Kiong B K, Tan T W
Department of Information Systems and Computer Science, National University of Singapore.
Comput Appl Biosci. 1993 Oct;9(5):581-6. doi: 10.1093/bioinformatics/9.5.581.
We describe a UNIX program, HYBROW, which can integrate without modification a wide range of UNIX biocomputing and network information retrieval software. HYBROW works in conjunction with a separate set of ASCII files containing embedded hypertext-like links. The program operates like a hypertext browser featuring five basic links: file link, execute-only link, execute-display link, directory-browse link and field-filling link. Useful features of the interface may be developed using combinations of these links with simple shell scripts and examples of these are briefly described. The system manager who supports biocomputing users should find the program easy to maintain, and useful in assisting new and infrequent users; it is also simple to incorporate new programs. Moreover, the individual user can customize the interface, create dynamic menus, hypertext a document, invoke shell scripts and new programs simply with a basic understanding of the UNIX operating system and any text editor. This program was written in C language and uses the UNIX curses and termcap libraries. It is freely available as a tar compressed file (by anonymous FTP from nuscc.nus.sg).
我们介绍了一个UNIX程序HYBROW，它无需修改就能集成大量的UNIX生物计算和网络信息检索软件。HYBROW与一组单独的包含嵌入式超文本链接的ASCII文件协同工作。该程序的运行方式类似于超文本浏览器，具有五种基本链接：文件链接、仅执行链接、执行-显示链接、目录浏览链接和字段填充链接。通过将这些链接与简单的shell脚本相结合，可以开发出界面的有用功能，并对这些功能进行了简要描述。支持生物计算用户的系统管理员会发现该程序易于维护，对帮助新用户和不常使用的用户很有用；纳入新程序也很简单。此外，个人用户只需对UNIX操作系统和任何文本编辑器有基本的了解，就能定制界面、创建动态菜单、为文档添加超文本、调用shell脚本和新程序。这个程序是用C语言编写的，使用了UNIX的curses和termcap库。它可以作为一个tar压缩文件免费获取（通过从nuscc.nus.sg进行匿名FTP）。
