[Biopython-dev] XMFA format support

[Nick Loman]

Hi biopython-developers,

Has anyone made a start on adding XMFA support to Bio.AlignIO?  XMFA 
files are produced by software such as Mauve (amongst others).

Here's an example file:
http://www.bioperl.org/wiki/XMFA_multiple_alignment_format

It should be relatively straight-forward to parse them in a basic way in 
that they can be split on the '=' line to produce the equivalent of 
multi-FASTA alignments.

Cheers,

Nick.