classobj Molmol

The Molmol execution object.

Instance Methods

__init__(self)
Set up the Molmol execution object.

clear_history(self)
Clear the Molmol command history.

exec_cmd(self, command=None, store_command=True)
Write to the Molmol pipe.

open_gui(self)
Open a Molmol pipe.

open_pdb(self)
Open the PDB file in Molmol.

bool running(self)
Test if Molmol is running.

Method Details

exec_cmd(self, command=None, store_command=True)

Write to the Molmol pipe.

This function is also used to execute a user supplied Molmol command.

Parameters:

• command (str) - The Molmol command to send into the program.
• store_command (bool) - A flag specifying if the command should be stored in the history variable.

running(self)

Test if Molmol is running.

Returns: bool

Whether the Molmol pipe is open or not.