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Notes and revision history for ESEE version 1.09e
please address correspondance to:
Eric Cabot
Department of Ecology and Evolution
University of Chicago
1101 E. 57th St.
Chicago, IL 60637
email: ecec@midway.uchicago.edu
**********************************************************************
* Starting with version 1.09e, ESEE is a free program, NOT shareware.*
* Please do not send money or other gratuities to the author! *
**********************************************************************
If you need to cite ESEE for publication, please refer to:
E.L. Cabot and A.T. Beckenbach. 1989. Simultaneous editing of
multiple nucleic acid and protein sequences with ESEE.
Computer Applications in the Biosciences 5(3): 233-234.
=====================================================================
Any changes in ESEE since version 1.05 haven't
been added to the manual, hence this file of addenda.
Revision History thru version 1.09e:
********************************************************************
(as of version 1.09e)
The program is freeware, NOT shareware!
********************************************************************
(as of version 1.09e)
A bug preventing the input of the characters , and + introduced
in the previous version has been corrected
********************************************************************
(as of version 1.09e)
The program now automatically uses color if the following two
conditions are met:
(a) The computer is in a color mode before executing ESEE.
(You can put your computer into color with the DOS command:
mode co80 )
(b) The characters C and c DO NOT appear on the command line.
(This is the opposite of the previous version which
required the C parameter to use color)
********************************************************************
(as of version 1.09e)
The hot-key for the WALL character is now alt - (that's a dash).
Previous versions used control-W, which was too similar to the
WIPE command.
********************************************************************
(as of version 1.09d)
There is a new mode:PROTECT mode (which was requested by a user).
Protect mode is designed to prevent you from mutating your sequences
when aligning or navigating.
Protect mode is toggled with the [ENTER] key during normal
editing.
When in PROTECT mode the following happens:
a. the scroll-lock light comes on
b. the INSERT/TYPEOVER message box displays PROTECT
c. you can not delete any characters except:
blanks, periods, equals signs, walls, and dashes
if you use the backspace key, the cursor will backspace,
non-destructively
d. you cannot use typeover
e. the only characters that can be deleted are:
blanks, periods, equals signs, walls, and dashes
********************************************************************
(As of version 1.09d)
Changes to the marking of blocks:
a. Now when you back up over a page boundary, the block remains
highlighted. Now when you use down-arrow over a page boundary,
the cursor ends up on the top line of the screen. This allows
you to see lines below when using this method of block marking.
b. You can now use the HOME key to unmark blocked characters.
During marking, this key will take you to the start of the
current line, unmarking all of the characters on the line.
(If the block starts on the current line, the cursor ends
up at was the beginning of the block).
********************************************************************
(As of version 1.09d)
Changes to the behavior of left arrow and right arrow when
performed over a page boundary. Things should be a little less
disorientating during cursoring.
********************************************************************
(As of version 1.09d)
Slight modifications and bug fixes were made to the RESTORE command.
PLEASE NOTE: SAVE-Files from really old versions of ESEE are
not supported. This only applies to files saved with
versions of the program earlier than 0.98f.
********************************************************************
(As of version 1.09c)
ESEE now uses color. To use color you must:
(a) be in color mode (ie. mode co80 NOT mode bw80)
(b) run ESEE with the command option C
e.g. ESEE c
The MODE commmand can be issued from the DOS prompt.
You should not use ESEE in color mode if you have a monochrome system
that performs color emmulation with shades of green or gray,
because of the poor contrast between colors.
********************************************************************
(As of version 1.09c) (SEQNCE users please note)
The GET command has been slightly altered to support the revised
definition of the database format begining with SEQNCE version 3.0.
The revision specifies that a pair of database files are
named as follows:
-----------------------------------------------------------
FILE OLD extension NEW extension
---- -------------- -------------
binary database .sqn no extension
database index .sin .ind
-----------------------------------------------------------
ESEE will GET from database files designated with the NEW naming
convention only if a pair with the old extensions cannot be found
in the specified directory.
