[Openchemistry-developers] RPC Listener?

[Patrick Avery]

I think I will be able to get this to work just fine. Thank you Marcus!

On Tue, Apr 4, 2017 at 9:18 AM, Marcus D. Hanwell <
marcus.hanwell at kitware.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Apr 3, 2017 at 11:01 PM, Patrick Avery <psavery at buffalo.edu>
> wrote:
>
>> I want to be able to send data to an Avogadro2 process while it is
>> running. More specifically, I want to be able to edit/change the molecule
>> that is currently being displayed.
>>
>> Is this what the RPC listener can be used for? If so, does anyone know
>> where some documentation is for me to look at or some kind of instructions
>> on how to use it?
>>
>
> This is certainly one of the possible uses of it, and it already has some
> functionality for you to send a molecule to it, and display it (integration
> with MongoChem). It would need to be extended to enable editing a molecule.
>
>>
>> If not, is there another way to change the molecule being displayed in an
>> Avogadro2 process via pipes?
>>
>
> There would be some Doxygen, but your best bet is reading through the code
> in Avogadro 2 for the listener. If we want to start doing more complex
> things with it, then it may need refactoring at some point to support that.
>
> Marcus
>
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