Cytoscape 3.1.0 Release Notes (original) (raw)

Known Issues

Proxy Settings

On Linux, on the proxy configuration dialog box, fonts are clipped and messages are truncated.

File Encoding

On all platforms, all Cytoscape session files recorded since v3.0.1 are encoded in UTF-8 instead of the native language encoding. This makes session files portable between workstations in all locales. Users in Japan, Korea, and China are most affected – existing v3.0.0 or v2.x session files must be translated to UTF-8 using a platform-dependent editor (which most users are already using for this purpose). Users in Europe and the Americas are affected, too, if they use characters beyond the standard ANSI 128 – they can translate to UTF-8 using a platform-dependent editor (e.g., Notepad for Windows).

Conflict with Older Versions

On all platforms, users installing Cytoscape directly from a ZIP or TAR file should manually clear the Cytoscape cache by deleting the CytoscapeConfiguration folder in the user’s home directory.

Internationalization (PDF Export)

For Japanese, Korean, and Chinese users, rendering a network to a PDF file can result in loss of labeling information in the PDF. As a workaround, users can generate any type of image file and use the image file instead.

Deprecating Support for 32 bit OSs and Java 6

While v3.1 has both 32 bit OS and Java 6 support, we plan to remove support for these configurations in Cytoscape v3.2, which is under development and will likely be released in the later third of 2014. This matches current industry practice, and allows us to focus our resources on more advanced feature development. Once v3.2 is released, we will continue to make previous Cytoscape versions available, and they will continue to have 32 bit OS and Java 6 support.

Privacy

The latest privacy policy is postedhere.

Missing Columns After Loading Multiple Networks

When loading multiple networks into the same network collection, it is important to import tables only after each of the networks is loaded. Interspersing table imports with network loads may cause some table columns to become inaccessible to some networks.

Missing Organism Networks on Welcome Screen

Users upgrading from previous Cytoscape versions (e.g., 3.0.2) may notice that the Welcome Screen contains only six of the eight organism networks shown in the user manual. To add the two new networks, terminate Cytoscape, remove the biogrid directory in the CytoscapeConfiguration directory, and restart Cytoscape. For more information on the CytoscapeConfiguration directory, see Launching Cytoscape in manual.