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Python 3	New Python 3 compatibility guide for scripts and plugins
Official Release	PyMOL v2.3 has been released on February 11, 2019.
POSF	New PyMOL fellows announced for 2018-2019
Tutorial	Plugins Tutorial updated for PyQt5
New Plugin	ProBiS H2O is a new plugin for identification of conserved waters in protein structures.
Selection keywords	New polymer.protein and polymer.nucleic selection keywords. Thanks everyone who participated in the poll!
Plugin Update	MOLE 2.5 is an updated version of channel analysis software in PyMOL
New Script	dssr_block is a wrapper for DSSR (3dna) and creates block-shaped nucleic acid cartoons
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Split selection Given an initial selection, Split_selection will create two new selections. One, called 'lo,' will have all the atoms with IDs lower than your input atom (actually input residue's alpha carbon); and the second selection is 'hi,' which contains the atoms with IDs higher than the initial (residue's alpha carbon) atom. The original selection The lower selection The higher selection The Code <source lang="python"> import pymol from pymol import cmd def get_index_list(s): """ Given an atom selection, return the list of atom IDs in this selection """ return map(lambda x: x.index, cmd.get_model(s).atom) def get_single_index(s): """ Get the ID of the first alpha carbon in the selection, S """ # assume CA return get_index_list( "n. CA and (br. %s)" % s)[0] def split_selection(s): """ PARAMS s An atom selection. RETURNS None SIDE EFFECTS Creates two new selections, called lo and hi. Lo will have ..→

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