Editing Pymolrc (section)

== Technical Details ==

* The leading dot is optional, so everything that starts with '''.pymolrc''' or '''pymolrc''' will be found by PyMOL. Files with dot take precedence over files without dot.
* Files ending on '''.py''' (or .pym) will be parsed as python scripts, files ending on '''.pml''' or without suffix will be parsed as PyMOL command syntax.
* Several directories are searched, in order:
** current working directory
** $HOME
** $HOMEDRIVE + $HOMEPATH (on Windows)
** $PYMOL_PATH
* $PYMOL_PATH/run_on_startup* is loaded before any '''pymolrc''' files

===Multiple pymolrc files===
PyMOL will even load '''multiple pymolrc files''', however only either with dot or without dot, and only from the same directory.<br> 
You can have multiple scripts: e.g. '''pymolrc-settings.pml''' and '''pymolrc-misc.pml''' in your home directory.
* '''pymolrc-settings.pml''' can e.g. be used to define 'permanent' custom [[Settings]] that you rarely change
* '''pymolrc-misc.pml''' can e.g. be used to define more transient custom [[Settings]], such as [[Cd|Working Directory]] or [[Fetch Path]]
You can query which pymolrc files have been loaded:

 PyMOL> print invocation.options.deferred