Pretty much exactly what I would recommend too.  The only thing I would add is don't hesitate to ask questions if you run into problems.  You might want to direct the questions to the chimera-dev mailing list though, since that is developer oriented.

--Eric

                        Eric Pettersen

                        UCSF Computer Graphics Lab

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On Jul 25, 2008, at 11:17 AM, David A. C. Beck wrote:

I would start with the online documentation for programming and extensions
w/ Chimera:

http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimera/docs/ProgrammersGuide/Examples/

Then, the Chimera source itself is an excellent resource.  Though
documentation can be scant, you can often find tricks in existing
extension code that may not have been obvious from the docs.

 - David

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On Fri, 25 Jul 2008, Mario J. Borgnia wrote:

Hi all,
I would like to try and write an extension to chimera. Could anyone give
me some pointers on where to find the tools necessary to do so. Thanks

Mario

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