There is always this trade off between (A) shipping PyMOL with its own
Python, to guarantee reliable installation, or (B) using a system PyMOL
install, for enabling integration and extensibility. One of PyMOL's
advantages is that you aren't locked in to either approach, embedding or
extension --
> Can someone tell me wether it is possible to use a stand-alone python
> installation alongside the latest PyMol releases? I have a few things
> set up in my main python installation which an older (python free)
> version of Pymol was happy to use, having installed the newer version it
> uses it's
