Hi Kenneth, just to clarify - the directory where the preferences file written by coot is ~/.coot-preferences, not ~/coot-preferences - the initial period is important. Is that the dir you are looking in?
Cheers,
Oli
On Thu, 4 Aug 2016 21:09:58 +0000, Kenneth Satyshur <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>Here is what I do:
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>launch coot
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>edit preferences and set modern file to classic file (1 is set to 0)
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>set_file_chooser_selector
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>exit coot
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>Check ~/coot-prefernces/coot_prefernces.py
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>set_file_chooser_selector is set to 0
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>Now launch coot again. The preferences are set correctly and coot is reading
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>the coot_prefernces.py correctly.
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>now edit preferences again. Note that all preferences have been reset to default,
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>i.e. set_file_chooser_selector is now set to 1 again (modern).
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>I have reproduced this error on all 5 of the crystallography computers that I service.
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>4 linux and 1 macbookpro.
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>This must be an error in 0.8.3 version. It does not happen in the old version 7.
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>kas
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>Kenneth A. Satyshur, M.S., Ph.D.
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>Senior Scientist
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>University of Wisconsin-Madison
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>Madison, Wisconsin, 53706
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>608-215-5207
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>From: Bernhard Lohkamp <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Saturday, July 16, 2016 2:06:31 AM
>To: Kenneth Satyshur; [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: coot preferences are being reset every time I run coot.
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>Hi Kenneth,
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>I am not sure if I follow you 100%, but to make things clear,
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>~/.coot-preferences
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>is a directory within which the preferences files (e.g.
>coot_preferences.py etc) reside. So if you save something in a
>~/.coot-preferences as a file this will not work.
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>B
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>On 15/07/2016 21:13, Kenneth Satyshur wrote:
>> After setting preferences in coot and saving them to
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>> ~/.coot-preferences
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>> I quit coot.
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>> But when I restart it, and try to set preferences, it does not read my
>> set preferences file
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>> and instead read the default preferences and I have to reset everything
>> and save it.
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>> Why is coot using default preferences when I want it to read my preferences.
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>> thanks
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>> Kenneth A. Satyshur, M.S., Ph.D.
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>> Senior Scientist
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>> University of Wisconsin-Madison
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>> Madison, Wisconsin, 53706
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>> 608-215-5207
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