This is the first window that opens when you start Artemis. The menus at the top of this window allow you to read a new sequence or embl entry.
If you select this menu item a file requester will be displayed which allows you to open a flat file containing an entry. If the file you select is successfully read a new window will open, which shows the sequence and features for the entry. See Chapter 3 to find out how to use the main window.
The functions will ask the user for an accession number and then will attempt to read it directly from the EBI using CORBA. If all goes well you will be presented with an view/edit window (see Chapter 3).
Please note that this feature is still experimental and may not be available on all platforms. In particular, it doesn't work correctly on machines that have Java 1.2 installed. Solaris and Microsoft Windows machines the most are likely to have Java 1.2 and hence are most likely to have problems.
This menu item will close all windows and then exit the program
Choosing this menu item will discard the current options settings and then re-read the options file. Note that changing the font size in the file and then selecting this menu item will only change the font size for new windows, not existing windows. See the section called Options File Format in Chapter 4 for more information about options.
This menu item will toggle "direct editing" option. It is off be default because it can have surprising results unless the user is expecting it. See the section called "Direct Editing" in Chapter 3 for more detail about this.