src/product/ex.hg.conf 1.22

1.22 2010/03/05 21:57:14 hiram
add defaultGenome variable discussion, pointer to README.udc and fixup comments for downloadsServer
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RCS file: /projects/compbio/cvsroot/kent/src/product/ex.hg.conf,v
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--- src/product/ex.hg.conf	11 Dec 2009 18:58:35 -0000	1.21
+++ src/product/ex.hg.conf	5 Mar 2010 21:57:14 -0000	1.22
@@ -18,8 +18,20 @@
 db.user=readonly
 # db.password is the password to use with the specified db.user
 db.password=access
 
+# if you want a different default species selection on the Gateway
+# page, change this default Human to one of the genomes from the
+#	defaultDb table in hgcentral:
+#	hgsql -e "select genome from defaultDb;" hgcentral
+# If you need a different version of that specific genome, change
+#	the defaultDb table entry, for example, a different mouse genome
+#	version as default:
+#	hgsql -e 'update defaultDb set name="mm8" where genome="Mouse"
+#	then this defaultGenome would read: defaultGenome=Mouse
+# 
+defaultGenome=Human
+
 # trackDb table to use. A simple value of `trackDb' is normally sufficient.
 # In general, the value is a comma-separated list of trackDb format tables to
 # search.  This supports local tracks combined with a mirror of the trackDb
 # table from UCSC. The names should be in the form `trackDb_suffix'. This
@@ -84,9 +96,9 @@
 # New browser function as of March 2007.  Future browser code will
 #	have this on by default, and can be turned off with =off
 #   Initial release of this function requires it to be turned on here.
 browser.indelOptions=on
-# There additional fonts available, not all are perfect
+# There are additional fonts available, not all are perfect.
 # Uncomment this to see extra font selections in the configure page
 # fonts.extra=yes
 
 # central.host is the name of the host of the central MySQL
@@ -139,10 +151,11 @@
 # Bottleneck info for taming hyperactive web bots
 bottleneck.host=hgwdev
 bottleneck.port=17776
 
-# directory for temporary bbi file caching
-udc.cacheDir=../trash/udcCache
+# directory for temporary bbi file caching, default is /tmp/udcCache
+# see also: README.udc
+# udc.cacheDir=/tmp/udcCache
 
 # An include directive can be used to read text from other files.  this is
 # especially useful when there are multiple browsers hidden behind virtual
 # hosts.  The path to the include file is either absolute or relative to
@@ -183,8 +196,11 @@
 hgc.ps2rasterPath=/hive/data/outside/GMT4.3.1/bin/ps2raster
 hgc.ghostscriptPath=/usr/bin/ghostscript
 
 # Customize your downloads.server machine name here
+#	This can be used in track html description pages when they use
+#	the variable downloadsServer
+# Also used by Encode tracks
 # downloads.server=<your download server machine>
 
 # enable user specific javascript
 # browser.javaScriptDir=js/<your logname>