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1ARB change log
2
3Fixes for arb_5.5:
4
5 * arb_5.4 was broken (several external tools missing)
6
7
8Fixes for arb_5.4:
9
10 * make it obvious when probe matches are truncated. Truncate all hits beyond 1 million (was 100000)
11 * fixed realigner (better interaction with fields 'transl_table' and 'codon_start'; improved error handling)
12 * fixed several compilation issues (OSX; recent distro releases)
13
14
15Fixes for arb_5.3:
16
17 * bugfixes
18   - fixed wrong absolute/ecoli position reported for some designed probes
19   - decompression error handling (pt-server build issues)
20   - fixed 'codon_start' generated with wrong type
21   - fixed a buffer overflow in ACI
22   - report failures to write to /tmp
23 * changes
24   - markSpecies.pl:
25     mark by accession number
26     partial/ambiguous matches
27 * internal fixes
28   - compilation fixes for OSX
29   - some patches for debian version (removed refs to xview, textedit, removed molphy(protml))
30   - removed obsolete dependency from libXp
31
32
33Fixes for arb_5.2:
34
35 * bugfixes
36   - quicksave did silently do nothing (especially not save anything) if an error occurred
37   - ARB_EDIT4: crashed when using config with MANY unknown species
38   - ARB_SECEDIT: crashed when trying to paint strand w/o any base
39   - ARB_NTREE/ARB_PARS: crashed when clicking on inner tree node w/o groupinfo
40 * changes
41   - ARB uses xdg-open to display web-pages
42 * internal fixes
43   - karmic koala (gcc 4.4.1)
44   - installation script
45   - arb build process uses xsltproc instead of sablotron
46
47
48Fixes for arb_5.1:
49
50 * fixed a bug in 'Create species from consensus' (created sequence was corrupted)
51 * fixed 2 bugs in optimize DB (alignment w/o data, missing transaction)
52 * updated installation instructions, fixed install script, added OSX instruction (thx to Matt Cottrell)
53 * fixed broken demo.arb
54
55
56Major changes for arb_5.00:
57
58 - ARB 64bit version
59 - new genome importer
60 - search for next relatives improved (normal search and fast-aligner)
61   * new parameters to precise search
62   * improved speed
63   * partial sequence reach normal scores
64 - search&query
65   * supports regular expressions and ACI
66   * track hit information
67   * result sorting
68 - Nameservers with add.field have to be started with default value
69   You need to correct parameter -f in lib/arb_tcp.dat (according to lib/arb_tcp_org.dat)
70 - multiple PT-servers may be used in parallel
71 - fixed multiprobe
72 - type-conversion for DB fields
73 - SILVA compatible import filters
74 - Newick tree export:
75   * optionally save in human-readable format (big)
76   * closer to newick standard format (quoting style, comment, special chars in data)
77 - Upgraded RAxML to 7.0.3 (many features now usable from ARB interface)
78 - Fixed sequence quality calculation
79 - Secondary structures for proteins (DSSP)
80 - Distance matrix (arb_dist): mark by distance to selected
81 - ARB core
82   * many bugfixes and improvements to reliability
83   * faster sorting (general speedup)
84   * improved sequence compression (avoid worse trees, better ratio)
85   * improved handling of temporary files (permission/removal)
86   * prints backtraces in userland
87   * regular expression are POSIX standard now
88 - macro record/playback
89   * fixed several bugs
90   * you need to re-record your old macros!
91 - GUI:
92   * disabled auto-focus, you need to click now
93   * auto-raise windows on access
94 - Minor things:
95   * Ubuntu: packet installation for ARB
96   * Fixed novice/expert mode
97   * Mark deep/degenerated branches
98   * Increased NDS entries
99 - up-to-date Mac port (thx to Matt Cottrell)
100
101Major changes in ARB 07.12.07org:
102
103 - rewrote secondary structure editor
104 - Sequence quality check
105 - Nameserver may use one field additional to 'acc' (useful to keep multiple species with same acc)
106 - tweaked base frequency filter generation
107 - Normal export (not using readseq) improved:
108   * supports filters and gap removal
109   * optimized for big amount of data
110   * reworked export filters
111 - Display translation with different ORFs in EDIT4
112 - ARB exports in FIG 3.2 format (optionally in colors). Thanks to Elmar Pruesse.
