Source Code Documentation

These documents are maintained and updated by the ACEDB development team.

Specs under development

• EMBL/Genback to ACEDB translation
• Spec. for a new menu system
• Spec. for a dynamic function calling system

General Programming

• Acedb packages:
  • Programmers' guide to arraysubs
  • Programmers' guide to asubs
  • Programmers' guide to BS objects
  • Programmers' guide to the dbpath utilities
  • Programmers' guide to the stand alone graph package
  • Programmers' guide to the graph/acedb interface package
  • Programmers' guide to graph package internals
  • Programmers' guide to ace displays and their structure
  • Programmers' guide to messubs
  • Programmers' guide to version numbering in ACEDB and its libraries
• External packages:
  • Glib manual
  • GDK manual
  • GTK manual
• Debugging:
  • Developers Debugging Tips

Client/Server

• Setting up the client/server.
• The interface between the client and server.

Database Tasks

• Guide to database recovery
• Acedb and write access to its database
• EMBL dumping documentation

ACEDB Use

• Classification of two-factor data
• Using the histogram features in Physical-Chromo-Map

ACEDB Tools

• Catalogue of Acedb tools for admin/curating of databases

AceDB file syntax

• AceDB file syntax