Alex, Hmm...not exactly. you could set a uniform cartoon color for an object and then color the residue on a per-atom basis, or vice versa by setting the cartoon_ladder_color and relying on the atomic color for the cartoon, but there isn't a specific per-residue ladder or cartoon color (yet).
Cheers, Warren -- Warren L. DeLano, Ph.D. Principal Scientist . DeLano Scientific LLC . 400 Oyster Point Blvd., Suite 213 . South San Francisco, CA 94080 USA . Biz:(650)-872-0942 Tech:(650)-872-0834 . Fax:(650)-872-0273 Cell:(650)-346-1154 . mailto:war...@delsci.com > -----Original Message----- > From: pymol-users-ad...@lists.sourceforge.net > [mailto:pymol-users-ad...@lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of > Alex Luso > Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2005 7:01 AM > To: pymol-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [PyMOL] Coloring "ladder" differently from "ribbon" > in nucleic acid representation > > Hi, > > The new nucleic acid representation options are very welcome. > > One question regarding the coloring of the ladder > "sticks": > > If I am in: > cartoon_nucleic_acid_mode, 1 > cartoon_ladder_mode, 1 > cartoon_ring_mode, 0 > > Is there a way to color the stick of a specified nucleotide > differently from its ribbon? > I can get a gradient color for the stick by doing "color > green, /object///res/N1" > but if I try to change the color of the other atom involved > in the ladder "stick" (i.e. "color green, > /object///res/C3*"), then the color of the ribbon changes too > (because we are in cartoon_nucleic_acid_mode,1). It's clearly > possible to do b/c I can change the color of all sticks by > doing "set cartoon_ladder_color, green" but this command acts > globally. > I guess a related point is that perhaps it would be better to > control the color of cartoon components directly, and > selectively, rather than through the indirect method of color > of atom -> maps to color of stick. > > Anyway, great job of integrating cartoon ribbons and the > various ladder and ring options for nucleic acids. They look > great. I am sure other options are on the way (as well as > actual documentation!!). > > -Alex > > BTW: the wiki is wrong in > http://www.pymolwiki.org/index.php/Examples_of_cartoon_ring_an > d_cartoon_ladder_settings > where it says that cartoon_nucleic_acid_mode,1 # follows > phosphates. That should read # follows C3*, as far as I can tell. > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection > around http://mail.yahoo.com > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep > through log files > for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes > searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. > DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! > http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7637&alloc_id=16865&op=click > _______________________________________________ > PyMOL-users mailing list > PyMOL-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/pymol-users > > > >