113 - added PHYML 2.4.5 (thanks to Stephane Guidon for the permission to distribute that great tool)
114 - more compact display in EDIT4
115 - capable to use iso10646 fonts
116 - supports various gcc versions (2.95.3 - 4.1.1)
117 - fixed a bug in DB optimization (occurred when fields had bigger protection than current)
118 - Bootstrap circles may be displayed as ellipses; upper size limit configurable; uses
119   different color for size-limited circles; fixed xfig-export-bug
120 - Allows Branchlength <-> Bootstrap value transfer (lossy!)
121 - fixed several scaling bugs in "folded tree"-mode
122 - improved import-filter error-messages
123 - NDS-display of groups (e.g. in tree) is now handled by ACI-command 'taxonomy'. This gives
124   several new possibilities:
125   * export taxonomy via 'Export NDS list'
126   * display taxonomy in Editor etc.
127   * display of cascaded taxonomies
128   * display taxonomy of tree_1 in tree_2
129   * allows to write taxonomy into database field of species
130   * compare taxonomies of two trees
131   * ...
132 - ACI:
133   * many new ACI commands
134   * unified handling of binary ACI-operators
135   * tracing of ACI actions for debugging purpose
136 - ARB Neighbour joining:
137   * bootstrap limit configurable
138   * bugfix: when aborting bootstrap calculation, sometimes no tree was generated
139 - EDIT4:
140   * added unalign right (block-op)
141   * added 'Save loaded properties'
142 - GENE MAP:
143   * multiple views possible at the same time
144   * origin now at "12 o'clock"
145   * implemented 'jump to gene'
146 - tweaked file selection
147 - Enhanced Search Depth for Probe Match --> max 20 MM
148 - CLUSTALW:
149   * separated menus for fast and slow alignment
150   * most parameters accessible from inside ARB now
151 - upgraded to PHYLIP 3.6 (adds PROML)
152 - external programs may be called parallel (e.g. several treeing programs)
153 - fixed bugs in protml and integration of protml
154 - rewrote ASCII database import
155 - arb_repair for databases of any size (script for database repair)
156 - fixed bug in data compression
157 - increased internal cache size (alignments up to 400.000bp possible w/o performance collapse)
158 - ARBparsimony: increase hardcoded species limit (50.000 -> 250.000)
159 - GDE menus cleanup
160 - translation/re-alignment tweaked
161 - unalign right (EDIT4)
162 - visualization of SAIs in Probe Match Results
163 - changed formatting of probe match results; increase # of allowed matches to 100.000;
164   warn if results are truncated
165 - PT server for genes
166 - Probe design performance optimized
167 - fixed NEXUS export format
168 - exports group names into Newick format
169 - import XML tree files
170 - help for external tools now properly shown inside ARB
171
172Major changes in Beta 2003_08_22:
173
174 - automatic formatting of alignments
175 - SECEDIT may use EDIT4 colors
176 - fixed bootstrapping (DNAPARS, PROTPARS, PROTML(experimental!))
