Release notes for FinchTV 1.3.1


Feature changes from v.1.3.0:

- The Windows interface has been updated. 

- The "Delete Base" command has been replaced by "Delete", and will operate on a range of bases as well as a single base.  This will allow you to remove low quality areas or vector sequences.

- An accelerator key has been added for "Reverse Complement".  You may now type [ctrl]R on Windows/Linux or [Command]R on the Mac to reverse complement your traces.

- The "Save" toolbar button and menu command is now enabled whenever you have a trace open, and defaults to "Save As..." if this is the first time you have saved a file.

- Some toolbar buttons are in "Off" state before opening a file.

Bug fixes from v.1.3.0:

- Quality values from ABI files created on a 3100 or 3700 machine were not being displayed.  They are now correctly shown.

- ABI files containing a Mac header were corrupted on write if you had increased the number of bases in the sequence during your editing.  This problem has been fixed.

- Previously, the app could crash while switching directions. A bug that could cause that has been fixed.

- Reverse complement would stop working temporarily if you cancelled out of  File->Open.  That bug has been fixed.

Other Features in v.1.3.0:
- View, edit, export, and print the reverse complement of the trace just as you can the forward orientation.
- View the raw unprocessed signal data from ABI files (not SCF) by invoking the "Raw Data" choice from the "View" menu.
- Selected bases or the entire sequence can be sent to your choice of 4 NCBI BLAST pages.
- Select a single base or range of bases and copy the base calls for use in another application.
- Allows changing base calls, inserting new bases and deleting bases.
- Commands allow you to change a range of bases to upper or lowercase, or convert them to N's or X's.
- Save your edits and share your file with other researchers.
- Search for a given sequence in the base calls of the trace (accepts regular expressions)
- Open SCF, ABI and gzipped chromatogram files.
- View in standard or wrapped mode.
- Scale the trace horizontally and vertically.
- Use different options for printing your trace.
- Export DNA sequence to FASTA text file.
- Open files by dropping the icon onto FinchTV window.
- Show and hide base calls, base numbers and quality values.
- View Chromatogram Info details.
- Jump to the Geospiza website and help documentation.

Note: FinchTV on Solaris requires libCstd.so.1.  
All Solaris 8 installs include this library except for the minimum installation cluster.
The 108434 and 108435 patches will install libCstd.so.1 if SUNWlibC is 
installed.


Known issues in release version:

- Security warning pops up upon launch in WindowsXP Service Pack 2.
- Automatic browser launch does not work on some Linux and on Solaris systems.
- Some menu flashing can occur during Full Screen switching on OSX.
- Trace Drag N Drop doesn't work after Full Screen invoked on Mac OSX.
- Switching views loses focus on the trace.
- Using maximize and full screen can disable window resize handle.
- Mouse wheel doesn't work fully in standard view.
- A blank space can be created at the bottom of the Chromatogram Info sequence page by resizing the dialog.


