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From owner-acedb@net.bio.net Thu Nov 13 22:00:00 1997 Path: biosci!BIOSUPPLYNET.COM!biota From: biota@BIOSUPPLYNET.COM ("Cynthia S. Smagula") Newsgroups: bionet.software.acedb Subject: BioToolKit: A New Internet Directory Date: 13 Nov 1997 18:51:37 -0800 Organization: BioSupplyNet Lines: 13 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <346BBF21.7B21@biosupplynet.com> Reply-To: biota@biosupplynet.com NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net The BioToolKit, an annotated directory of 500 key molecular biology research tools is now available to researchers at http://www.biosupplynet.com/cfdocs/btk/btk.cfm. The BioToolKit locates and annotates molecular biology databases, information retrieval tools, data analysis applications, and structural visualization tools available on the World Wide Web. The three sections, Nucleic Acid Analysis, Genome Resources, and Protein Structural Imaging and Analysis, may be searched or browsed via pop-up menus that group applications by function. No more A-to-Z lists of hundreds of URLs that leave you clueless! The BioToolKit is a unique and fast way to get up-to-date links to key web resources.Tour the BioToolKit now at http://www.biosupplynet.com/cfdocs/btk/btk.cfm. From owner-acedb@net.bio.net Mon Nov 24 22:00:00 1997 Path: biosci!daresbury!not-for-mail From: Danielle et jean Thierry-Mieg Newsgroups: bionet.software.acedb Subject: URL in acedb Date: 25 Nov 1997 19:18:39 -0000 Lines: 9 Sender: lpddist@mserv1.dl.ac.uk Distribution: bionet Message-ID: <65f8af$df4@mserv1.dl.ac.uk> Original-To: acedb@dl.ac.uk sorry, the documentation is mesleading and I think it has now been fixed. The description about ?URL is NOT part of acedb release.4_5 the only way is Pick_me_to_call Mosaic "http://myref.html" and in the script wscripts/Mosaic you can call netscape if you wish From owner-acedb@net.bio.net Mon Nov 24 22:00:00 1997 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!news.msfc.nasa.gov!europa.clark.net!205.252.116.205!howland.erols.net!recycled.news.erols.com!nntp.news.xara.net!xara.net!server5.netnews.ja.net!server3.netnews.ja.net!is.bbsrc.ac.uk!news From: clive evans Newsgroups: bionet.software.acedb Subject: ACE/ Netscape link problems Date: Tue, 25 Nov 1997 16:29:12 +0000 Organization: iger Lines: 17 Message-ID: <347AFCD8.3CB@bbsrc.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: pc0560.wpbs.bbsrc.ac.uk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0Gold (Win95; I) Hi, I've been having a few problems linking my ACEDB 4.5 database to Netscape as described in: http://probe.naluda.gov:8000/ace97/ACEDB_2_WWW.html I have added in the extra ?Url class, the line to the wspec/options.wrm file and a couple of Url objects in a rawdata file. When I fire up the database again I get: "FATAL ERROR: Bad display type WWW in line 101 of wspec/options" Any suggestions?! Thanks, Jeremy Dickson. Jeremy.Dickson@bbsrc.ac.uk From owner-acedb@net.bio.net Mon Nov 24 22:00:00 1997 Path: biosci!PASTEUR.FR!gas From: gas@PASTEUR.FR (Shahinaz Gas) Newsgroups: bionet.software.acedb Subject: Compilation problems with webace-acedb Date: 25 Nov 1997 01:40:57 -0800 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 42 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <347A9CD4.41C6@pasteur.fr> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net We recompiled with the original compilator cc, the aceb version 4.5 on our machine (DEC Alpha OSF,version 4.0b). We used the file wmake/ALPHA_4_DEF. When we recompiled the perl5.003 to support the perl ace client functionality, we obtained the following message: " Making Aceclient (dynamic) Checking if your kit is complete... Looks good 'EXTRALIBS' is not a known MakeMaker parameter name. Writing Makefile for Aceclient ../../miniperl -I../../lib -I../../lib ../../lib/ExtUtils/xsubpp -typemap ../.. /lib/ExtUtils/typemap -typemap typemap Aceclient.xs >Aceclient.tc && mv Aceclient.tc Aceclient.c Please specify prototyping behavior for Aceclient.xs (see perlxs