[BioPython] Bio.IntelliGenetics (and the MASE format)

[Peter]

> Dear all,
>
> We've recently added support for parsing (reading) the IntelliGenetics
> sequence file format to Bio.SeqIO, under the format name "ig"
> (following the EMBOSS convention).  This file format also seems to be
> known as the MASE multiple sequence alignment format.
>
> This means that the old Bio.IntelliGenetics module is essentially
> obsolete, and we could therefore deprecate it in a future Biopython
> release.  Before we do that, is anyone using the Bio.IntelliGenetics
> module?  Hopefully using Bio.SeqIO will a suitable substitute for you,
> but please do get in touch.

The Bio.IntelliGenetics module is now deprecated in CVS.  If anyone is
using this code please get in touch.

> More generally, do any of you currently use the IntelliGenetics or
> MASE file format?  I'd love to have a few more example files to use in
> our test suite.  Also, would you be interested in using Bio.SeqIO to
> write out files in this format?

Thanks again,

Peter