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[abinit-forum] Re: vmd-l: abinit plugin for VMD not yet tried?

From: Rob <spamrefuse@yahoo.com>
To: abinit <forum@abinit.org>
Subject: [abinit-forum] Re: vmd-l: abinit plugin for VMD not yet tried?
Date: Sat, 23 May 2009 06:15:09 -0700 (PDT)
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Axel Kohlmeyer wrote:

> the best way to start, is to modify a plugin that does already

> something similar for a similar software. but then there is also
> the plugin programmer's guide at:
> http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/plugins/doxygen/

A while ago I have improved and extended the VASP plugin.
I am about to use those plugins as examples for the abinit plugin.

> in VMD 1.8.7 the molfile plugin API was significantly expanded.
> depending on what information you want to hand over to VMD,
> you should start working off the CVS version.

Hmm, no; I don't want the burden of compiling VMD itself.
What's so neat about the plugins is, that they are independent
of the VMD code. I can code, compile, and install plugins in
the directory tree of the precompiled VMD.

Hence, at present have only access to 1.8.6 and its plugins.

But, eh, do all plugins then need a severe rewrite with 1.8.7?
Is this plugin interface change already documented?

Rob.

[abinit-forum] Re: vmd-l: abinit plugin for VMD not yet tried?, Rob, 05/23/2009