HTML4BLAST - v1.3

html4blast is a simple hypertext Blast output formatter. It provides
links to retrieve databanks entries from their accessions numbers,
names, via www servers; and if wanted, an alignment summary image.

By default, databases links use efetch retrieval system, using the
provided efetch.cgi script. If many flags are set together, is uses the
following order:
	1) No databases links.
	2) External sites (only for accession number).
	3) Sequence Retrievial System (SRS).
	4) Efetch queries [default].

Available databases links by retrieval system:
Efetch (default) ... Accession, Locus/Id
Srs (-s)         ... Accession, Locus/Id
Extern (-e)      ... Accession, Gi

Availables databases and www servers can be configured directly in the
program source file.

This program require a modified version of Alessandro Guffanti
(guffanti@tigem.it) PaintBlast package drawimage function, in order to
display a graphical alignment summary; this function has been integrated
in source code for easier program installation and use.
The PaintBlast original package is available at the following URL:
"http://hercules.tigem.it/Biomodules/PaintBlast.pm".

This program has been already tested with:
- NCBI Blast 1.4.7 up to version 2.0.6
- Washington University Blast version 2.0a19

Synopsis:
usage: html4blast.pl [options] <file>

options [default]:
        -o <file>       Output file name [blast.html].
        -g              Graphical alignment summary.
        -n              No databases links.
        -s              Srs www links.
        -e              External sites links.

Any comments/suggestions should be adressed to:
Nicolas Joly (njoly@pasteur.fr).
