[Biopython-dev] XMFA format support

[Peter Cock]

On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 2:46 PM, Nick Loman <n.j.loman at bham.ac.uk> wrote:
> On 26/01/2011 14:32, Peter Cock wrote:
>>>
>>> Has anyone made a start on adding XMFA support to Bio.AlignIO?
>>>  XMFA files are produced by software such as Mauve (amongst others).
>>> ...
>>
>> Nope, but you are right they should be easy to parse - especially
>> if you ignore the loosely defined optional key/value entries on the
>> equals line. Do you want to tackle this? If not, can you at least
>> provide some small example files and help with testing? You
>> could file an enhancement bug on our bugzilla and then upload
>> them as attachments.
>
> Hi Peter,
>
> Sure, I'll have a go at writing a parser and let you know how I get on.
>

Great. I'd suggest format name "xmfa" to match BioPerl, and using
Bio/SeqIO/XmfaIO.py for your parser (and writer if you do one).

Peter