v1.2.0

Improvements

• Faster rendering, especially for large regions when scrolling
• Bases now shown when zoomed in
• Chromosome name shown next to ideogram, and on slider
• Better read stacking when soft-clips turned off
• Better GFF3 drawing
• CTRL + R repeats last command
• Better region parsing @tprodanov #72
• API improvements
• Code refactoring
• Several minor bug fixes

v1.1.4

Bug fix for linux x64 native builds

• New skia build to support more cpu sets, hopefully resolving #61
• Auto detect glfw vs glfw3 naming convention

v1.1.3

v1.1.3

Improvements

• A 'Default' font is now embedded in the binary
• libgw package improvements
• Better version checking

Bug fixes:

• Fixed segfault when using new skia and libgw
• #70 #69
• Workaround for #61

v1.1.2

v1.1.2

This release brings important bug fixes and compatibility improvements, so is highly recommended.

Improvements

• Latest version of skia now used by default (m133)
• Improved X11 forwarding compatibility between macOS and linux
• Tilde key ~ auto completion for genome paths
• Navigate to menu subsections using commands e.g. general opens Settings->General tab

Fixes

• Saving images from vcf now works again
• Using commands from image-view works again
• Selecting commands using mouse more reliable
• CREF_SKIP cigar operations handled correctly (e.g. used by STAR aligner)
• Other bug fixes

v1.1.1

GW v1.1.1

New features added:

• Save pdf and svg using the save command #59
• Added ability to turn off alignments; toggle using the alignments command #60
• Added data labels; toggle using the labels command #60
• Better drawing of GFF3 (gene boundary also now shown)
• Added slow zoom (CTRL key + zoom)
• Other data now drawn when no reads present

Bug fixes:

• OOB error when mouse-over reference
• Segfault when no reads visible
• Other minor bug fixes

v1.1.0

GW v1.1.0

New features added:

• Ability to sort reads by position using sort command or S as a hotkey #44
• Added --command or -c option to CLI, allowing user to run any command prior to drawing
• Better drawing of mod bases when zoomed out
• Build script for skia

Bug fixes:

• Segfault caused by backspace key
• Missing font issue on Ubuntu 24
• Mod base segfault
• Other minor bug fixes related to screen updating after issuing commands

v1.0.3

Bug fixes + debug options

• Improved openGL context creation and debugging using GW_DEBUG=1 environment variable
• Addition of glad to manage OpenGL loading, and options to set context API for openGL
• Regression bug causing black screen when saving image to png, affecting small regions (since v0.10.0)
• Regression bug causing mods to be parsed when using single threaded low-memory mode (since v0.10.1)

v1.0.2

Minor release

• Better GTF/GFF3 drawing #43

Fixes

• Methylation drawn for both strands
• GTF/GFF3 start location
• Removed annoying horizontal cursor introduced in 1.0.1
• Color command works for all track types
• Mods_qual_threshold added to session file

v1.0.1

Minor release:

• Changed GFF3 / GTF name parsing #43
• Possible fix for segfault using intel macOS #42

GW v1.0.0

New features

• Sort reads by strand or haplolag using sort strand or sort hap commands
• Ideograms as default
• Scale bars as default
• PAF file support
• header command to show bam file header contents
• Track strand now shown with arrow
• Redirect selected reads to a bam file using sam > out.bam or sam >> a.bam etc
• Shortcuts for ylim
• Better keyboard integration
• Load path or session from splash screen
• Backwards compatible .gw.ini
• Cleaner drawing style

Fixes

• Menu interactions and popups work consistently
• More consistent screen updates after applying commands
• Bug in htslib code for mod parsing
• Other minor bug fixes