Release Date: December 3, 2014.
mmCIF
fast loading
multi-letter chain support
loads auth_asym_id as chain and label_asym_id as segi
fetch with “fetch 1a00, type=cif”
saving (.cif extension, atoms and symmetry only)
experimental connect_mode=4 uses components.cif for bonding (file must exist in current directory or COMPONENTS_CIF environment variable)
pdb loading: ignore SCALEn in suspicious cases
load Desmond idx files
load spi (spider) maps
load map and mrc extensions as ccp4
Python callback objects now stored in PSE files
cmd.set_state_order (new)
cmd.load_coords (changed, works on selections now)
cmd.load_coordset (was: load_coords)
cmd.get_coords (new)
cmd.get_coordset (new)
cmd.get_volume_field now returns numpy array
Shipped libraries
OS X 10.9+, MacPyMOL with bundled Python:
scipy.linalg broken. Workaround: Use
MacPyMOL-v1.7.4.x-syspython.dmg or
pymol-v1.7.4.x-Darwin-x86_64.tar.gz, those use the system Python.
OS X 10.7:
APBS binary broken. Workaround: Install apbs from fink (or macports, etc.), and in the “PyMOL APBS Tools” panel, point the “APBS binary location” for example to /sw/bin/apbs
Fixed transparent cartoon cylinders
Fixed multi-object CIF export
Enable CIF loading in JyMOL
pickle protocol 1 for session_compression
Fixed stereo background color bug
Fixed logging settings from the Tcl/Tk menus
Fixed picking when cartoon_debug is set
fix cartoon_ring_mode ring center color
fix “Zalman” stereo
fix “custom” selection operator
fix crash with “copy” command on transformed objects