Hello Hiram,
thanks for the answer
On Aug 6, 2010, at 3:55 PM, Hiram Clawson wrote:

> Good Morning Davide:
> 
> I noticed your query to the galaxy email list.  Something about this
> doesn't make any sense.  If you can't specify track parameters from
> galaxy then you would only be able to make one track from galaxy
> and never more than one together.
> 

Unfortunately the galaxy bed displayer uses the hgt.customText providing a link 
to the actual BED file. If the BED doesn't contain a "track" line, well, the 
UCSC sets the default.
I've written my own BED displayer to override the default galaxy one. 
Nevertheless it would be interesting to have some track attributes modifiable 
with cgi variables
Thanks

d

> You are correct, you can not change track names after the track is
> loaded into UCSC.  

I can change track name if I add it manually, would it be useful to add a way 
to override track names specified in a remote file?

> I suspect you will get an answer from galaxy about
> how to manage track parameters from there.
> 

I hope so!

Thanks

d

> --Hiram
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Davide Cittaro" <[email protected]>
> To: [email protected]
> Sent: Friday, August 6, 2010 1:45:57 AM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific
> Subject: [Genome] Controlling a remote custom track
> 
> Hi all, I have a question about custom tracks.
> I have a track on a specific server which can be seen through http. I can 
> load that track to the genome browser using the hgt.customText facility 
> (actually I'm doing this automatically with galaxy). If the track contains 
> only data and no track description, the GB autmatically sets the track name 
> and description to "User track". Unfortunately I cannot edit the track name 
> in "Manage custom tracks" pages, the text field is gray and not editable. 
> Since I cannot modify the original BED (and add the track definition line 
> "track type=bed name=foo" there), is there any other way to modify the track 
> name, possibly at loading time (I was thinking about another undocumented 
> hgt.customSomething CGI variable...)?
> Thanks

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