Changelog

Version 1.7

Released January 3, 2014

• Added multi-threading.
• Style Editor:
  • Linking of legends items with feature sets.
  • Multiple selection and editing of nodes.
  • Added optional slot labels.
  • Visual improvements.
• Bug fixes.

Version 1.6

• Released on August 20, 2012
• Changes to Style Editor
• Major visual improvements.
• Fixed issues with consistency when switching between styles.
• Added a progress notification when rebuilding styles.
• Added the ability to modify ruler placement location and visibility.
• Added the ability to refine sets.
• Speed improvements when rebuilding specific style elements.
• Added internal documentation.
• Visual improvements.
• Bug fixes.
• Added more fonts.

Version 1.5.1

• Released on December 12, 2011
• Fixed issue where map would not rebuild when adding new slots/feature sets.
• Added support for Genbank files with no sequence data.
• Fixed an issue with labels displaying string "null" when no annotation value was available to display.

Version 1.5

• Released on November 22, 2011
• Added a Style Editor
• Allows for modification of the appearance of the map without GSS
• Provides the ability to save/load styles
• Provides support for viewing the map with multiple styles at once
• Toolbar added to provide easy access to useful features
• Additional GSS Features
• Placement of ruler labels on map using label-location
• Bug fixes
• Drawing single point features/features with gaps
• Label overlap issues (both feature labels and ruler labels)
• Fixed support for EMBL files

Version 1.1.1

Released on May 26, 2011

• Fix for recursive feature sets
• Fix for freezing during download of certain files.
• Fix for COG mapper
• Fix for overlap of ruler labels

Version 1.1

• Released on February 18, 2011
• Improved the GUI of GView
• Controls to turn on/off elements of the map
• Better Birds eye view window of map
• Controls to zoom in/out
• Splash Screen
• Added Extra Features to GSS
• Ability to perform mapping between properties and styles
• Ability to associate a hyperlink with each feature.
• Added sequenceName() feature filter.
• Bug fixes
• Fixed GC Content/GC Skew calculations.
• Fixed handling of point features.
• Fixed some display issues (borders of features, colors, etc).
• Fixed issue with compiling examples against GView API.
• Other Improvements
  • Better detection of file formats.
  • Better handling of how to position elements on map.
  • Support for multiple GFF files.

Version 1.0.4683

• Released on October 26, 2010
• Added hasAnnotation Feature Filter option for GSS files.
• Improved handling of CGView XML input files.
• Fixed issue with labels/mouseover text in CGView XML input files.
• Improved error handling for GSS parsing.
• Fixed issue with path separator characters under Windows.
• Updated library dependencies (biojava).
• Added support for loading remote input files via a URL.
• Added direct support for reading in GFF files and improved GFF parsing.
• Fixed issue where circular shapes would begin to overlap each other at high resolution levels.
• Improved display of outlines around features.
• Fixed issue with circular backbone arc not displaying for certain sequence lengths.
• Fixed issue where zooming with (+/-) keys in linear layout would not adjust positions correctly.

Version 1.0.4598

• Released on September 24, 2010
• Added support for displaying legends in API and in GSS style format.
• Added "stringbuilder" option to GSS text-extractors. This allows support for better formatting of strings to use for labels/tooltips.
• Fixed bug with incorrect positions of features for cgview xml format.
• Fixed bug where multiple lines would appear in cgview xml format.
• Fixed svgz image support.
• Fixed bug where user is unable to zoom in with too small initial backbone length.
• Changed gview package names to include ca.corefacility.