Re: [PyMOL] How do I get current selection name from python?

http://docs.python.org/2/library/tempfile.html#tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile

Quote: "If delete is true (the default), the file is deleted as soon as
it is closed."

Cheers,
  Thomas

Boris Kheyfets wrote, On 01/23/13 14:47:
> It prints the selection all right. Why then save wouldn't save it:
> 
> 
> def bk_saves_unique_pdb(Selection = None):
>     """Takes current selection (or "all" -- if nothing selected) and saves it as a uniquetly named pdb file (Frame_Selection_RandomString.pdb) in the current working directory."""
>     if not Selection:
>         Selection = cmd.get_names('selections', 1)
>         if Selection:
>             Selection = Selection[0] # it was a list
>         else:
>             Selection = 'all'
>     tempFile = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(dir=os.curdir, prefix="{frame:03d}_{sel}_".format(frame=cmd.get_frame(), sel=Selection) , suffix=".pdb")
>     print tempFile.name, Selection # prints righteous file name and selection name (though not in quotes)
>     cmd.save(tempFile.name, Selection) # but still saves nothing
> cmd.extend("bk_saves_unique_pdb", bk_saves_unique_pdb)

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