I think it's a bug in Jmol. That should work. What it's expecting is "1.1"
-- the Jmol model number; but that should not be necessary. I'll check into
it. In any case, what you can do is

define ~contarget (selected and */1)

(the old RasMol syntax)



On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 5:47 PM, Dan Connolly <conno...@w3.org> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to write a batch program that reproduces selection
> of contact points from First Glance in Jmol
>  http://molvis.sdsc.edu/fgij/notes.htm?mol=1K5N#hbonds
>
> The First Glace script.js file uses the Jmol "define" mechanism,
> but I can't reproduce its results.
> I'm struggling to understand how "define" works.
>
> I isolated the problem to this small script:
>
>  select :c; define ~contarget (selected and model=1); select none;
> select ~contarget; spacefill
>
> PDB provides an interactive script field on pages such as this one:
> http://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore/jmol.do?structureId=1K5N&bionumber=1#
>
> If you go there and clear things off a la:
>
>  select all; cartoon off; spacefill off; wireframe off
>
> ... and then pasted the above script that uses define,
> the view remains blank; nothing gets spacefill'd.
>
> Would somebody please help me understand what's going on?
>
> Hmm... maybe I found my own answer...
> if I take the "and model=1" stuff out, it works.
> Now I wonder why the First Glance in Jmol scripts work.
>
> --
> Dan Connolly, W3C http://www.w3.org/People/Connolly/
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