NAME

       Bio::Graphics::Glyph::transcript - The "transcript" glyph

SYNOPSIS

         See L<Bio::Graphics::Panel> and L<Bio::Graphics::Glyph>.

DESCRIPTION

       This glyph is used for drawing transcripts.  It is essentially a "segments" glyph in which
       the connecting segments are hats.  The direction of the transcript is indicated by an
       arrow attached to the end of the glyph.

   OPTIONS
       The following options are standard among all Glyphs.  See Bio::Graphics::Glyph for a full
       explanation.

         Option      Description                      Default
         ------      -----------                      -------

         -fgcolor      Foreground color               black

         -outlinecolor Synonym for -fgcolor

         -bgcolor      Background color               turquoise

         -fillcolor    Synonym for -bgcolor

         -linewidth    Line width                     1

         -height       Height of glyph                10

         -font         Glyph font                     gdSmallFont

         -connector    Connector type                 0 (false)

         -connector_color
                       Connector color                black

         -label        Whether to draw a label        0 (false)

         -description  Whether to draw a description  0 (false)

         -hilite       Highlight color                undef (no color)

       In addition, the alignment glyph recognizes the following glyph-specific options:

         Option         Description                  Default
         ------         -----------                  -------

         -arrow_length  Length of the directional   8
                        arrow.

BUGS

       Please report them.

SEE ALSO

       Bio::Graphics::Panel, Bio::Graphics::Glyph, Bio::Graphics::Glyph::arrow,
       Bio::Graphics::Glyph::cds, Bio::Graphics::Glyph::crossbox, Bio::Graphics::Glyph::diamond,
       Bio::Graphics::Glyph::dna, Bio::Graphics::Glyph::dot, Bio::Graphics::Glyph::ellipse,
       Bio::Graphics::Glyph::extending_arrow, Bio::Graphics::Glyph::generic,
       Bio::Graphics::Glyph::graded_segments, Bio::Graphics::Glyph::heterogeneous_segments,
       Bio::Graphics::Glyph::line, Bio::Graphics::Glyph::pinsertion,
       Bio::Graphics::Glyph::primers, Bio::Graphics::Glyph::rndrect,
       Bio::Graphics::Glyph::segments, Bio::Graphics::Glyph::ruler_arrow,
       Bio::Graphics::Glyph::toomany, Bio::Graphics::Glyph::transcript,
       Bio::Graphics::Glyph::transcript2, Bio::Graphics::Glyph::translation,
       Bio::Graphics::Glyph::triangle, Bio::DB::GFF, Bio::SeqI, Bio::SeqFeatureI, Bio::Das, GD

AUTHOR

       Lincoln Stein <lstein@cshl.org>

       Copyright (c) 2001 Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

       This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same
       terms as Perl itself.  See DISCLAIMER.txt for disclaimers of warranty.