From: Roshan Shrestha (roshanpra_at_gmail.com)
Date: Thu Nov 21 2024 - 08:57:23 CST

Hi Barry,
             Thanks a lot. Creating an alias solved the issue for me.
Extremely kind of you.

With best regards

On Wed, Nov 20, 2024 at 8:19 PM Isralewitz, Barry <isralewi_at_illinois.edu> wrote:
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> Hi Roshan,
>
> Ah, I just now realized that you likely really wanted to start from the current directory (pwd) in a text terminal in macOS, not from a fixed directory. So, from a terminal (Terminal.app, iTerm2.app, or whatever):
> If you launch directly from the command line with something like:
> /Applications/VMD\ 1.9.4a57-arm64-Rev12.app/Contents/MacOS/startup.command
> ...the VMD console will start up in whatever directory your terminal was in. No need for changes for .vmdrc.
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> Other command line options (that same as on Linux):
> /Applications/VMD\ 1.9.4a57-arm64-Rev12.app/Contents/MacOS/startup.command -dispdev text
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> /Applications/VMD\ 1.9.4a57-arm64-Rev12.app/Contents/MacOS/startup.command -e /Users/roshan/favorites/myscript.tcl
>
> For help on other startup command options (again, the same on Linux):
> /Applications/VMD\ 1.9.4a57-arm64-Rev12.app/Contents/MacOS/startup.command -h
>
> For the path for other/future versions of VMD, or if you keep your VMD elsewhere than /Applications, here's how to find the path:
> ctrl-click on the VMD application icon, select Show Package Contents, and browse to startup.command. Then you can use the handy macOS feature to drag the startup.command to a Terminal window to insert the path at the command line. Then use that in an alias or a shell script for future use.
>
> Cheers,
> Barry
>
>
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> On Nov 20, 2024, at 1:49 PM, Isralewitz, Barry <isralewi_at_illinois.edu> wrote:
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> Hi Roshan,
>
> Are you sure you are naming the startup file
> ~/.vmdrc
> (note the "."before the "v")
> and not a ~/vmdrc (as you mention in your mail)?
>
> Another possibility is a typo --- such as a nonexistent directory --
> in your line
> cd /Users/roshan/my/favorite/directory
> or
> cd ~/favorite_dir
> ...or whatever it might be.
>
> Cheers,
> Barry
>
>
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> On Nov 20, 2024, at 12:40 PM, Roshan Shrestha <roshanpra_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
> It may be a very stupid question, but I am not very used to using
> VMD on a Mac. I have used Linux in the past, so playing with vmdrc
> file would solve everything. So, I recently installed vmd on my mac,
> but the issue is, that it always opens from the home folder even
> though I give a command to open vmd from the folder I wanted to open
> it from. I tried to add cd [pwd] on the vmdrc, but to no avail. What
> can be the issue in here, and how can I solve this. Thanks.
>
> With best regards
>
> --
> Roshan Shrestha
> PhD Student
> MOBI team
> Molecular Microbiology and Structural Biochemistry (MMSB) - UMR5086
> Institut de Biologie et Chimie des Protéines (IBCP)
> 7 passage du Vercors
> 69367 LYON Cedex 07
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> --
> Barry Isralewitz
> Theoretical and Computational Biophysics Group
> 3143 Beckman, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
> Work Phone: (217) 300-1988
> Email: isralewi_at_illinois.edu
> https://www.ks.uiuc.edu/~barryi
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> Barry Isralewitz
> Theoretical and Computational Biophysics Group
> 3143 Beckman, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
> Work Phone: (217) 300-1988
> Email: isralewi_at_illinois.edu
> https://www.ks.uiuc.edu/~barryi
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Roshan Shrestha
PhD Student
MOBI team
Molecular Microbiology and Structural Biochemistry (MMSB) - UMR5086
Institut de Biologie et Chimie des Protéines (IBCP)
7 passage du Vercors
69367 LYON Cedex 07