[PyMOL] cmd.scene('*')

[Malcolm E Davis]

In a Python script I am working on I would like to get a list of the 
scenes that are defined.  Unfortunately, cmd.scene('*') just prints the 
list to stdout, but doesn't return anything.  That is, if I have a 
script test.py that looks like

from pymol import cmd
x = cmd.scene('*')
print x


And I type "run test.py" in PyMol I get the following output

PyMOL>run test.py
 scene: stored scenes:
  F1  F2
x='None'


Is there a different mechanism to get a list of defined scenes?  Or an 
argument, I've missed?

I have the following work around

from pymol import cmd
import sys
from StringIO import StringIO

tmp = StringIO()
(tmp,sys.stdout) = (sys.stdout,tmp)
cmd.scene('*')
(tmp,sys.stdout) = (sys.stdout,tmp)
list = tmp.getvalue().split("\n")[1].split()
print list

which generates what I want

PyMOL>run test.py
['F1', 'F2']

but that seems less than elegant.

Malcolm