[EMBOSS] transeq and ambiguous codons

[Peter Rice]

Peter C. wrote:

> Thanks Scott (& Thomas) for pointing out the embossversion program.
> 
> I would still question why the EMBOSS tools don't also support the
> Unix convention of a version switch. Hypothetically, aren't some
> (many?) of the tools standalone and couldn't they be installed
> individually (e.g. as part of someone else's software bundle)? i.e.
> Can EMBOSS really guarantee that the needle tool and the
> embossversion tool are in sync?

We could easily add a -version global qualifier ... for the next release.

We can guarantee that embossversion and needle are in sync - assuming
they are built using the same libraries as that is where the version is
recorded. Standalone build are an issue though and it would help debug
in a few cases.

regards,

Peter Rice