Hi Tom - I’ve also experienced this behavior, which led me to a) attempt to learn not to switch Spaces while using Fink-installed X11 PyMOL (other X11 programs, e.g. CCP4i, appear not to have the same issue); b) make all of my figures using .pml scripts so that if I’ve changed something it’s already saved before I even see it in PyMOL; and c) find and install a very handy (commercial - $15 but worth every penny) program called ForeverSave which will automatically backup and save your other, non-X11 files (i.e. anything that can be saved with Cmd-S) in case you accidentally do switch Spaces, which as you say is hard not to do once you’re in the habit.
http://www.tool-forcesw.com/foreversave/ As I recall, the behavior began to appear with the 10.6.3 update; both the “delta” and “combo” installs produced the same problem. (For a while I had reverted to 10.6.2, but then accidentally told Software Update to do its thing, which got me back to the same point, after which I didn’t feel like reinstalling everything again. 10.6.4 obviously didn’t fix the issue either.) Despite having fairly successfully worked around the issue for a good 9 months or so, the I’d love to see this issue go away, too. Any thoughts from developers or other python- or X11-savvy folks? I’m afraid I’m not one of them. Jared -- Jared Sampson Xiangpeng Kong Lab NYU Langone Medical Center New York, NY 10016 (212) 263-7898 On 10/25/10 2:34 PM, "Thomas Grant" <tomer...@gmail.com> wrote: Hi all, I'm using PyMOL version 1.3 installed via Fink on my MacBook Pro with Snow Leopard 10.6.4. I've noticed a strange OS-specific bug when using the Spaces feature of my Mac while running PyMOL. If I attempt to change Space, my system appears to do some sort of restart, without actually restarting. In other words, every program quits and the even Finder relaunches and anything unsaved gets lost. I realize this is a fairly system specific bug, but I'm wondering if anyone else running Snow Leopard who uses the Spaces feature runs into this and if so, whether or not you've found a solution. Normally I would just stop using the Spaces feature, but I've gotten in the habit of using it and do it without thinking, and lose everything I'm working on. Any advice would help, but I'm hoping to not have to turn off the feature. Thanks. Tom -- Thomas D. Grant Graduate Research Assistant Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute 700 Ellicott St. Buffalo, NY 14203 ------------------------------------------------------------ This email message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain information that is proprietary, confidential, and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure, or distribution is prohibited. If you have received this email in error please notify the sender by return email and delete the original message. Please note, the recipient should check this email and any attachments for the presence of viruses. The organization accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email. ================================= ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Nokia and AT&T present the 2010 Calling All Innovators-North America contest Create new apps & games for the Nokia N8 for consumers in U.S. and Canada $10 million total in prizes - $4M cash, 500 devices, nearly $6M in marketing Develop with Nokia Qt SDK, Web Runtime, or Java and Publish to Ovi Store http://p.sf.net/sfu/nokia-dev2dev _______________________________________________ PyMOL-users mailing list (PyMOL-users@lists.sourceforge.net) Info Page: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/pymol-users Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/pymol-users@lists.sourceforge.net
