You can put "quotes" around strings used in the track line to
be able to use just about any character.  name="quotes=and"

--hiram

Jennifer Jackson wrote:
> Hello Alex,
> 
> As we discussed off-line and for the benefit of other users, the 
> character "=" should not be used in the track line attribute "name" for 
> Custom tracks. If used, unexpected settings behavior from within a 
> Session is one potential effect.
> 
> http://genome.ucsc.edu/goldenPath/help/hgTracksHelp.html#TRACK
> 
> Thank you,
> Jennifer Jackson
> UCSC Genome Bioinformatics Group
> **
> Alex Nord wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I have loaded a number of custom tracks and saved them as a session.   
>> However, when I load the session, all the custom tracks are returned  
>> to their default display parameters (e.g. all the hidden return to  
>> full mode).  This same problem occurs when I switch genomic positions  
>> using the jump box or by clicking on the ideogram.  I have loaded and  
>> maintained a number of sessions without ever seeing this problem, but  
>> since the last week the problem occurs every time I am using a saved  
>> session.  In addition, the problem occurs on other computers I have  
>> used when displaying the same sessions.  This problem makes the  
>> browser virtually unusable for viewing custom tracks.  It would be  
>> excellent if you could direct me as to how to deal with this issue.   
>> If you need the session information, I am happy to provide it.
>>
>> Thanks much,
>>
>> Alex Nord
>>
>> Alex Nord
>> Department of Genome Sciences
>> University of Washington
>> [email protected]
>>
>>
>>
>>
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