[Molvis-list] rasmol "Unable to find RasMol help file!"

[rlight]

I don't know if this is relevant, but I had a problem getting rasmol to load
some mol and pdb files.  This was on a windows XP machine.  Files seemed to
load sometime and not others.  I got no error message.

I finally discovered the problem was in the path length to the file.  When
the file was buried deep, with a long path name, it wouldn't open.  Putting
it in a folder with a shorter path name allowed it to open.  I didn't
experiment to see what the limit is, though.

Robley Light

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> [mailto:molvis-list-bounces+rlight=chemmail.chem.fsu.edu at bioin
> formatics.org] On Behalf Of Dan Bolser
> Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2005 7:45 AM
> To: molvis-list at bioinformatics.org
> Subject: [Molvis-list] rasmol "Unable to find RasMol help file!"
> 
> 
> I am sure this is a common problem, but I couldn't find the 
> answer on any FAQ or in the (recent) archive of this mailing list.
> 
> I am running rasmol from "~/bin/rasmol", which is in my $PATH (linux
> system) and also contains the "rasmol.hlp" file downloaded from
> 
> http://www.bernstein-plus-sons.com/software/RasMol_2.7.2.1.1/
> 
> 
> or more specifically
> 
> http://www.bernstein-plus-sons.com/cgi-bin/yaya/decomp.cgi/sof
> tware/RasMol_2.7.2.1.1/doc/rasmol.hlp
> 
> 
> However, even in this location, which is suggested here
> 
> http://www.umass.edu/microbio/rasmol/rasquick.htm
> 
> 
> I still get the message "Unable to find RasMol help file!". 
> This is quite frustrating, as the manual
> 
> http://www.bernstein-plus-sons.com/software/RasMol_2.7.2.1.1/d
> oc/rasmol.html
> 
> 
> ofter refers to the help system, here for example...
> 
> http://www.bernstein-plus-sons.com/software/RasMol_2.7.2.1.1/d
> oc/rasmol.html#select
> 
> 
> I found that if I copy the "rasmol.hlp" file into the 
> directory I am currently in it is found by rasmol, however, 
> this is unsatisfactory as I invoke rasmol from any directory 
> I am working in.
> 
> Is there a specific system directory that rasmol also 
> searches for the help file? (/usr/share/ for example?). Could 
> there be a $RASMOLHELPFILE environment variable (or similar) 
> that I don't know about?
> 
> I find information on this topic hard to find.
> 
> Ahhh... I just found it!
> 
> 
> http://www.bernstein-plus-sons.com/software/RasMol_2.7.2.1.1/I
> NSTALL.html
> 
> "5) Install rasmol.hlp as /usr/local/lib/rasmol/rasmol.hlp 
> (or at a  loctaion indicated by the environment variable RASMOLPATH)."
> 
> 
> Although copying rasmol.hlp to the above location does not 
> help, and nither does setting $RASMOLPATH! Still "Unable to 
> find RasMol help file!".
> 
> 
> Any suggestions?
> 
> Dan.
> 
> http://www.google.com/search?&q=%22Unable%20to%20find%20RasMol
> %20help%20file!%22
> 
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