On 19 Nov 2014, at 17:47, Peter Cock <p.j.a.c...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> I have no idea what 'minQLen' was short for, unless the Q
> was a typo?

It would be Minimum Query Length, where query is a synonym for read (imagine 
you were an aligner being asked to map a read...).  This is also what SAM/BAM's 
QNAME field stands for, as both read and reference start with R...

> My proposed change to samtools is here:
> https://github.com/samtools/samtools/pull/321

Thanks, I've applied this (after modifying it a little).

    John

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