177 - updated clustalw to version 1.83
178 - Restore window sizes for ALL windows (too small sizes are ignored)
179 - new algorithm to add partial sequences to an existing tree
180 - PROT-parsimony was completely redesigned and works now most similar to DNA/RNA-parsimony
181 - Top area of ARB_NTREE may be reduced to maximize display area
182 - All arb menus may be detached (click dashed line at top of menu)
183 - visualization of SAIs (as background color behind Sequences)
184 - ARB_EDIT4 may save/use alignment-specific and alignment-type-specific properties
185 - PT-server occupies more memory => does less passes; more diagnostic output
186 - small changes to status window (unhide behavior/time estimation)
187 - menus and menu-hotkeys reorganized
188 - colored buttons in color config windows
189 - alignment concatenation (e.g. several different genes)
190 - merging data of similar species (according selected database field)
191 - keyboard commands for ARB_NTREE (mark/unmark/invert, collapse/expand)
192 - expanded sellists
193 - save/load fixed for multi probes
194 - Binary SAIs are editable in ARB_EDIT4
195 - Information windows are detachable (allows to have multiple windows showing different items)
196 - Scanning for hidden/unknown database fields improved and separated;
197   possibility to remove unused fields.
198 - new tabbed format in 'Export NDS' and 'Export matrix' (useful for star-calc/excel/etc.)
199 - updated fastDNAml to 1.2.2
200 - added AxML (accelerated fastDNAml 1.2.2)
201 - Field transfer definitions for exporting gene-species
202 - File Selection: - recursive search available
203 - The ARB_NTREE macro recording/execution has been fixed
204 - Colorize species (see demo.arb)
205 - Fixed missing-character-bug in Xfig, Print and Edit4-Info-Display
206 - 'IslandHopper' -- a new integrated aligner (beta)
207 - Many improvements and bugfixes to secondary structure editor:
208   * highlighting of search (i.e for probes) like in EDIT4
209   * interactive constraint editing (stretch/compress)
210   * probe info
211   * editing secondary structure in XFIG now possible
212   * visualization of SAIs
213 - import reads Unix, DOS, and MAC linefeeds
214 - NTREE/SAI/Etc/GnuPlot: calls gnuplot directly; more plotting features; basic help
215 - tree and sequence export to XML ( DTDs are provided in ./lib/dtd )
216   (reloading of these XML files is planned for the future)
217 - fixed problems with phylip-tree import/export (bootstrap values,comments,...)
218 - search in all database fields possible ('[all fields]')
219 - up to 10 quicksaves are kept
220 - new ACI functions: upper, lower, caps, eval
221 - variables for import filter programming
222 - extract gene-species: creates acc; extraction to existing alignments
223 - sequence of selected gene is mirrored in ARB_EDIT4/local_signature
224   (=> selected gene can be highlighted in primary editor)
225 - PCR primer-design for single genes
226 - when selecting a gene, the corresponding gene-species is selected (if found)
227 - save configuration for several windows (e.g. Search&Query, WWW, NDS, ...)
228 - file selection box in import window
229 - mark item with double click works in all search&query windows
230 - User masks: create new; 'edit enable' and 'marked' toggles (like in info window)
231 - Fixed command line help for all Arb-modules
232 - Fixed problem parsing fonts (should fix display problems with default fonts)
233 - Mark mode now works in list-view as well (ARB_NTREE)
234 - Fixed appearance of 'tiny little boxes' (everywhere)
235 - Redesign of ARB help:
236     - a HTML version is in $ARBHOME/lib/help_html
237     - a text version is in $ARBHOME/lib/help (like before, but now generated)
238
239Major changes in Beta 2001_11_07:
240
241 - design probes to maximum length of 60 nucleotides
242 - fastAligner1.03 bug fixed (chooses best match now in 'auto search' mode)
243 - import default changed to foreign data format, ali name '16s'
244 - printing of multi-page-trees works again
245 - implemented user defineable masks to access database fields
246 - fixed bugs in pt-server (lockup, unknown species just after building pt-server)
247 - improved performance during pt-server-build
248 - several programs coming along with ARB where updated (PHYLIP,...)
249 - reads EMBL genom files
250 - support for experiments (genom databases only)
251
252Major changes in Beta 2001_07_24:
253
254 - basic support for genoms (Gene Map, reads Genebank files)
255 - ported to libc6
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