Release History

Release
New Features
Issues Resolved
2.4
Feb/2008
  • New VAMSAS capabilities in Jalview
    • treenode binding for VAMSAS tree exchange
    • local editing and update of sequences in VAMSAS alignments (experimental)
    • Create new or select existing session to join
    • load and save of vamsas documents
  • Retrieval of cross-referenced sequences from other databases
  • export annotation rows as CSV for spreadsheet import
  • Jalview projects record alignment dataset associations, EMBL products, and cDNA sequence mappings
  • Linked highlighting of codon and amino acid from translation and protein products
  • JPred3 web service
  • Generalised database reference retrieval and validation to all fetchable databases
  • Application command line
    • -tree parameter to open trees (introduced for passing from applet)
    • -fetchfrom command line argument to specify nicknames of DAS servers to query for alignment features
    • -dasserver command line argument to add new servers that are also automatically queried for features
    • -groovy command line argument executes a given groovy script after all input data has been loaded and parsed
  • Trees passed as applet parameters can be passed to application (when using "View in full application")
  • MemoryMonitor added as an option under Desktop's Tools menu
  • allow reading of JPred concise files as a normal filetype
  • sort sequences by named annotation scores
  • Re-instated Full AMSA support and .amsa file association
  • Stockholm annotation parsing and alignment properties import
  • Applet Parameters
    • feature group display control parameter
    • debug parameter
  • Applet API methods
    • newView public method
    • Window (current view) specific get/set public methods
    • Feature display control methods
New Jalview distribution features
  • RELEASE file gives build properties for the latest Jalview release.
  • Java 1.1 Applet build made easier and donotobfuscate property controls execution of obfuscator
  • Build target for generating source distribution
  • Debug flag for javacc
  • .jalview_properties file is documented (slightly) in jalview.bin.Cache
  • selected region output includes visible annotations (for certain formats)
  • edit label/displaychar contains existing label/char for editing
  • update PDBEntries when DBRefEntries change (vamsas)
  • shorter peptide product names from EMBL records
  • Newick string generator makes compact representations
  • bootstrap values parsed correctly for tree files with comments
  • pathological filechooser bug avoided by not allowing filenames containing a ':'
  • Fixed exception when parsing GFF files containing global sequence features
  • Alignment datasets are finalized only when number of references from alignment sequences goes to zero
  • Close of tree branch colour box without colour selection causes cascading exceptions
  • occasional negative imgwidth exceptions
  • better reporting of non-fatal warnings to user when file parsing fails.
  • Save works when Jalview project is default format
  • Uniprot canonical names introduced for both das and vamsas
  • Histidine should be midblue (not pink!) in Zappo
  • error messages passed up and output when data read fails
  • edit undo recovers previous dataset sequence when sequence is edited
  • allow PDB files without pdb ID HEADER lines (like those generated by MODELLER) to be read in properly
  • annotation consisting of sequence associated scores can be read and written correctly to annotation file
  • Aligned cDNA translation to aligned peptide works correctly
  • Fixed display of hidden sequence markers and non-italic font for representatives in Applet
  • Applet Menus are always embedded in applet window on Macs.
  • Newly shown features appear at top of stack (in Applet)
  • Annotations added via parameter not drawn properly due to null pointer exceptions
  • Secondary structure lines are drawn starting from first column of alignment
2.3
9/5/07
  • Jmol 11.0.2 integration
  • PDB views stored in Jalview XML files
  • Slide sequences
  • Edit sequence in place
  • EMBL CDS features
  • DAS Feature mapping
  • Feature ordering
  • Alignment Properties
  • Annotation Scores
  • Sort by scores
  • Feature/annotation editing in applet
  • Headless state operation in 2.2.1
  • Incorrect and unstable DNA pairwise alignment
  • Cut and paste of sequences with annotation
  • Feature group display state in XML
  • Feature ordering in XML
  • blc file iteration selection using filename # suffix
  • Stockholm alignment properties
  • Stockhom alignment secondary structure annotation
  • 2.2.1 applet had no feature transparency
  • Number pad keys can be used in cursor mode
  • Structure Viewer mirror image resolved
2.2.1
12/2/07
  • Non standard characters can be read and displayed
  • Annotations/Features can be imported/exported to the applet via textbox
  • Applet allows editing of sequence/annotation/group name & description
  • Preference setting to display sequence name in italics
  • Annotation file format extended to allow Sequence_groups to be defined
  • Default opening of alignment overview panel can be specified in preferences
  • PDB residue numbering annotation added to associated sequences
  • Applet crash under certain Linux OS with Java 1.6 installed
  • Annotation file export / import bugs fixed
  • PNG / EPS image output bugs fixed
2.2
27/11/06
  • Multiple views on alignment
  • Sequence feature editing
  • "Reload" alignment
  • "Save" to current filename
  • Background dependent text colour
  • Right align sequence ids
  • User-defined lower case residue colours
  • Format Menu
  • Select Menu
  • Menu item accelerator keys
  • Control-V pastes to current alignment
  • Cancel button for DAS Feature Fetching
  • PCA and PDB Viewers zoom via mouse roller
  • User-defined sub-tree colours and sub-tree selection
  • 'New Window' button on the 'Output to Text box'
  • New memory efficient Undo/Redo System
  • Optimised symbol lookups and conservation/consensus calculations
  • Region Conservation/Consensus recalculated after edits
  • Fixed Remove Empty Columns Bug (empty columns at end of alignment)
  • Slowed DAS Feature Fetching for increased robustness.
  • Made angle brackets in ASCII feature descriptions display correctly
  • Re-instated Zoom function for PCA
  • Sequence descriptions conserved in web service analysis results
  • Uniprot ID discoverer uses any word separated by ∣
  • WsDbFetch query/result association resolved
  • Tree leaf to sequence mapping improved
  • Smooth fonts switch moved to FontChooser dialog box.
2.1.1
12/9/06
  • Copy consensus sequence to clipboard
  • Image output - rightmost residues are rendered if sequence id panel has been resized
  • Image output - all offscreen group boundaries are rendered
  • Annotation files with sequence references - all elements in file are relative to sequence position
  • Mac Applet users can use Alt key for group editing
2.1
22/8/06
  • MAFFT Multiple Alignment in default Web Service list
  • DAS Feature fetching
  • Hide sequences and columns
  • Export Annotations and Features
  • GFF file reading / writing
  • Associate structures with sequences from local PDB files
  • Add sequences to exisiting alignment
  • Recently opened files / URL lists
  • Applet can launch the full application
  • Applet has transparency for features (Java 1.2 required)
  • Applet has user defined colours parameter
  • Applet can load sequences from parameter "sequencex"
  • Redundancy Panel reinstalled in the Applet
  • Monospaced font - EPS / rescaling bug fixed
  • Annotation files with sequence references bug fixed
2.08.1
2/5/06
  • Change case of selected region from Popup menu
  • Choose to match case when searching
  • Middle mouse button and mouse movement can compress / expand the visible width and height of the alignment
  • Annotation Panel displays complete JNet results
2.08b
18/4/06
 
