[Gmod-announce] GBrowse 1.64 release

[Scott C. <ca...@cs...>]

Hello,

I am pleased to announce, after much anticipation, the release of the
Generic Genome Browser (GBrowse) version 1.64.  There have been several
changes since the last public release, version 1.62, which are detailed
below.  The release can be obtained from the GMOD/SourceForge download
page at:

  http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=27707&package_id=34513

Here is the change log since version 1.62:

1.64	* Revamped state handling to use CGI::Session instead of cookies
	* Added Russian and Polish language translations

1.63
	* Added a new "region" panel which is intermediate in size between the overview
		and the detail panels. Thanks to Barry Healy for coding this. Use the new 
		"region segment" configuration option to turn this feature on.
	* Added ability to open and close sections with a JavaScript toggle.
	* Added ability to group tracks logically.
	* Added the "initial landmark" configuration option to bring up a 
		default region the first time user visits the web page.
	* Added the "quicklink plugins" option to add selected plugins to
		the links list underneath the instructions.
        * Added compatibility with mod_perl version 2 (via ModPerl::Registry)
	* Added the ability to highlight multiple features using URL arguments.
	* Added the ability to highlight multiple sequence regions using URL arguments.
	* Added the ability to turn off the autosearch feature which restores the previous
	        region when the user revisits the browser.
	* Added sections on grouping tracks by category, defining
	        region panels, and loading Berkeleydb databases to tutorial.
        * Added a "hide" option to use when semantic zooming should turn a track
                off altogether.
	* Added README-lucegene.pod, describing the Lucegene GFF adaptor
	* The link option in the config file can now be used to override the built-in linking
		rules from DAS sources.
	* Moved plugins menu to a more prominent position.
	* Uploaded features can now be placed in details panel, overview panel, or both panels.
	* init_code subroutines and anonymous callbacks are now placed in the same package so that
		one can refer to the other.
	* The feature name search now no longer does a wildcard PREFIX search (*foo*), which was killing
		performance. It still does a wildcard SUFFIX search (foo*).
	* You can now use the parameters "enable" and "disable" to
		selectively open or close a set of tracks without blowing
		away the settings for all the other tracks the way "label" does.
        * gbrowse_img now takes a "highlight" parameter that will highlight the indicated
                named feature(s) in yellow.
	* gbrowse_details will now evaluate URL options expressed as anonymous subroutines (contributed
		by Cyril Pommier).
	* gbrowse_details now accepts a general formatting rule syntax
		that allows the formatting of each tag value to be precisely
		controlled.
        * Changed mainform submission method from POST to GET when MSIE detected,
                in order to defeat evil "cache has expired" message. This hack is
		under the control of the "msie hack" option, and is false by default.


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Scott Cain, Ph. D.                                         ca...@cs...
GMOD Coordinator (http://www.gmod.org/)                     216-392-3087
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory