a related suggestion would be some buttons on the file IO dialogs that would put the path directory at some fixed locations.  Currently it comes up semi-random; i.e. chimera session file is located at /a/b/c , but file IO might come up /a/y/z, usually where the last session was located.  Using a 'cd' command does not correct it.


buttons 

IO path to 'cd' 

IO path to root


IO path to what is saved as a user preference.

IO path of last session, or scroll list of past sessions.

The latter two would be helpful in organizing projects 


Matthew Dougherty
National Center for Macromolecular Imaging
Baylor College of Medicine
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From: Chimera-users <chimera-users-bounces@cgl.ucsf.edu> on behalf of Dan Kool <kool@iastate.edu>
Sent: Friday, May 12, 2017 7:04:44 PM
To: chimera-users@cgl.ucsf.edu
Subject: [Chimera-users] Open file interface suggestion
 
Hello,

I have been using your software for a while. I love the features and general user interface. There is one thing that drives me nuts, though. The side-by-side list interface when I go to open files.A window-based one would be much easier. Is there an option for that that I am not seeing? If not, I suggest adding the option. Thank you for your software!

Best,
Dan


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Daniel Kool
Graduate Research Assistant, Jernigan Lab
Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
Iowa State University