followSelections flag now set via user preferences, and disabled for 2.5.1 * JAL...

diff --git a/src/jalview/bin/Cache.java b/src/jalview/bin/Cache.java
index 5688ae1..2418910 100755 (executable)
--- a/src/jalview/bin/Cache.java
+++ b/src/jalview/bin/Cache.java
@@ -124,6 +124,8 @@ import org.biojava.dasobert.dasregistry.Das1Source;
  * histogram.</li>
  * <li>SHOW_CONSENSUS_LOGO (false) Show consensus annotation row's sequence
  * logo.</li>
+ * <li>FOLLOW_SELECTIONS (false) Controls whether a new alignment view should
+ * respond to selections made in other alignments containing the same sequences.</li>
  * 
  * <li></li>
  * 
@@ -170,7 +172,7 @@ public class Cache
 
   public static void initLogger()
   {
-    if (log!=null)
+    if (log != null)
     {
       return;
     }

diff --git a/src/jalview/gui/AlignViewport.java b/src/jalview/gui/AlignViewport.java
index 0cbbdb4..a44afa3 100755 (executable)
--- a/src/jalview/gui/AlignViewport.java
+++ b/src/jalview/gui/AlignViewport.java
@@ -433,6 +433,8 @@ public class AlignViewport implements SelectionSource
     showUnconserved = jalview.bin.Cache.getDefault("SHOW_UNCONSERVED",
             false);
     sortByTree = jalview.bin.Cache.getDefault("SORT_BY_TREE", false);
+    // disabled by default for 2.5.1 release
+    followSelection = jalview.bin.Cache.getDefault("FOLLOW_SELECTIONS", false); 
   }
 
   /**