[Bioperl-l] background layer is not supported in Bioperl 1.6 for Bio::Graphics::Glyph

Scott Cain scott at scottcain.net
Sat Jun 13 09:27:39 EDT 2009


Hi Xianjun,

I understand what you want to do, as the current version of gbrowse
does this, which uses bioperl 1.6.  Without digging through the code,
I can't tell you exactly how this works and you didn't send your code
that uses this callback, so I can't try it either.

One thing that is different between your code and gbrowse is that each
of the tracks is actually a seperate panel (to allow track dragging),
so it possible that this sort of callback doesn't work for
Bio::Graphics any more.

Scott

On Saturday, June 13, 2009, Xianjun Dong <Xianjun.Dong at bccs.uib.no> wrote:
> Hi, Scott
>
> Thanks for your reply first.
>
> I still have question: I dig out the code from GBrowse (which I paste below). Method make_postgrid_callback gets all highlight region and then use hilite_regions_closure function to draw them out, using the following GD function:
>
> $gd->filledRectangle($left+$start,0,$left+$end,$bottom,
>                           $panel->translate_color($h_color));
>
> where the $bottom=$panel->bottom. This is the only difference from my code, where I use $gd->height. I guess they are almost same (except the pad_bottom), we can see this in the code of http://doc.bioperl.org/releases/bioperl-current/bioperl-live/Bio/Graphics/Panel.html#CODE22
>
> OK. Anyway, I change to use $panel->bottom, instead of $gd->height, for my highlight regions. The output is same, when using the library of Bioperl 1.6 (or 1.5). You can see the attached image ("test.bioperl1.6.png")
>
> OK. I might have not explained my question explicitly. My question is: if using bioperl 1.2.3 (actually the Bio::Graphics in bioperl 1.2.3), I can get the right image I want (see the attached file "test.bioperl1.2.3.png"), where the highlight range will go from the roof to the floor. While in bioperl 1.5 (or 1.6), I only can see the highlight region in its own track, not the whole panel. OK, did I explain clearly now? you can see the difference of the two images.
>
> [I am not sure the mailist allow to attach image, otherwise, I put them in the following links:
> test.bioperl1.6.png:    http://translog.genereg.net/test.bioperl1.6.png
> test.bioperl1.2.3.png:    http://translog.genereg.net/test.bioperl1.2.3.png ]
>
> You can test it and see the difference if you have both 1.2.3 and 1.6 on your computer?
>
> Really want to know how this works in bioperl 1.2.3 (Even though this might be a bug at that version, or whatever)
>
> Thanks
>
> Xianjun
> =============================================
>
> # this generates the callback for highlighting a region
> sub make_postgrid_callback {
>  my $settings = shift;
>  return unless ref $settings->{h_region};
>
>  my @h_regions = map {
>    my ($h_ref,$h_start,$h_end,$h_color) = /^(.+):(\d+)\.\.(\d+)(?:@(\S+))?/;
>    defined($h_ref) && $h_ref eq $settings->{ref}
>                 ? [$h_start,$h_end,$h_color||'lightgrey']
>                 : ()
>  }
>    @{$settings->{h_region}};
>
>  return unless @h_regions;
>  return hilite_regions_closure(@h_regions);
> }
>
> # this subroutine generates a Bio::Graphics::Panel callback closure
> # suitable for hilighting a region of a panel.
> # The args are a list of [start,end,color]
> sub hilite_regions_closure {
>  my @h_regions = @_;
>
>  return sub {
>    my $gd     = shift;
>    my $panel  = shift;
>    my $left   = $panel->pad_left;
>    my $top    = $panel->top;
>    my $bottom = $panel->bottom;
>    for my $r (@h_regions) {
>      my ($h_start,$h_end,$h_color) = @$r;
>      my ($start,$end) = $panel->location2pixel($h_start,$h_end);
>      if ($end-$start <= 1) { $end++; $start-- } # so that we always see something
>      # assuming top is 0 so as to ignore top padding
>      $gd->filledRectangle($left+$start,0,$left+$end,$bottom,
>                           $panel->translate_color($h_color));
>    }
>  };
> }
>
>
> Scott Cain wrote:
>
> Hello Xianjun,
>
> I don't think that approach will work.  What you almost certainly need
> to do is a postgrid callback that does the drawing of the highlighted
> region.  For example code of how to do this, take a look at the
> make_postgrid_callback subroutine in GBrowse 1.69.  The option
> -postgrid is a method of Bio::Graphics::Panel.
>
> Scott
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 4:38 PM, Xianjun Dong<Xianjun.Dong at bccs.uib.no> wrote:
>
>
> HI,
>
> I am not sure this is the right place I can get help.
>
> I've suffered by a problem for several days: I want to highlight parts of
> regions in my track, using a different background color. To do that, I
> defined a glyph named "background", based on the
> 'Bio::Graphics::Glyph::generic' module. I override the draw_component()
> method, by adding code like below:
>
> $gd->filledRectangle($left,0,$right,$gd->height,
> $self->factory->translate_color($color));
>
> # the script is pasted at the end
>
