wEMBOSS

[Sarachu Martin]

Hi David,

Thanks for your comments. Now for the specifics

Mensaje citado por: David Bauer <bauer at genprofile.com>:

> Hi,
> 
> I'm just testing your web interface. I like it. It's 
easy to install and
> a good solution for use in an intranet.
> Here are some comments:
> 1)
> Under 'Installation' you should mention that the 
script requires the
> CGI.pm module and maybe put a link where to download 
it (CPAN or CSH).

Yes, I should mention that. Will correct

> 2)
> Within the script it is not clear that the 'writeDIR' 
is an absolute
> path and the 'graphicsDir' is relative to the httpd 
document root
> because on top there is written that all names are 
full pathnames.

I have to make clearer comments...

> 3)
> I had to add
> $ENV{"PATH"}="/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin";
> to the script. Otherwise it did not find the EMBOSS 
executables.

I assumed that EMBOSS programs path will be in the PATH 
variable of the web server. What do you think about 
this?

> 4)
> Graphical output has a problem. It works nice with 
png. But if I select
> postscript, then the name of the graphical file is 
also written as 'IMG
> src' which then does not work. What about changing 
this to present as
> result a page with a link to the graphical file. If 
it can be rendered
> by the browser, it will showup within the browser. 
Postscript and other
> formats can be either processed by helper 
applications or saved for
> local use.

Hmmm... I didn't thought of that. My first approach was 
to put all images into the <IMG> tag so all the 
information would be "into" the page. You gave 
something to think about.

Martin.