JAL-2507 unpaired RNA marked as ‘ ‘ in Stockholm SS line

diff --git a/src/jalview/io/StockholmFile.java b/src/jalview/io/StockholmFile.java
index 32e6ff7..c2726a7 100644 (file)
--- a/src/jalview/io/StockholmFile.java
+++ b/src/jalview/io/StockholmFile.java
@@ -1084,8 +1084,8 @@ public class StockholmFile extends AlignFile
     {
       if (annot == null)
       {
-        // sensible gap character if one is available or make one up
-        return sequenceI == null ? '-' : sequenceI.getCharAt(k);
+        // sensible gap character
+        return ' ';
       }
       else
       {