From: John Stone (johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu)
Date: Mon Nov 24 2003 - 18:51:01 CST

Dmitry,
  The problem you're encountering is fixed in the upcoming VMD 1.8.2
release. If you wish to test the most recent MacOS X VMD build, I put
up VMD 1.8.2 beta 7 for FTP here:
  ftp://ftp.ks.uiuc.edu/pub/mdscope/vmd/alpha/vmd182b7.dmg

Let me know how that works for you.

Thanks,
  John Stone
  vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu

On Mon, Nov 24, 2003 at 03:42:10PM -0700, Dmitry A Kondrashov wrote:
> Hi folks,
> I have a problem with using the vmdmovie GUI on the new version of Mac OS
> (10.3). The script seems to load fine with the following commands and
> responses:
> package require vmdmovie 1.0
> 1.1
> vmd > vmdmovie
> .movie
>
> The GUI window appears, but all the menus (Render, Movie Settings,
> etc.) get stuck whenever one is open - there is no way to change anything
> or close the menu. If one chooses to render a movie with the default
> settings (screen capture, rock and roll), it does seem to go through the
> process, but then the file(s) are not there in the directory where it
> says... So I am lost and would much appreciate some advice. Thank you,
> Dmitry

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