Stel,

There is some ChimeraX developer info online, including a bundle tutorial and some API documentation, at https://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimerax/docs/devel/index.html

The current session object can be accessed through the Shell tool (Tools -> General -> Shell).

Hope that helps,

Tony

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Subject: [chimerax-users] Developing a ChimeraX bundle - accessing programmatically ChimeraX(GUI open) session
 
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Hello,

 

I would like to develop a small bundle-plugin for automatically annotating residue labels in protein structures. I tried to access ChimeraX via command line when ChimeraX was running (GUI open) with an opened protein structure in order to study the structure objects hierarchy( chain ->residue ->atoms). This would help me understand it better and code accordingly. Unfortunately, I didn’t manage to do so.

 

Could you please suggest me a way, a page or terminal where I could read more about the internal structure of ChimeraX and if possible to programmatically access a session when it’s running in ChimeraX.

 

Kind regards,

Stel Iliadis