classobj Pymol

The PyMOL execution object.

Instance Methods

__init__(self, exec_mode=None)
Set up the PyMOL execution object.

clear_history(self)
Clear the PyMOL command history.

exec_cmd(self, command=None, store_command=True)
Execute a PyMOL command.

open_gui(self)
Open the PyMOL GUI.

open_pdb(self)
Open the PDB file in PyMOL.

bool running(self)
Test if PyMOL is running.

Method Details

__init__(self, exec_mode=None)
(Constructor)

Set up the PyMOL execution object.

Parameters:

• exec_mode (None or str) - The execution mode which can be either 'module' or 'external'.

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

Execute a PyMOL command.

Parameters:

• command (str) - The PyMOL 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 PyMOL is running.

Returns: bool

Whether the Molmol pipe is open or not.