Hi Jordan, use the "first" operator:
PyMOL> label first foo, "foo" or for the first CA atom in foo: PyMOL> label first (foo and guide), "foo" Cheers, Thomas Jordan Willis wrote, On 05/21/13 11:07: > Yes thank you! > > I meant to post that as my solution considering it works pretty good. > It preserves depth and position. > > Jordan > > On May 21, 2013, at 3:45 AM, Folmer Fredslund wrote: > >> Hi Jordan, >> >> As a workaround you can label just the CA's (so this doesn't answer >> your question exactly, but might be usefull): >> >> label foo and n. CA, "foo" >> >> Hope this helps, >> Folmer >> >> 2013/5/21 Jordan Willis >> >> Hello, >> >> This should be straightforward, >> >> Is it possible to label selections by their name? >> >> If I have a selection named "foo" and I say label foo, "foo", it >> of course labels all the atoms. Is it possible to get one label >> for the entire selection without using pseudoatoms? >> >> Jordan -- Thomas Holder PyMOL Developer Schrödinger Contractor ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Try New Relic Now & We'll Send You this Cool Shirt New Relic is the only SaaS-based application performance monitoring service that delivers powerful full stack analytics. Optimize and monitor your browser, app, & servers with just a few lines of code. Try New Relic and get this awesome Nerd Life shirt! http://p.sf.net/sfu/newrelic_d2d_may _______________________________________________ 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
