz Phone: +420 325 873 788 ----- Upozornění: Není-li v této zprávě výslovně uvedeno jinak, má tato e-mailová zpráva nebo její přílohy pouze informativní charakter. Tato zpráva ani její přílohy v žádném ohledu Biotechnologický ústav AV ČR, v. v. i. k ničemu nezavazují. Text této zprávy nebo jejích příloh není návrhem na uzavření smlouvy, ani přijetím případného návrhu na uzavření smlouvy, ani jiným právním jednáním směřujícím k uzavření jakékoliv smlouvy a nezakládá předsmluvní odpovědnost Biotechnologického ústavu AV ČR, v. v. i. Disclaimer: If not expressly stated otherwise, this e-mail message (including any attached files) is intended purely for informational purposes and does not represent a binding agreement on the part of Institute of Biotechnology CAS. The text of this message and its attachments cannot be considered as a proposal to conclude a contract, nor the acceptance of a proposal to conclude a contract, nor any other legal act leading to concluding any contract, nor does it create any pre-contractual liability on the part of Institute of Biotechnology CAS. ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the COOT list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=COOT&A=1
