NAME
    Bio Legato - A customizable GUI for running programs

SYNOPSIS
    biolegato [options] [files]

DESCRIPTION
    BioLegato is a customizable GUI for running programs.
    Its initial intent is to be a replacement for GDE; however
    with its large plugin API, it may be customized to run more
    than just CLI programs.

    With the versitility of BioLegato's plugin interface, it
    supports a wide range of file formats which may be added to
    at any time through addition of plugins.

OPTIONS
  NOTE: All command line parameters are case insensitive
        and may optionally begin with -, --, or /
    help,h,?
        Displays usage information for BioLegato
    manpage,man
        Displays the manpage entry for BioLegato (this screen)
    optionlist
        Displays the list of options for using BioLegato
    version,v
        Displays the version information for BioLegato
    pipe,p,in
        Inserts input from standard input into the canvas
    debug
        Enables BioLegato's debug mode
    gde
        Enables GDE compatibility (if plugins are available)
    plugins
        Displays a list of loaded plugins
    properties
        Displays a list of BioLegato's properties

EXAMPLES
    biolegato

    biolegato --gde
    biolegato /gde
    biolegato -gde

    biolegato --plugins --properties --debug

    biolegato --plugins --properties --debug insequence.gb

SUPPORTED PLUGINS
    Currently BioLegato supports the following types of Plugins:

        Canvases
           extends the class: Plugins.DataCanvases
        Data storage           extends the class: Plugins.DataContainer        File formats           extends the class: Plugins.DataFormat
        Menu types
           extends the class: Plugins.MenuType

    For more information about plugins, please consult the BioLegato API

FILES
    biolegato
        Script to run BioLegato
    BioLegato.jar
        BioLegato's core java code
    Plugins/GDEMenu.class
    Plugins/GDEFile.class
    Plugins/GDEFlatFile.class

FILE FORMATS
    All file formats in BioLegato are supported through plugins.
    Below is a list of file formats supported by a default
    installation of BioLegato (with all standard plugins):

        BioLegato flatfiles
        FastA files
        GDE flatfiles
        GDE format files
        GenBank files (2008 standard compliant)

BUGS
        There are currently no known bugs in this version of BioLegato
AUTHORS
    Dr. Brian Fristensky
    Department of Plant Science
    University of Manitoba
    Winnipeg, MB  Canada R3T 2N2
    frist@cc.umanitoba.ca
    http://home.cc.umanitoba.ca/~frist

    Graham Alvare
    Department of Plant Science
    University of Manitoba
    Winnipeg, MB  Canada R3T 2N2
    alvare@cc.umanitoba.ca
    http://home.cc.umanitoba.ca/~alvare

