Inputsection-identifierstringAdditionalsection-explodeboolean
The groups that EMBOSS applications belong to have two forms, exploded and not exploded. The exploded
group names are more numerous and often vaguely phrased than the non-exploded ones. The exploded
names are formed from definitions of the group names that start like NAME1:NAME2 and which are then
expanded into many combinations of the names as: 'NAME1', 'NAME2', 'NAME1 NAME2', NAME2 NAME1'. The
non-expanded names are simply like: 'NAME1 NAME2'. Default value: N
-showkeywordsboolean
Default value: N
Advancedsection-sensitiveboolean
By default, the query keywords are matched against the EDAM term names (and synonyms) only. This
option also matches the keywords against the EDAM term definitions and will therefore (typically)
report more matches. Default value: N
-subclassesboolean
Extend the query matches to include all terms which are specialisations (EDAM sub-classes) of the
matched type. Default value: Y
-obsoleteboolean
The default behaviour is to not use or return obsolete terms. This option if set will include all
terms. Default value: N
-embossboolean
If you use this option then EMBOSS program documentation will be searched. If this option is set to
be false, then only the EMBASSY programs will be searched (if the -embassy option is true). EMBASSY
programs are not strictly part of EMBOSS, but use the same code libraries and share the same look and
feel, but are generally developed by people who wish the programs to be outside of the GNU General
Public License scheme Default value: Y
-embassyboolean
If you use this option then EMBASSY program documentation will be searched. If this option is set to
be false, then only the EMBOSS programs will be searched (if the -emboss option is true). EMBASSY
programs are not strictly part of EMBOSS, but use the same code libraries and share the same look and
feel, but are generally developed by people who wish the programs to be outside of the GNU General
Public License scheme Default value: Y
-showembassystring
If you use this option then this EMBASSY package program documentation will be searched. EMBASSY
programs are not strictly part of EMBOSS, but use the same code libraries and share the same look and
feel, but are generally developed by people who wish the programs to be outside of the GNU General
Public License scheme
-colonboolean
The groups that EMBOSS applications belong to up to two levels, for example the primary group
'ALIGNMENT' has several sub-groups, or second-level groups, e.g.: CONSENSUS, DIFFERENCES, DOT PLOTS,
GLOBAL, LOCAL, MULTIPLE. To aid programs that parse the output of wossname that require the names of
these subgroups, a colon ':' will be placed between the first and second level of the group name if
this option is true. Note: This does not apply if the group names have been exploded with the
'explode' option. Default value: N
-guiboolean
This option is intended to help those who are designing Graphical User Interfaces to the EMBOSS
applications. Some EMBOSS programs are inappropriate for running in a GUI, these include other menu
programs and interactive editors. This option allows you to only report those programs that can be
run from a GUI Default value: N
Outputsection-outfileoutfile
Default value: stdout
Htmlsection-htmltoggle
If you are sending the output to a file, this will format it for displaying as a table in a WWW
document. Default value: N
-groupsboolean
If you use this option, then only the group names will be output to the file Default value: N
-alphabeticboolean
If you use this option, then you will get a single list of the program names and descriptions instead
of the programs being listed in their functional groups. Default value: N