I'm never do this myself, but according to the web you do:  "my_mod = reload(my_mod)", as per:

How do I unload (reload) a Python module? - Stack Overflow

--Eric

                        Eric Pettersen
                        UCSF Computer Graphics Lab
                        http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu

On Jul 2, 2015, at 5:14 PM, "Dougherty, Matthew T" <matthewd@bcm.edu> wrote:

How can I reload an extension when chimera is running?

At the present, after I modify python code I restart chimera for the s/w changes to take effect.

Is there a way through idle, etc, that I can cause user code modifications to load without restarting chimera?





Matthew Dougherty
National Center for Macromolecular Imaging
Baylor College of Medicine
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