CliX

An intelligent command line interface for ChimeraX.

Thumbnail	Features
	Syntax highlighting Suggestions and completions (command, keyword, file path, color, model ID, chain ID and more) Inline suggestion of the matched history Tooltip for command help Multi-line execution
	Powerful history search
	Color preview Suggest built-in colors
	Quick search for application actions
	Quick search for the recent files

Installation

From toolshed

clix is available as a toolshed bundle. Go to Tools > More Tools, find clix and click Install.

From source

1. Get the source code.

   • Get the latest release and unzip it.
   • or clone this repository.

     git clone git+https://github.com/hanjinliu/ChimeraX-clix
     

   • or manually download the contents from the "<> Code" pulldown menu in this page.

2. Install clix using ChimeraX built-in command line interface

   devel install "path/to/ChimeraX-clix"
   

Start CliX

CliX widget is under Tools > General > CliX.

If you want to replace the built-in command line interface with clix, open Favorites > Settings... and define a startup as follows:

ui tool hide "command line interface"
ui tool show clix

Issues/Requests

If you find a bug, or have some feature requests, feel free to open an issue in this GitHub repository, or contact me via X/Twitter or bluesky.