Thanks for the suggestion, and the solution. In Versions >= 0.95, cmd.extend will will adds new commands into the help dictionary.
In the meantime cmd.help_sc.append('func_name') will work... Cheers, Warren -- mailto:war...@delanoscientific.com Warren L. DeLano, Ph.D. Principal Scientist DeLano Scientific LLC Voice (650)-346-1154 Fax (650)-593-4020 > -----Original Message----- > From: pymol-users-ad...@lists.sourceforge.net [mailto:pymol-users- > ad...@lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of Michael George Lerner > Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2004 1:51 PM > To: Gareth Stockwell > Cc: pymol-users > Subject: Re: [PyMOL] Help for user-defined functions > > > Hi, > > I haven't seen this documented anywhere, so I have no idea if it's the > Right Way to do things, but I think all you need to do is add > > cmd.help_sc.append('some_func') > > after the cmd.extend('some_func',some_func) call. should this be built in > to cmd.extend()? > > -michael > > -- > This isn't a democracy;| _ |Michael Lerner > it's a cheer-ocracy. | ASCII ribbon campaign ( ) | Michigan > -Torrence, Bring It On| - against HTML email X | Biophysics > | / \ | mler...@umich > > On Thu, 22 Jan 2004, Gareth Stockwell wrote: > > > Does anyone know if it is possible to add 'help' documentation to my own > > user-defined functions? What I want is to be able to define a new PyMOL > > command by executing the following script: > > > > > > #------------------ > > > > def some_func: > > > > ''' > > Some help docs here... > > > > ''' > > > > # Python code here... > > > > cmd.extend("some_func", some_func) > > > > #------------------ > > > > ... and then type 'help some_func'. > > > > Gareth > > > > -- > > Gareth Stockwell <gar...@ebi.ac.uk> > > European Bioinformatics Institute > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > The SF.Net email is sponsored by EclipseCon 2004 > > Premiere Conference on Open Tools Development and Integration > > See the breadth of Eclipse activity. February 3-5 in Anaheim, CA. > > http://www.eclipsecon.org/osdn > > _______________________________________________ > > PyMOL-users mailing list > > PyMOL-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/pymol-users > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > The SF.Net email is sponsored by EclipseCon 2004 > Premiere Conference on Open Tools Development and Integration > See the breadth of Eclipse activity. February 3-5 in Anaheim, CA. > http://www.eclipsecon.org/osdn > _______________________________________________ > PyMOL-users mailing list > PyMOL-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/pymol-users