MIDAS.TTY(1)

NAME

midas.tty - terminal-based version of MidasPlus display program

SYNOPSIS

midas.tty [-b] [-s script] [-R num_rows] [-C num_columns]

[session_file|model_file(s)] [ file... ]

DESCRIPTION

Midas.tty is a version of MIDAS that runs on any ASCII terminal. Midas.tty does everything that the MIDAS interactive display program does except generate a three- dimensional image of the molecular model. In particular, it accepts all normal MIDAS commands (e.g. open, chain, label, distance, copy, save). This is useful for editing an annotated PDB file or setting up session files without accessing the graphics display on a workstation.

If either standard input or standard output is redirected (i.e. is not a terminal), then midas.tty runs in a line- oriented batch mode. Thus, it can be called from within a shell script for mass processing of MIDAS sessions.

OPTIONS

The -b option puts midas.tty into a batch mode regardless of whether standard input or output is redirected.

The -s script option lets you specify a command script to be sourced at start-up time.

The -R and -C options allow you to change the aspect ratio of the midas.tty ``window'' by changing the number of rows and columns. See the BUGS section, below.

SEE ALSO

midas(1), MidasPlus User's Manual

AUTHOR

Greg Couch, UCSF Computer Graphics Laboratory

BUGS

Interactive distances/angles are not shown in batch mode.

The aspect ratio of the terminal emulation window affects the size and orientation of hardcopy images generated with the copy command. Use the -R num_rows and -C num_columns command-line options to change the aspect ratio.