> This will draw a rectangle with top=0, bottom=$gd->height. I made the
> highlight regions into a list of features, and add_track with
> -glyph=>'background'. (see the following script, test.pl) This really works
> as I expect, which will add a colored block at background of all tracks in a
> panel (including the ruler arrow). You can see the output image in attached
> file "test.bioperl1.2.3.png"
>
> Now, the problem comes: when I switch to Bioperl 1.5 (or 1.6), it does not
> work. Well, it works, but the highlight part only shrink to a low height,
> instead of covering all tracks in the panel. I also attached the output
> here, see the file "test.bioperl1.6.png".
>
> I tried to think about the reason, the 'background' module is based on the
> generic module. What can cause the difference? Is it because $gd->height is
> different, or the tracks followed with 'background' track can not draw from
> the first position?
>
> Well. I can stick to use Bioperl 1.2.3 to avoid the problem. ("Smart person
> solve problem, wise person avoid problem"...) But another problem is coming:
> Bio::Graphics in Bioperl 1.2.3 does not support $panel->create_web_map()
> function, which means I have to use some higher version if I want to create
> web map for my graphics, but then I have to give up using highlight
> background.
>
> OK. It's long enough for my first-time submission here. Hope someone can
> throw me some clue.
>
> Thanks ahead!!
>
> Xianjun
>
>
> ==================== test.pl =======================
> #!/usr/bin/perl
>
> use strict;
> use lib "$ENV{HOME}/lib";
>
> use Bio::Graphics;
> use Bio::Graphics::Feature;
> my $ftr= 'Bio::Graphics::Feature';
>
> # processed_transcript
> my $trans1 =
> $ftr->new(-start=>50,-end=>10,-name=>'ZK154.1',-type=>"3'-UTR");
> my $trans2 = $ftr->new(-start=>100,-end=>50,-name=>'ZK154.2',-type=>'CDS');
> my $trans3 = $ftr->new(-start=>350,-end=>225,-name=>'ZK154.3',-type=>'CDS',
> -source=>'a');
> my $trans4 = $ftr->new(-start=>650,-end=>500,-name=>'ZK154.3',-type=>'CDS',
> -source=>'a');
> my $trans5 =
> $ftr->new(-start=>700,-end=>650,-name=>'ZK154.3',-type=>"5'-UTR");
> my $trans  =
> $ftr->new(-segments=>[$trans1,$trans2,$trans3,$trans4,$trans5]);
>
> # hightlight
> my $trans31 =
> $ftr->new(-start=>240,-end=>450,-name=>'hightlight1',-type=>'background',
> -source=>'a');
> my $trans41 =
> $ftr->new(-start=>650,-end=>600,-name=>'hightlight2',-type=>'multihourglass',
> -source=>'b');
>
> my $panel= Bio::Graphics::Panel->new(-width=>1200,
>                                            -length=>1050,
>                                            -start =>0,
>                                            -pad_left=>12,
>                                            -pad_right=>12);
>
> # the following track works as I expected in bioperl 1.2.3, but not in 1.5
> and 1.6
> $panel->add_track([$trans41,$trans31],
>         -glyph   => 'background',
>                 -block_bgcolor => sub{return (shift->source eq
> 'a')?'#cccccc':'#fffc22'},
>                 );
>
> $panel->add_track($ftr->new(-start=>100,-end=>1000),
>                 -glyph=>'arrow',
>                 -double=>1,
>                 -tick=>2);
>
> $panel->add_track($trans,
>         -glyph   => 'transcript2', # 'transcript2', #process_5utr',
>                 -fgcolor => 'darkred',
>                 -bgcolor => 'darkred',
>                 -title => '$source',
>                 -link =>
> 'http://www.ensembl.org/Homo_sapiens/transview?transcript=$name',  #EnsEMBL
>                 );
>  print $panel->png;
>
> # the following part works in bioperl 1.5 and 1.6, but not work in Bioperl
> 1.2.3
> my $map = $panel->create_web_map("image");
> $panel->finished();
>
> 1;
>
> ==================== background.pm =======================
> package Bio::Graphics::Glyph::background;
>
> use strict;
> use base 'Bio::Graphics::Glyph::generic';
> sub pad_top{
>  return 0;
> }
>
> sub draw_component {
>  my $self = shift;
>  #$self->SUPER::draw_component(@_);
>  my ($gd,$dx,$dy) = @_;
>  my ($left,$top,$right,$bottom) = $self->bounds($dx,$dy);
>
>  # draw an arrow to indicate the direction of transcript
>  my $color = $self->option('block_bgcolor') || '#cccccc';
>  $gd->filledRectangle($left,0,$right,$gd->height,
> $self->factory->translate_color($color));
> }
>
> 1;
>
> --
> ==========================================
> Xianjun Dong
> PhD student, Lenhard group
> Computational Biology Unit
> Bergen Center for Computational Science
> University of Bergen
> Hoyteknologisenteret, Thormohlensgate 55
> N-5008 Bergen, Norway
> E-mail: xianjun.dong at bccs.uib.no
> Tel.: +47 555 84022
> Fax : +47 555 84295
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> Xianjun Dong
> PhD student, Lenhard group
> Computational Biology Unit
> Bergen Center for Computational Science
> University of Bergen
> Hoyteknologisenteret, Thormohlensgate 55
> N-5008 Bergen, Norway
> E-mail: xianjun.dong at bccs.uib.no
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