Hi Davide, Thank you for your suggestion to be able override track names, and perhaps other variables defined in the track line, using a specified remote file. I will pass this on to our developers.
Best, Mary --------------------- Mary Goldman UCSC Bioinformatics Group On 8/6/10 7:05 AM, Davide Cittaro wrote: > Hello Hiram, > thanks for the answer > On Aug 6, 2010, at 3:55 PM, Hiram Clawson wrote: > > >> Good Morning Davide: >> >> I noticed your query to the galaxy email list. Something about this >> doesn't make any sense. If you can't specify track parameters from >> galaxy then you would only be able to make one track from galaxy >> and never more than one together. >> >> > Unfortunately the galaxy bed displayer uses the hgt.customText providing a > link to the actual BED file. If the BED doesn't contain a "track" line, well, > the UCSC sets the default. > I've written my own BED displayer to override the default galaxy one. > Nevertheless it would be interesting to have some track attributes modifiable > with cgi variables > Thanks > > d > > >> You are correct, you can not change track names after the track is >> loaded into UCSC. >> > I can change track name if I add it manually, would it be useful to add a way > to override track names specified in a remote file? > > >> I suspect you will get an answer from galaxy about >> how to manage track parameters from there. >> >> > I hope so! > > Thanks > > d > > >> --Hiram >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Davide Cittaro"<[email protected]> >> To:[email protected] >> Sent: Friday, August 6, 2010 1:45:57 AM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific >> Subject: [Genome] Controlling a remote custom track >> >> Hi all, I have a question about custom tracks. >> I have a track on a specific server which can be seen through http. I can >> load that track to the genome browser using the hgt.customText facility >> (actually I'm doing this automatically with galaxy). If the track contains >> only data and no track description, the GB autmatically sets the track name >> and description to "User track". Unfortunately I cannot edit the track name >> in "Manage custom tracks" pages, the text field is gray and not editable. >> Since I cannot modify the original BED (and add the track definition line >> "track type=bed name=foo" there), is there any other way to modify the track >> name, possibly at loading time (I was thinking about another undocumented >> hgt.customSomething CGI variable...)? >> Thanks >> > /* > Davide Cittaro > > Cogentech - Consortium for Genomic Technologies > via adamello, 16 > 20139 Milano > Italy > > tel.: +39(02)574303007 > e-mail:[email protected] > */ > > > > _______________________________________________ > Genome maillist [email protected] > https://lists.soe.ucsc.edu/mailman/listinfo/genome > _______________________________________________ Genome maillist - [email protected] https://lists.soe.ucsc.edu/mailman/listinfo/genome
