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+/**
+ * \file plot_layouts.h
+ *
+ * \brief Secondary structure plot layout algorithms
+ *
+ * c Ronny Lorenz
+ * The ViennaRNA Package
+ */
+#ifndef __VIENNA_RNA_PACKAGE_PLOT_LAYOUTS_H__
+#define __VIENNA_RNA_PACKAGE_PLOT_LAYOUTS_H__
+
+#include "data_structures.h"
+#include "naview.h"
+
+#ifndef PI
+#define PI 3.141592654
+#endif
+#define PIHALF PI/2.
+
+
+/**
+ * \brief Definition of Plot type <i>simple</i>
+ *
+ * This is the plot type definition for several RNA structure plotting functions telling
+ * them to use <b>Simple</b> plotting algorithm
+ *
+ * \see rna_plot_type, PS_rna_plot_a(), PS_rna_plot(), svg_rna_plot(), gmlRNA(), ssv_rna_plot(), xrna_plot()
+ */
+#define VRNA_PLOT_TYPE_SIMPLE 0
+
+/**
+ * \brief Definition of Plot type <i>Naview</i>
+ *
+ * This is the plot type definition for several RNA structure plotting functions telling
+ * them to use <b>Naview</b> plotting algorithm
+ *
+ * \see rna_plot_type, PS_rna_plot_a(), PS_rna_plot(), svg_rna_plot(), gmlRNA(), ssv_rna_plot(), xrna_plot()
+ */
+#define VRNA_PLOT_TYPE_NAVIEW 1
+
+/**
+ * \brief Definition of Plot type <i>Circular</i>
+ *
+ * This is the plot type definition for several RNA structure plotting functions telling
+ * them to produce a <b>Circular plot</b>
+ *
+ * \see rna_plot_type, PS_rna_plot_a(), PS_rna_plot(), svg_rna_plot(), gmlRNA(), ssv_rna_plot(), xrna_plot()
+ */
+#define VRNA_PLOT_TYPE_CIRCULAR 2
+
+
+/**
+ * \brief Switch for changing the secondary structure layout algorithm
+ *
+ * Current possibility are 0 for a simple radial drawing or 1 for the modified
+ * radial drawing taken from the \e naview program of \ref bruccoleri_88 "Bruccoleri & Heinrich (1988)".
+ *
+ * \note To provide thread safety please do not rely on this global variable in future implementations
+ * but pass a plot type flag directly to the function that decides which layout algorithm it may use!
+ *
+ * \see #VRNA_PLOT_TYPE_SIMPLE, #VRNA_PLOT_TYPE_NAVIEW, #VRNA_PLOT_TYPE_CIRCULAR
+ *
+ */
+extern int rna_plot_type;
+
+/**
+ * \brief Calculate nucleotide coordinates for secondary structure plot the <i>Simple way</i>
+ *
+ * \see make_pair_table(), rna_plot_type, simple_circplot_coordinates(), naview_xy_coordinates(), PS_rna_plot_a(),
+ * PS_rna_plot, svg_rna_plot()
+ *
+ * \param pair_table The pair table of the secondary structure
+ * \param X a pointer to an array with enough allocated space to hold the x coordinates
+ * \param Y a pointer to an array with enough allocated space to hold the y coordinates
+ * \return length of sequence on success, 0 otherwise
+ */
+int simple_xy_coordinates(short *pair_table,
+ float *X,
+ float *Y);
+
+/**
+ * \brief Calculate nucleotide coordinates for <i>Circular Plot</i>
+ *
+ * This function calculates the coordinates of nucleotides mapped in equal distancies onto a unit circle.
+ *
+ * \note In order to draw nice arcs using quadratic bezier curves that connect base pairs one may calculate
+ * a second tangential point \f$P^t\f$ in addition to the actual R<sup>2</sup> coordinates.
+ * the simplest way to do so may be to compute a radius scaling factor \f$rs\f$ in the interval \f$[0,1]\f$ that
+ * weights the proportion of base pair span to the actual length of the sequence. This scaling factor
+ * can then be used to calculate the coordinates for \f$P^t\f$, i.e. \f$ P^{t}_x[i] = X[i] * rs\f$
+ * and \f$P^{t}_y[i] = Y[i] * rs\f$.
+ *
+ * \see make_pair_table(), rna_plot_type, simple_xy_coordinates(), naview_xy_coordinates(), PS_rna_plot_a(),
+ * PS_rna_plot, svg_rna_plot()
+ *
+ * \param pair_table The pair table of the secondary structure
+ * \param x a pointer to an array with enough allocated space to hold the x coordinates
+ * \param y a pointer to an array with enough allocated space to hold the y coordinates
+ * \return length of sequence on success, 0 otherwise
+ */
+int simple_circplot_coordinates(short *pair_table,
+ float *x,
+ float *y);
+
+
+#endif