Frequently
Asked Questions
About bioLegato
What is the distinction between
'bioLegato' and 'birch', 'bldna', 'blprotein' etc.?
bioLegato is a generic graphic user interface for launching other
programs. It is designed to make it easy to write new interfaces for
many different types of data. Usually, for each type of data, there is
a specialized instance of bioLegato.
The menus, and the choices of programs are not hard-coded into
bioLegato. Rather, the specification for menus (eg. where buttons or
file choosers or sliders go) and which programs are available, are read
when bioLegato first starts up. for example, bldna is an instance of
bioLegato for working with DNA. When bldna starts, it reads a list of
DNA sequence programs, and the menu specifications, and creates the
menus and launchers needed to run each of the programs in the list.