Yes, that *was* the mental short - I wasn't using display to turn them on. Thanks!
Irene
 
> Subject: Re: [Chimera-users] representing additional residues over ribbons
> From: meng@cgl.ucsf.edu
> Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2010 13:25:11 -0700
> CC: chimera-users@cgl.ucsf.edu
> To: einew@hotmail.com
>
> Hi Irene,
> I'm not sure I understand your question. The "repr" command only changes the style of the residue,
> regardless of whether the residue is displayed -- it won't display it.
> To display it, you would use a command like:
>
> display :64
>
> Similarly, you could undisplay all atoms/bonds with
>
> ~display
>
> or undisplay selectively, for example
>
> ~display :hem
>
> I hope this helps,
> Elaine
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