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6 — 2D Data Tracks

10. Glyphs — Part II

circos.conf


<<include colors_fonts_patterns.conf>>

<<include ideogram.conf>>
<<include ticks.conf>>

<image>
<<include etc/image.conf>>
</image>

karyotype = data/karyotype/karyotype.human.txt

chromosomes_units           = 1000000
chromosomes_display_default = yes
chromosomes                 = -/hs/;/hs[1-9]$/

<plots>

# glyph character mappings
#
# small
# | medium
# | | large
# | | |
# a b c   square
# d e f   rhombus
# g h i   triangle up
# j k l   triangle down
# m n o   circle
#
# lower case - hollow
# upper case - solid

type       = text
label_font = glyph
label_size = 20
padding    = -0.2r
rpadding   = -0.2r

<plot>
file       = data/6/genes.glyph.txt
r0         = 0.4r
r1         = 0.99r

<rules>

flow = continue

<rule>
condition  = var(value) =~ /cancer/
color      = red
</rule>

<rule>
condition  = var(value) =~ /omim/
color      = green
</rule>

<rule>
condition  = var(value) =~ /other/
color      = blue
</rule>

<rule>
condition  = 1
value      = N
</rule>

</rules>

</plot>

</plots>

<<include etc/housekeeping.conf>>

bands.conf

show_bands            = yes
fill_bands            = yes
band_stroke_thickness = 2
band_stroke_color     = white
band_transparency     = 0

ideogram.conf


<ideogram>

<spacing>
default = 0.01r
break   = 0.5r
</spacing>

<<include ideogram.position.conf>>
<<include ideogram.label.conf>>
<<include bands.conf>>

radius*       = 0.825r

</ideogram>

ideogram.label.conf

show_label       = yes
label_font       = default
label_radius     = dims(image,radius)-30p
label_size       = 24
label_parallel   = yes
label_case       = lower
label_format     = eval(sprintf("chr%s",var(label)))

ideogram.position.conf

radius           = 0.775r
thickness        = 30p
fill             = yes
fill_color       = black
stroke_thickness = 2
stroke_color     = black

ticks.conf


show_ticks          = no
show_tick_labels    = no

show_grid = no
grid_start         = dims(ideogram,radius_inner)-0.5r
grid_end           = dims(ideogram,radius_inner)

<ticks>
skip_first_label     = no
skip_last_label      = no
radius               = dims(ideogram,radius_outer)
tick_separation      = 2p
min_label_distance_to_edge = 0p
label_separation = 5p
label_offset     = 2p
label_size = 8p
multiplier = 1e-6
color = black

#<tick>
#hide = yes
#spacing        = 0.01u
#size           = 3p
#thickness      = 2p
#color          = black
#show_label     = no
#label_size     = 12p
#label_offset   = 0p
#format         = %.2f
#grid           = no
#grid_color     = lblue
#grid_thickness = 1p
#</tick>
#<tick>
#spacing        = 0.1u
#size           = 5p
#thickness      = 2p
#color          = black
#show_label     = yes
#label_size     = 12p
#label_offset   = 0p
#format         = %.1f
#grid           = yes
#grid_color     = lgrey
#grid_thickness = 1p
#</tick>
<tick>
spacing        = 1u
size           = 8p
thickness      = 2p
color          = black
show_label     = no
label_size     = 16p
label_offset   = 0p
format         = %.1f
grid           = yes
grid_color     = grey
grid_thickness = 1p
</tick>
<tick>
spacing        = 5u
size           = 10p
thickness      = 2p
color          = black
show_label     = yes
label_size     = 24p
label_offset   = 0p
format         = %d
grid           = yes
grid_color     = grey
grid_thickness = 1p
</tick>
</ticks>