That would be a problem with all programs -- unless there is a SAVE mode
that is "compatible with version  xxxx" (as, for example, MS Word has). One
cannot expect backward compatibility, I think.

Bob Hanson


On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 4:18 PM, David Hall <li...@cowsandmilk.net> wrote:

> I still have this problem:
> session saved in 1.6 with a black background; opens in 1.5 (and earlier)
> with a red background
>
> Many of my collaborators use old versions of pymol, frequently installed
> onto their machines when they were bought X years ago, and this essentially
> makes it so I cannot use pymol 1.6 as I cannot share sessions with them (at
> least not without getting weird e-mails asking why I have a sudden affinity
> for the color red).
>
> -David
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 7:37 AM, Thomas Holder <
> thomas.hol...@schrodinger.com> wrote:
>
>> This is fixed in SVN rev 4032.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>   Thomas
>>
>> Thomas Holder wrote, On 06/15/13 10:45:
>> > Hi Rob,
>> >
>> > this has not been fixed yet, I'm really sorry. We'll look into this
>> > ASAP. It only affects the open-source code, apparently we missed
>> > something when syncing with the incentive codebase.
>> >
>> > Cheers,
>> >   Thomas
>> >
>> > On Jun 14, 2013, at 9:23 PM, Robert Campbell <
>> robert.campb...@queensu.ca> wrote:
>> >> Hello Thomas and David,
>> >>
>> >> Was there any resolution of this?  I've just compiled the latest
>> version
>> >> from SVN and I have the same problem opening files created under
>> version
>> >> 1.5.0.  This is on Debian testing (32-bit).
>> >>
>> >> Cheers,
>> >> Rob
>> >>
>> >> On Fri, 2013-04-26 19:15  EDT,  David Hall <li...@cowsandmilk.net>
>> >> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> Hi Thomas,
>> >>>
>> >>> I'm running into issues with color compatibility between 1.6 and
>> >>> earlier versions when opening pses
>> >>> (a) when I open any 1.5 pse in 1.6, I see a bunch of errors like:
>> >>> Setting-Error: type read mismatch (color) 6
>> >>> Setting-Error: type read mismatch (color) 663
>> >>> Setting-Error: type read mismatch (color) 664
>> >>> (b) background color disparity:
>> >>> saved in 1.5 with black background; opens in 1.6 with a white
>> background
>> >>> saved in 1.6 with a blackground; opens in 1.5 (and earlier) with a red
>> >>> background
>> >>>
>> >>> These are run on openSUSE 12.3 with SVN rev 4028 . On a side note,
>> >>> others who would like to beta test can use devel:languages:python repo
>> >>> in openSUSE:
>> >>>
>> https://build.opensuse.org/package/show?package=pymol&project=devel%3Alanguages%3Apython
>> >>>
>> >>> -David
>>
>> --
>> Thomas Holder
>> PyMOL Developer
>> Schrödinger Contractor
>>
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