The PUT commands have not been changed; they only work with
only the old extensions.
This change only affects ESEE users who also use SEQNCE. If you
are going back and forth between ESEE and SEQNCE version 3.x,
you should specify database files with the OLD extensions
when using SEQNCE. (In order to avoid getting confused about where
your sequences are!)
Users of SEQNCE versions 2.1 or earlier (i.e. .COM versions) should
not use SEQNCE to add or delete sequences when using ANY database
that ESEE version 1.09c (or later) has changed through the PUT command.
This is due to a minor change to the .SIN file. You should either
use an earlier version of ESEE or a later version of SEQNCE, or
only PUT to databases with ESEE (any version).
If you do not use SEQNCE at all, these changes have no affect.
There are NO compatiblity problems between databases that have
been created with earlier versions of ESEE and those created
with ESEE version 1.09c or later.
********************************************************************
(As of version 1.09)
ESEE can now find the help file if it is in the directory
which contains ESEE.exe. This means that you no longer will
be prompted for the path to the help file during program
execution.
If you have a floppy-drive system, then put
ESEE.EXE and ESEEHELP.FIL on the same diskette. If you
remove that diskette and summon help, expect to be prompted
for the path to the help file. You should put in your ESEE
disk and give it the floppy disk name and path.
e.g. a:\
*********************************************************************
(As of version 1.08)
You may now re-intialize the built-in "Universal" genetic code from
within the Genetic Code window by typing a "U" in response to the main
prompt.
*********************************************************************
(As of version 1.08)
COMPLEMENT erroneously complemented a lower case "c" with an
uppercase "G". This has been corrected.
*********************************************************************
(As of version 1.08)
The bitnet address given in earlier versions is no longer accurate.
The correct address is:
UseridELMO@sfu <BITNET>
UseridELMO@cc.sfu.ca <other electronic mail, such as INTERNET>
**********************************************************************
(As of version 1.08)
A persistent problem with TAB has been corrected.
**********************************************************************
(As of version 1.07)
There is new command: Advance start of sequence which slides the
current sequence downstream to the cursor position. This command
begins with first non-blank character at the top of the sequence,
ignoring any blanks at the upstream end. The ADVANCE command is
inhibited if the cursor is upstream of the first non-blank character
or if their is not enough room to complete the slide.
To use ADVANCE, type either cnt-A or alt-A
********************************************************************
(As of version 1.07)
A persistent problem with SHIFT-TAB has been corrected.
************************************************************************
A problem with print-out numbering that was introduced introduced with
version 1.05 has been corrected, as of version 1.07
**********************************************************************
(As of version 1.06)
There is a new command: EXTEND END OF SEQUENCE which will fill
the current sequence with blanks starting from the old end of
sequence and stopping at the cursor position, which becomes the
new end of sequence. If you are not beyond the end of sequence
already, nothing happens.
To use EXTEND, type either cnt-E or alt-E.
**********************************************************************
(As of version 1.06)
BLOCK now does more than copy, and the name has been changed
in the helpfile to reflect the change. Briefly, you can
mark the block with the arrow keys, as usual, but blocking is
terminated by any key that isn't used to mark blocks.
The following details how various termination characters are interpreted
during the marking process:
C = COPY
Copies block as in previous versions.
M = MOVE
The block is deleted, but can be pasted with F7,
in a manner similar to COPY.
D = DELETE BLOCK
The block is deleted and the prompt for pasting is omitted.
R = RE-USE previous block
Whenever you copy, move or delete the block will still
be available for re-use. Whenever you are being prompted
to mark a block you can instead type a 'R' or 'r' and the
previous block is used. If you have started marking and then
type the R, the new marking is ignored and you'll still have
the previous block available. If you use R when a successful
copy, move or delete has not yet been performed, in a given
run of ESEE, then the R command will be ignored and marking
will be terminated. Unfortunately, if you are at the
end of sequence (the happy face) you cannot get BLOCK's
attention to ask for RE-USE. In these cases, try putting
in a blank or going to another sequence, just to initiate
the BLOCK function with F7.
