| vrnaplot

## Function

Plot vrnafold output

## Description

This is a port of the Vienna RNA package program RNAplot.

## Algorithm

See the original documentation for the Vienna RNA package http://www.tbi.univie.ac.at/~ivo/RNA/

## Usage

Here is a sample session with vrnaplot

    % vrnaplot
    Plot vrnafold output
    Vienna RNAfold output file: ../vrnafold-keep/rna1.vrnafold
    Vienna RNAfold output file [rna1.vrnaplot]:

Go to the input files for this example
Go to the output files for this example

## Command line arguments

       Standard (Mandatory) qualifiers:
      [-structure]         infile     Vienna RNAfold output file
      [-outfile]           outfile    [*.vrnaplot] Vienna RNAfold output file

       Additional (Optional) qualifiers: (none)
       Advanced (Unprompted) qualifiers:
       -layout             menu       [naview] Layout (Values: radial (Simple
                                      radial); naview (naview))
       -optype             menu       [ps] Type (Values: ps (postscript); gml
                                      (graph meta language); svg (scaleable vector
                                      graphics); xrna (XRNA save file))
       -pre                string     Pre-annotation (Any string is accepted)
       -post               string     Post-annotation (Any string is accepted)

       Associated qualifiers:

       "-outfile" associated qualifiers
       -odirectory2        string     Output directory

       General qualifiers:
       -auto               boolean    Turn off prompts
       -stdout             boolean    Write standard output
       -filter             boolean    Read standard input, write standard output
       -options            boolean    Prompt for standard and additional values
       -debug              boolean    Write debug output to program.dbg
       -verbose            boolean    Report some/full command line options
       -help               boolean    Report command line options. More
                                      information on associated and general
                                      qualifiers can be found with -help -verbose
       -warning            boolean    Report warnings
       -error              boolean    Report errors
       -fatal              boolean    Report fatal errors
       -die                boolean    Report dying program messages

Standard (Mandatory) qualifiers | Allowed values | Default
--- | --- | ---
[-structure] (Parameter 1) | Vienna RNAfold output file | Input file | Required
[-outfile] (Parameter 2) | Vienna RNAfold output file | Output file | <*>.vrnaplot
Additional (Optional) qualifiers | Allowed values | Default
(none)
Advanced (Unprompted) qualifiers | Allowed values | Default

-layout

Layout

radial | (Simple radial)
naview | (naview)

naview

-optype

Type

ps | (postscript)
gml | (graph meta language)
svg | (scaleable vector graphics)
xrna | (XRNA save file)

ps

-pre | Pre-annotation | Any string is accepted | An empty string is accepted
-post | Post-annotation | Any string is accepted | An empty string is accepted

## Input file format

vrnaplot reads any normal sequence USAs.

### Input files for usage example

### File: ../vrnafold-keep/rna1.vrnafold

    CACUACUCCAAGGACCGUAUCUUUCUCAGUGCGACAGUAA
    .(((..((....)).(((((........)))))..))).. ( -3.50)

## Output file format

vrnaplot outputs a graph to the specified graphics device. outputs a report format file. The default format is ...

### Output files for usage example

### File: rna1.vrnaplot

    %!PS-Adobe-3.0 EPSF-3.0
    %%Creator: ePS_dot.c,v 1.1 2005/10/13 13:00:44 ajb Exp $, ViennaRNA-1.6
    %%CreationDate: Sat Jul 15 12:00:00 2006
    %%Title: Rna secondary Structure Plot
    %%BoundingBox: 66 210 518 662
    %%DocumentFonts: Helvetica
    %%Pages: 1
    %%EndComments

    %Options:
    % to switch off outline pairs of sequence comment or
    % delete the appropriate line near the end of the file

    %%BeginProlog
    /RNAplot 100 dict def
    RNAplot begin
    /fsize  14 def
    /outlinecolor {0.2 setgray} bind def
    /paircolor    {0.2 setgray} bind def
    /seqcolor     {0   setgray} bind def
    /cshow  { dup stringwidth pop -2 div fsize -3 div rmoveto show} bind def
    /min { 2 copy gt { exch } if pop } bind def
    /max { 2 copy lt { exch } if pop } bind def
    /drawoutline {
      outlinecolor
      newpath
      coor 0 get aload pop 0.8 0 360 arc
      coor {aload pop lineto} forall
      stroke
    } bind def
    /drawpairs {
      paircolor
      0.7 setlinewidth
      [9 3.01] 9 setdash
      newpath
      pairs {aload pop
         coor exch 1 sub get aload pop moveto
         coor exch 1 sub get aload pop lineto
      } forall
      stroke
    } bind def
    % draw bases
    /drawbases {
      [] 0 setdash
      seqcolor
      0
      coor {
        aload pop moveto
        dup sequence exch 1 getinterval cshow
        1 add

      [Part of this file has been deleted for brevity]

    [76.515 91.594]
    [88.932 77.646]
    [107.552 76.227]
    [116.182 63.958]
    [124.812 51.689]
    [133.442 39.420]
    [142.071 27.151]
    [136.924 12.513]
    [141.395 -2.346]
    [153.767 -11.712]
    [169.282 -11.983]
    [181.974 -3.056]
    [186.962 11.637]
    [182.330 26.446]
    [169.857 35.678]
    [154.340 35.781]
    [145.711 48.050]
    [137.081 60.319]
    [128.451 72.587]
    [119.821 84.856]
    [124.925 99.035]
    [120.932 113.567]
    [109.299 123.146]
    [110.447 138.102]
    [111.596 153.058]
    [121.300 166.278]
    [114.456 181.181]
    ] def
    /pairs [
    [2 38]
    [3 37]
    [4 36]
    [7 14]
    [8 13]
    [16 33]
    [17 32]
    [18 31]
    [19 30]
    [20 29]
    ] def

    init

    % switch off outline pairs or bases by removing these lines
    drawoutline
    drawpairs
    drawbases
    % show it
    showpage
    end
    %%EOF

## Data files

For details of Vienna RNA file formats, see the original documentation http://www.tbi.univie.ac.at/~ivo/RNA/

## Notes

None.

## References

None.

## Warnings

None.

## Diagnostic Error Messages

None.

## Exit status

It always exits with status 0.

## Known bugs

None.

## See also

Program name | Description
--- | ---
einverted | Finds DNA inverted repeats
vrnaalifold | RNA alignment folding
vrnaalifoldpf | RNA alignment folding with partition
vrnacofold | RNA cofolding
vrnacofoldconc | RNA cofolding with concentrations
vrnacofoldpf | RNA cofolding with partitioning
vrnadistance | RNA distances
vrnaduplex | RNA duplex calculation
vrnaeval | RNA eval
vrnaevalpair | RNA eval with cofold
vrnafold | Calculate secondary structures of RNAs
vrnafoldpf | Secondary structures of RNAs with partition
vrnaheat | RNA melting
vrnainverse | RNA sequences matching a structure
vrnalfold | Calculate locally stable secondary structures of RNAs
vrnasubopt | Calculate RNA suboptimals

## Author(s)

Peter Rice (pmr © ebi.ac.uk)
Informatics Division, European Bioinformatics Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SD, UK

## History

Converted (October 2005) by Alan Bleasby

## Target users

This program is intended to be used by everyone and everything, from naive users to embedded scripts.

## Comments