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Biocolor

Biocolor

Alex Kramer

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2 installs
| (1) | Free
Color biological sequences in any file.
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Launch VS Code Quick Open (Ctrl+P), paste the following command, and press enter.
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Biocolor

Inline coloring for biological sequences. VS Code Extension.

  • Auto-detect. Runs of nucleotide (≥12 nt, ≥90% NT alphabet) or amino-acid (≥12 aa, ≥90% AA alphabet, ≥8 distinct letters) get colored automatically.
  • MSA conservation shading. Stacked rows are treated as an alignment; ≥3 rows trigger shading.
  • FASTQ data. Four-line records are detected and colored. Quality line color gradient of Phred score. Hover on a quality character to see decoded value.
  • <color>…</color> override. Force coloring of short or ambiguous fragments by wrapping them in tags.
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