<ESC> = aborts marking, higlighting disappears, and the cursor stays
wherever it was at the time that you typed the <ESC>. (Just
think of it as an accidental penalty for being reticent!)
<RET> = aborts marking. During pasting, <RET> as well as F7 can be
used, as in previous versions.
other ASCII characters = COPY
control keys and function keys = ignored, marking continues
For a variety of reasons, UNDO may not always behave the way that you
think is should. You can use CNTRL-U to undo the text deletion caused
by DELETE or MOVE. In the case of MOVE, you can use UNDO
immediately after typing the M, to restore the deleted text.
You will still get the "Navigate" prompt, so in other words,
using UNDO with MOVE turns the move into COPY. Alternatively, you
could use the common word-processing trick of pasting the block to
it's original position. Then you can use RE-USE to move a copy or
copies to some other location. The actual pasting from MOVE, COPY,
or RE-USE is undoable as well. The BLOCK-DELETE is also undoable,
but the deleted block will still be available for pasting with RE-USE.
************************************************************************
(As of version 1.06)
You can now enter upper ASCII characters directly from the
keyboard using the alt-Keypad combinations. These characters might
not be print-able on some printers. The wall character is #222.
*************************************************************************
(As of version 1.06)
When you MATCH or COMPARE, then name of the resulting sequence
is always given a name that means "upper" vs "lower".
NOTE: The name can easily become inaccurate in the process of
reformating the editing window after sequences have been
created, deleted or moved. In the case of MATCH, this may
not be a big problem, since you can always re-MATCH to update the
name. Since COMPARE creates a new sequence everytime, the names of
older compares will rarely be correct. You must, therefore, keep track
of comparsion results a little bit more carefully than in previous
versions of ESEE. If you want to suppress the automatic naming feature
then run ESEE with a parameter 'A'.
Examples:
ESEE FA {fix wonky BIOS behavior and suppress autonaming}
ESEE a {use faster screen update, and suppress autonaming}
Version 1.1 will allow you to choose whether or not to use the
automatic naming feature of COMPARE and MATCH from within the program.
************************************************************************
(As of version 1.05)
You can no longer use cnt-backspace to get a wall. Instead there is
a new key-combination: cnt-W to put in walls. Also alt+222 will
put a wall in.
************************************************************************
The function keys for JOIN and PRINT have been reversed.
Now shft-F7 means print, just like in WordPerfect. JOIN is now
a processive command; everything upstream of the cursor is not
involved in the joining.
************************************************************************
The function key for PUT ALL sequences into a database has been
move to CNTRL-F1 from SHIFT-F1. This was done to make room for
a command to pull down a parameter setting window that will appear
in version 1.1.
************************************************************************
Some of you may be used to COMPARE being at ALT-F6. Recent versions,
however have COMPARE at SHIFT-F6, where it will probably henceforth
remain. This was done to make room for a command to perform automatic
alignment that will appear in version 2
************************************************************************
Check the help-file for information concerning the current keyboard layout.
I don't anticipate any further changes to the function-key usage.
************************************************************************
ESEE works well with DESQVIEW (TM) and with LOGITECH (TM) and Microsoft
mouse drivers. (Other brands of mouse have not been tested).
With the Logitech mouse driver, use the MENU program to make the
mouse emmulate the cursor keys, and to define buttons.
With the Microsoft mouse, you should use the program MOUSEKEYS
from PC-magazine, or its equivalent. I heartily recommend that
you write to Microsoft to inform them that they are a poor hardware
supplier for not supplying essential mouse software. (At least
they didn't with my mouse).
Please contact me if you need assistance configuring your system to use
ESEE with these products.
*************************************************************************