Add a new option to a program¶

Add student's T distribution to maxlike alignment¶

• Problem statement: Add student's T distribution to maxlike alignment, see #552
• Goal: allow user to use the -student option for maxlike alignment using a radio button
• Publication: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19564687
• Steps to implement:
  1. add feature to python code
     1. add command line input
     2. check flag to add to xmipp program
     3. insert value into database
     4. confirm python works by running source:trunk/appion/check.sh
     5. svn up; svn commit with Bug/Feature #
  2. add feature to web page
     1. add radio button to web page
     2. add help message
     3. receive variable from $_POST
     4. check if value is valid
     5. add flag to command line
     6. check PHP works by running source:trunk/myamiweb/processing/check.sh
     7. svn up; svn commit with Bug/Feature #

Add an output directory to hierarchical classification¶

• You cannot change the directory if the filesystem is full.
  1. check how outdir is defined within the program
  2. add <input type='text' > box to define the out dir