Okay, it seems that "set auto_zoom, off" does work for PDB files, but not
for SDF files. I have a python script that gives these three commands:
set auto_zoom, off
load gsk_77553_l.sdf
show sticks, gsk_77553_l
But when you call the script, this is what happens in pymol
PyMOL>set auto_zoom, off
I can't seem to turn off the auto_zoom feature. Whether I have turned it
on or off, pymol always zooms in on a newly 'load'ed object. Is there any
way to load a file without changing the view? Using get_view before
loading the file and set_view after loading works, but it seems pretty
clunky