This package provides functions that support the Generic Genome Browser. It is not currently designed
for external use.
FUNCTIONS
my $r = modperl_request()
Return an Apache2::Request or an Apache::Request object, depending on whichever version of Apache is
running.
error('message')
Prints an error message
url_label($yucky_url)
Creates a label.alias for URL strings starting with 'http' or 'ftp'. The last word (following a '/')
in the url is used for the label. Returns a string "url:label".
citation(DataSource, 'label, [Language])
Returns a track citation
$id = generate_id
Generate a new md5 hash of a random value for use in various IDs.
$string = segment_str($segment)
Returns a nicely formatted string in the format chr:start..stop with commas