[Biopython] StockholmIO replaces "." with "-", why?

[Peter]

On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 7:50 PM, Bryan Lunt <lunt at ctbp.ucsd.edu> wrote:
> Hello Peter,
>
> Thanks for your help recently on this!
> I have here two files that I like to use as examples, because they are
> fairly small, (203 sequences)
>
> The Pfam page summarizing this family is :
> http://pfam.sanger.ac.uk/family/PF07750
>
> Cheers!
> -Bryan Lunt

I see what you mean - using that webpage to get the full alignment
(in any of the supported file formats) using the mixed gap option
(dot or dash) does show both symbols in a meaningful way.

Peter