On Mon, May 15, 2006 at 04:34:54PM -0400, Aaron M. Ucko wrote: > Charles Plessy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Le Sun, May 14, 2006 at 06:58:32PM +0200, Lionel Elie Mamane a ?crit : > [...] > >> It means at least one person on the machine knows. The other users > >> will see a cryptic "NCBI" and think "WTF is that?". > > Would "Tools from NCBI" be any better? > > > One solution could be to separate them in a case-by-case basis in > > categories such as "Sequence Analysis" and "Database querying". Anyway, > > the opinion of the package maintainer is very important. > > Thanks, though I'm very much open to suggestions on this point. > > > Maybe I should file a wishlist bug with a tentative categorisation? > > Feel free. > > Meanwhile, it may be worth noting that the programs in the blast2 and > ncbi-tools-bin packages are all non-interactive command-line > applications at heart, but built on top a framework that allows them to > request their options via a single dialog box when invoked suitably[1]. > As such, I have given them all menu entries on principle, but could be > convinced to do otherwise.
As a user, this is the primary way that I acutally make use of these programs. My work doesn't involve scripting large numbers of blast searches for example, so having an easy gui interface accessible from a menu is nice. That said, there are a lot of menu items :-) - David Nusinow -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
