title: ScripTree: scripting phylogenetic graphics.
abstract: There is a large amount of tools for interactive display of phylogenetic trees. However, there is a shortage of tools for the automation of tree rendering. Scripting phylogenetic graphics would enable the saving of graphical analyses involving numerous and complex tree handling operations and would allow the automation of repetitive tasks. ScripTree is a tool intended to fill this gap. It is an interpreter to be used in batch mode. Phylogenetic graphics instructions, related to tree rendering as well as tree annotation, are stored in a text file and processed in a sequential way.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  ScripTree can be used online or downloaded at www.scriptree.org, under the GPL license.
  
  
  METHODS
  ScripTree, written in Tcl/Tk, is a cross-platform application available for Windows and Unix-like systems including OS X. It can be used either as a stand-alone package or included in a bioinformatic pipeline and linked to a HTTP server.
authors.affiliation: GEMI, IRD/CNRS UMR 2724, 911 avenue Agropolis, 34394 Montpellier, France. chevenet@ird.fr
authors.forename: François
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Chevenet
authors.forename: Olivier
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Croce
authors.forename: Maxime
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hebrard
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Christen
authors.forename: Vincent
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Berry
mesh_terms: D030541:Databases, Genetic; D023281:Genomics / Q000379:methods; D010802:Phylogeny; D012984:Software; D014584:User-Computer Interface