RE: [ccp4bb]: Double disk crash in Uppsala

["DeLano, Warren" <warren@sunesis.com>]

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For those of you seeking to emulate Gerard's latest email capitalization
methods, you might want to consider using PyMOL.  It is a free and
open-source molecular graphics system, which now also supports email
de-capitalization.  Compare PyMOL output with the genuine article at the
end of the message.  I think you'll be impressed.

# BEGIN PyMOL Script "gerard.pym"
#
# Under Windows, save as "gerard.pym", then
# double-click to run.
# Under Unix run "pymol gerard.pym"
#
input = '''

Please consider, Gerard "DVD" Kleywegt, 
how much easier it would be to use PyMOL 
to remove those annoying little capitals
from your emails.  While it might be possible
to use O macros for the same task, most 
Xtallographers would prefer a free and 
open-source solution. Manual removal of 
capital letters should only be considered
as a last resort.

You can find PyMOL on the WWW, http://www.pymol.org.

Cheers,
Warren L. DeLano
'''
# standard, resuable footer
input= input + '''
PS: for the capitalisation fundamentalists, here are the missing
    capitals for this mail - please add them where appropriate:
    '''
from string import lower,join
caps = []
output = []
for a in input: 
   if lower(a)!=a: caps.append(a)
   output.append(lower(a))
print join(output+caps,'')
#
# END "gerard.pym"

#####################
### SAMPLE OUTPUT ###
#####################

please consider, gerard "dvd" kleywegt, 
how much easier it would be to use pymol 
to remove those annoying little capitals
from your emails.  while it might be possible
to use o macros for the same task, most 
xtallographers would prefer a free and 
open-source solution. manual removal of 
capital letters should only be considered
as a last resort.
 
you can find pymol on the www, http://www.pymol.org.
 
cheers,
warren l. delano
 
ps: for the capitalisation fundamentalists, here are the missing
    capitals for this mail - please add them where appropriate:
    PGDVDKPMOLWOXMYPMOLWWWCWLDLPS
PyMOL>

#########################################
### Compare with Gerard's email below ###
#########################################

> From: Gerard "DVD" Kleywegt [mailto:gerard@xray.bmc.uu.se]
 
> g'day folks,
> 
> as you may or may not have noticed, we had some interruption 
> of various
> services recently due to a disk crash that wiped out most of 
> the local www
> pages. the usf and hic-up sites have been restored and should 
> be in the same
> shape as the night before the crash - but if you encounter 
> missing links,
> please let me know (only for the usf and hic-up pages, please).
> 
> also, while trying to salvage as much as possible of the disk 
> that holds most
> www pages, the disk holding the mail INBOX files crashed. 
> this means that any
> mail sent to users located at xray.bmc.uu.se (or alpha2.bmc.uu.se or
> pdb.bmc.uu.se) between the end of last week and monday 
> afternoon may well have
> been irretrievably lost. so if you sent anything important, 
> you may want to
> verify with the intended recipient if it was actually received.
> 
> --dvd
> 
> ps: for the capitalisation fundamentalists, here are the missing
>     capitals for this mail - please add them where appropriate:
>     GAWWWTUSFHICUUSFHICUAWWWTMSDVDPSPPSFSFOURII
> 
> pps: several people had sent me code and notes for reading 
> fsfour maps;
>      since i hadn't done anything with these yet, they were still
>      living in my INBOX and have hence been eradicated. i would be
>      grateful if those who sent these mails could re-send them
> 
>