manual) cc -c -DSTANDARD_C -D__LANGUAGE_C__ -D_NO_PROTO -O2 -Olimit 2900 -DVERSION=\"0.1\" -DXS_VERSION=\"0.1\" -I../.. Aceclient.c Running Mkbootstrap for Aceclient () chmod 644 Aceclient.bs ar cr tmp.a Aceclient.o : tmp.a LD_RUN_PATH="" ld -o ../../lib/auto/Aceclient/Aceclient.so -shared -expect_unresolved "*" -s -hidden -L/usr/local/lib -all tmp.a -none chmod 755 ../../lib/auto/Aceclient/Aceclient.so cp Aceclient.bs ../../lib/auto/Aceclient/Aceclient.bs chmod 644 ../../lib/auto/Aceclient/Aceclient.bs ". Then, if we call webace, we obtain the next error message: " 28760:/usr/local/bin/perl: /sbin/loader: Fatal Error: unresolvable symbol in /usr/local/lib/perl5/alpha-dec_osf/5.003/auto/Aceclient/Aceclient.so: openServer ". Could you help us? Your suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks From owner-acedb@net.bio.net Mon Nov 24 22:00:00 1997 Path: biosci!agate!overload.lbl.gov!news From: lazo@pw.usda.gov (Gerard Lazo) Newsgroups: bionet.software.acedb Subject: Re: URL in acedb Date: 25 Nov 1997 22:36:40 GMT Organization: USDA ARS WRRC Lines: 11 Distribution: bionet Message-ID: <65fjto$iei@overload.lbl.gov> References: <65f8af$df4@mserv1.dl.ac.uk> Reply-To: lazo@pw.usda.gov NNTP-Posting-Host: triticale.pw.usda.gov or is it: Pick_me_to_call Mosaic "http:\/\/myref.html" to defeat the comment option. > the only way is > Pick_me_to_call Mosaic "http://myref.html" From owner-acedb@net.bio.net Mon Nov 24 22:00:00 1997 Path: biosci!daresbury!not-for-mail From: Danielle et jean Thierry-Mieg Newsgroups: bionet.software.acedb Subject: http Date: 25 Nov 1997 23:01:23 -0000 Lines: 4 Sender: lpddist@mserv1.dl.ac.uk Distribution: bionet Message-ID: <65flc3$rf0@mserv1.dl.ac.uk> Original-To: acedb@dl.ac.uk yes indeed, you need to protect out the // which is a commnt sign giving Pick_me_to_call Mosaic "http:\/\/myref.html" From owner-acedb@net.bio.net Wed Nov 26 22:00:00 1997 Path: biosci!wehi.edu.au!hallowes From: hallowes@wehi.edu.au (Peter Hallowes) Newsgroups: bionet.software.acedb Subject: (none) Date: 26 Nov 1997 21:50:07 -0800 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 26 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net Dear acedb users, I seem to have a minor hiccup when inputting .ace files into my MalDB database. The ace files have the form - Locus : "M13-0001" Map "XIII" Position 1 When there is an existing Map "XIII", the Locus won't show up on the map when I run acedb. I thought I had this working before, so I might have forgotten the technique for getting GMap information into the ACEDB database. Does anyone have any ideas. Cheers, Peter Hallowes email: hallowes@wehi.edu.au http://www.wehi.edu.au/MalDB-www/genomeInfo/MalariaDB/malariaDB.html From owner-acedb@net.bio.net Wed Nov 26 22:00:00 1997 Path: biosci!daresbury!not-for-mail From: Richard Durbin Newsgroups: bionet.software.acedb Subject: Re: (none) Date: 27 Nov 1997 14:01:23 -0000 Lines: 11 Sender: lpddist@mserv1.dl.ac.uk Distribution: bionet Message-ID: <65jufj$93c@mserv1.dl.ac.uk> Original-To: hallowes@wehi.edu.au (Peter Hallowes) After you have read the data into your database, you must "recalculate" the genetic map. The map you see is a cached version that is derived from the data in the databases, such as in the Locus objects. There are two ways to recalculate. Either when displaying Map XIII use the menu option "Recalculate", or use the "Align maps" option in the main menu and select "Map gMaps" in the resulting window, which will rebuild all maps. In either case, for the changes to carry over to future times you access the database, you must have write access, and must save the database from the main window or when exiting the program. Richard From owner-acedb@net.bio.net Thu Nov 27 22:00:00 1997 Path: biosci!daresbury!not-for-mail From: Richard Durbin Newsgroups: bionet.software.acedb Subject: Re: Size of the X chromosome Date: 28 Nov 1997 09:55:48 -0000 Lines: 9 Sender: lpddist@mserv1.dl.ac.uk Distribution: bionet Message-ID: <65m4f4$smg@mserv1.dl.ac.uk> Original-To: Pierre Pontarotti The zero point on the acedb physical map of chromosome X, and of all other chromosomes, is completely arbitrary. It is a historic consequence of where some fragment of the map was started. The estimated size of X from the physical map is about 18 Mb. Next summer we should be able to give you a much more accurate estimate based on the sequence. 