[Bioc-devel] BioC Package Search ALPHA

Hi Seth,

it is a very nice tool, that may help to search for the needed  
package now that bioc is growing so much. I think I would like to  
have a way to short the selection of biocViews and Maintainer, using  
a letter index for example. And a "first" and "last" link could be  
great also. Now you have to navigate 38 pages to get the last  
biocViews :)

It is a very promising tool.

D.

Hi all,

As demo'd at BioC2006, we have an alpha version of a search tool for
BioC packages.  It is rough around the edges, but some feedback at
this point would be helpful.

If you give it a try, please let me know what you (dis)like, etc.

http://mamba41.fhcrc.org/apptest/biocPackageSearch/

Known issues:

* Package information not yet automatically updated

* Package function/symbol index very incomplete

* Depends/Suggests/Imports only searches Depends

+ seth

_______________________________________________
Bioc-devel at stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list
https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/bioc-devel

Hi Diego,

Diego Diez <diez at kuicr.kyoto-u.ac.jp> writes:

it is a very nice tool, that may help to search for the needed
package now that bioc is growing so much. I think I would like to
have a way to short the selection of biocViews and Maintainer, using
a letter index for example. And a "first" and "last" link could be
great also. Now you have to navigate 38 pages to get the last
biocViews :)

It is a very promising tool.

Thanks very much for the feedback.  

I've added a "first" and "last" link to the TODO list and will also
consider a letter or separate search box for maintainers and views.

For the views, I have some ideas on using the relationship among the
terms for a more hierarchical presentation, but have not yet had time
to play with it.

Anyhow, I'm going to collect more feedback for a few more days before
trying to attempt some improvements. [so if anyone else wants to speak
up, now is a good time].

Best,

+ seth