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Abstract:
/)96(()6=(H#
8:-=6>@0/",85(>,=
=6=(6)-=6(#bioSyntax
6)GII>-#=%=-666)&=vim,
geditSublime(less,B66())(B&B6
6(J#
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Background:
C)=)6%%6((
)6=(H:=(>,14>,K14
==",14%=0/1!4)(=85
1'+4(9)>@1D461L4#*6
))6(6H=
6M()-(6(
(()=9(=(B)#
>-666(()%6)=-HB6B:
(H(666))==(=
(N)=&B((#A
(%)(=6((OD1O4(.PPOLE1E4-
666B96)#>-666(
&)==))()-6
)%)614#
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()(1QO4#B%6))9-:
())(((9&)-
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,6C%= bioSyntax)%66(=H(:
=66(-666(
B&B6B:%(H#bioSyntax)(=6-
(Vim(GVimgedit(6-(6GTKSourceView
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(Sublime-Text-3 B6(:))less#
((bioSyntax =)B66-666
(HH()(6=((HH=#
Results:
Syntax Highlighting for Computational Biology File Formats
bioSyntaxM>,>,K/.?>,.5",85>@(0/
=6-((less#?)bioSyntax
MH:-(-666
6(H#
,6H=-666())66(
>))()6(=
%6):-/7"3#6H:=
&B(&H(#$(((
666(B6(B=(9()
)6#5H(68359
))((#
,6%=666(()%
H=>)),#(&:%(=
(5",>@(0/%==B66
>@=)%-)(&:5",B=6
=6=6H(B6)(>@H>))#
?bioSyntax6)))6((
%)666666)-666#*66(
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(6%()6)B(%B()
(=6())%(
)1E4#,6)-H6>@B668/3:
()(=&)((())-(6
(=(#
bioSyntax nucleotide representation
bioSyntax)%(6=6)7?8/
14&6:B66((==H%
#,6=)666((%
-))#6(
()((6$B6#,6:
%(66"/(B&,B(
)%B=%))-=9"/:
/#((66::6%(%
)(:(>))#
The bioSyntax repository
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-666#,==(%)=-(HH
6bioSyntax )6)GII>-#I)B:)#,6)
6=H-666(:(
=-666(%)#766-)(
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Conclusions:
bioSyntaxB6%((%H6
-==(-(#,6:==
6=((6)(()=(
%B6)&B((6H:=#6>-
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Supplementary Figure 1:
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>,B6/.?>,.6(>,KH(NB) sublime-text-3 =85
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(NB) less=6"(%+",(C)  -)>@H#76
",=6B&(=UT(VU)T(VU/5>V(
U?,3V)6(6):()=:()#
Supplementary Figure 3:
,6(((66:>-=7?8/((6
(==(:(#(6%6
((6B=B6:(#,6%66:
66%(B%66%#
Supplementary Table 1:
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6-(gedit, sublime, gvimvim(L:$>7)6less
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%(((6(I(%)=bioSyntax#6(
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bioSyntaxB(6hackseq176)GIIBBB#6&9#
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