A reasonable number of people have a preference for the current behavior, so we'll offer both as options.

--Eric

On May 11, 2006, at 2:59 PM, Eric Pettersen wrote:

Hi all,
RIght now, if you do "Actions->Atom/Bonds->backbone only" Chimera shows the minimum number of atoms to produce a connected peptide/nucleic acid backbone, which therefore does not include peptide carbonyl oxygens nor nucleic sugar rings/charged phosphate oxygens.  We are thinking of changing the behavior so that "backbone only" includes everything that isn't in the side chain/base.  The question is: does anyone need/want the current behavior?  If not, I'd not only change "backbone only" but would also change Select->Structure->backbone from a menu (has "full" and "minimal" in it) to just a menu item that selects the full backbone.  If there are some people who do use the current behavior, then instead I'd change "backbone only" to be a menu too.

--Eric

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


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