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Below we give an example utilizing the METHODS-AND-REAGENTS list at both of our two BIOSCI sites: Users in the Americas and Pacific Rim countries who use the BIOSCI ------------------------------------------------------------------ node at computer net.bio.net: ---------------------------- A) Determine the "listname" which is the <=8 character mail address ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ for the group. These can be found in the BIOSCI Info. Sheet. For the METHODS-AND-REAGENTS group the mailing address is methods@net.bio.net. The listname is the portion of the address to the left of the @ sign, i.e., "methods". The listname is used with the "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" commands illustrated below. B) Mail all commands in the body of a mail message addressed to biosci-server@net.bio.net. Do NOT send commands to the newsgroup posting addresses! Leave the Subject: line blank, any text on it will be ignored. C) In the body of your message put one or more of the following commands with an "end" command on the last line, e.g., subscribe methods unsubscribe methods end Do NOT put your e-mail address or other text on these lines. The server only allows you to cancel your subscription if the address on your mail header matches the address on our mailing list. Please ask for help at biosci-help@net.bio.net if your address has changed, e.g., if you know you are on the list but the server tells you that you are not a member. Users in Europe, Africa, and Central Asia who use the BIOSCI node at -------------------------------------------------------------------- computer daresbury.ac.uk (also known as dl.ac.uk): ------------------------------------------------- To subscribe and unsubscribe to/from the BIOSCI lists, you need to specify the full USENET newsgroup name with "bionet-news." prepended. The USENET newsgroup names are listed in the BIOSCI Information sheet on the Web at http://www.bio.net/. For the METHODS-AND-REAGENTS list the USENET newsgroup name is bionet.molbio.methds-reagnts, thus the appropriate commands are sub bionet-news.bionet.molbio.methds-reagnts unsub bionet-news.bionet.molbio.methds-reagnts These commands are included in a message addressed to mxt@dl.ac.uk, NOT to the newsgroup mailing addresses. As usual, include the text in the body of the message as text on the Subject: line is ignored. To unsubscribe from all the lists at the UK node, use unsub bionet-news Please note that if the address in the list is different than the one in your mail message header, you will not be able to unsubscribe by this method. If you have problems, please mail biosci@daresbury.ac.uk. 4) The BIOSCI user address and research interest directory. ----------------------------------------------------------- Please take this opportunity to add your name, address, and research interest information to the BIOSCI User Address Database if you have not already done so. You can fill out the address form directly through our Web page at URL http://www.bio.net/adrform.html. The address database is reindexed nightly for WWW access (the URL is http://www.bio.net/). If you are not directly on the Internet but can reach it by e-mail, please use our waismail server to access the user directory. waismail use is described above. You can also request a user address form by e-mail from biosci-help@net.bio.net. Please check your database entry from time-to-time to see if your address information is still up-to-date. Because of our limited personnel resources, we ask that you resubmit a *complete* form to revise your entry; we only replace complete entries and do not have resources to edit old forms.