Hi I-Ji,

the "sele" name is hard coded and cannot be changed. But you could write a 
wizard which automatically renames the selection immediately. Writing wizards 
is not trivial and require python scripting skills (but this would be a very 
simple wizard).

Cheers,
  Thomas

On 04 May 2014, at 17:22, I-Ji Jung <u5205...@anu.edu.au> wrote:

> Hi pymol gurus out there,
> 
> I'm trying to write a python script for a project and I need to know how to 
> auto-name a selection. Is there a way in which  I can make the default 'sele' 
> selection name become protein name-chain-residue name-residue number when I 
> click on a residue? You know when you label a residue, it labels it to a 
> format of resn-resi (e.g. TYR-37..). I want it to be in like that sort of 
> format. 
> 
> Of course I want to know how to do this for more than one residue. Also I 
> want to know how to turn this auto-naming on and off too.
> 
> Any advice will be greatly appreciated!!
> 
> Thanks
> 
> I-Ji

-- 
Thomas Holder
PyMOL Developer
Schrödinger, Inc.


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