v295

Code changes:

• Fixed a bug in the main display when there is no P/Q arm information available (#11682). Jonathan
• Fixed internal script, buildTableDescriptions.pl, -noLoad now correctly places its output in the current directory (#12623). Jonathan
• Fixed an issue where table descriptions weren't being found for some tables with fields of type "enum" (#11394). Jonathan
• Automated part of our dbSNP process: locate NCBI assembly report file, use it to map RefSeq contig names to GenBank contig names (#12490). Angie
• Fixed uninitialized value in Table Browser found by robot (#12352). Angie
• Fixed hgsql's mysql error propagation. Angie
• New feature: highlight region in the main display (#709). Tim
• Changed hgTracks "refresh" behavior to scroll to top of page. Tim
• Changed configure page to present all groups with unified column widths for cleaner look (#12546). Tim
• Fixed hgTracks problem when "ruler" track is hidden (#12553). Tim
• FIxed FireFox-only bug where back-button return to hgTracks page left visibility drop-downs disabled (#12555). Tim
• Ongoing work on Genome Browser in a Box (GBiB), (#11957). Max
• Added a feature to snake tracks: it now draws a pale yellow bar when there are N's in the query. Brian
• Fixed gff3ToPsl to handle NCBI's gff cigar format. Brian
• Fixed pslToBed unit tests to consume less disk space. Brian
• Fixed bigWigCat to make overlap rule more specific (#12372). Brian
• Fixed Table Browser's gtf output to work with split-tables (#12513). Galt
• Created special chromosome-ordering for hg38 which has many alternate chromosomes (#12509). Galt
• Allow an FTP URL with an unencoded "+" character (#12630). Galt
• Ongoing work to display of motifs in Transcription Factor cluster tracks including: displays in dense mode; works in additional track type (standard bed6FloatScore, as well as factorSource); support for multiple canonical motifs; performance (faster by 500ms at 30Kbp, and db queries minimized); trackDb setting (motifMaxWindow) to limit window size for performance (and avoid display clutter); mapping HGNC names to Factorbook pages (#9092). Kate
• Improvements to Transcription Factor ChIP Clusters track details and configuration including: Collapsible sections; New config options - hide motifs (also trackDb setting 'motifDrawDefault'), hide cell sources; New filter (multi-select menu of factors) (#12551). Kate
• Fixed bug in lavToPsl to avoid free problem (#12352). Hiram
• Fixed source tree build bugs, old existing code problems identified by new gcc compiler on Mac OSX (#12209). Hiram

Data changes:

• Ongoing work on GRCh38 (hg38), (#11681). Hiram and Pauline
• Started work on dbSNP build138 tracks for mm10, galGal4, bosTau7, susScr3; build139 for canFam3 (#12490). Angie
• Started work on UCSC genes for mm10 (#12639). Brian
• Corrections to Motif target table for Transcription Factor ChIP V4 track (#12551). Kate
• Finished Microsoft Research Bing web search track (#12212). Max