  • Java 1.5 bug - InternalMessageDialog fix for threads
  • Righthand label on wrapped alignments shows correct value
2.08
10/4/06
  • Editing can be locked to the selection area
  • Keyboard editing
  • Create sequence features from searches
  • Precalculated annotations can be loaded onto alignments
  • Features file allows grouping of features
  • Annotation Colouring scheme added
  • Smooth fonts off by default - Faster rendering
  • Choose to toggle Autocalculate Consensus On/Off
  • Drag & Drop fixed on Linux
  • Jalview Archive file faster to load/save, sequence descriptions saved.
2.07
12/12/05
  • PDB Structure Viewer enhanced
  • Sequence Feature retrieval and display enhanced
  • Choose to output sequence start-end after sequence name for file output
  • Sequence Fetcher WSDBFetch@EBI
  • Applet can read feature files, PDB files and can be used for HTML form input
  • HTML output writes groups and features
  • Group editing is Control and mouse click
  • File IO bugs
2.06
28/9/05
  • View annotations in wrapped mode
  • More options for PCA viewer
  • GUI bugs resolved
  • Runs with -nodisplay from command line
2.05b
15/9/05
  • Choose EPS export as lineart or text
  • Jar files are executable
  • Can read in Uracil - maps to unknown residue
  • Known OutOfMemory errors give warning message
  • Overview window calculated more efficiently
  • Several GUI bugs resolved
2.05
30/8/05
  • Edit and annotate in "Wrapped" view
  • Several GUI bugs resolved
2.04
24/8/05
  • Hold down mouse wheel & scroll to change font size
  • Improved JPred client reliability
  • Improved loading of Jalview files
2.03
18/8/05
  • Set Proxy server name and port in preferences
  • Multiple URL links from sequence ids
  • User Defined Colours can have a scheme name and added to Colour Menu
  • Choose to ignore gaps in consensus calculation
  • Unix users can set default web browser
  • Runs without GUI for batch processing
  • Dynamically generated Web Service Menus
  • InstallAnywhere download for Sparc Solaris
2.02
18/7/05
 
  • Copy & Paste order of sequences maintains alignment order.
2.01
12/7/05
  • Use delete key for deleting selection.
  • Use Mouse wheel to scroll sequences.
  • Help file updated to describe how to add alignment annotations.
  • Version and build date written to build properties file.
  • InstallAnywhere installation will check for updates at launch of Jalview.
  • Delete gaps bug fixed.
  • FileChooser sorts columns.
  • Can remove groups one by one.
  • Filechooser icons installed.
  • Finder ignores return character when searching. Return key will initiate a search.
2.0
20/6/05
  • New codebase