Why am I unable to use the SEGLOGO, SEQSHOWWORDS, SEQSHOWORFS, and SHOWALIGNMENT functions in the Bioinformatics Toolbox 2.0 (R14SP1) on MacOS?

I am unable to see the results of the SEQLOGO, SEQSHOWWORDS, SEQSHOWORFS, and SHOWALIGNMENT functions in the Bioinformatics Toolbox 2.0 (R14SP1) on MacOS.

Answer 1

[MathWorks Support Team]

In Bioinformatics Toolbox 2.0 (R14SP1), the functions SEQLOGO, SEQSHOWWORDS, SEQSHOWORFS, and SHOWALIGNMENT use Java based figures. Currently on MacOS, Java figures are not enabled by default. If you use these functions on MacOS, you should start MATLAB with the "-useJavaFigures" flag as follows:

matlab -useJavaFigures

You can also turn Java figures on after starting MATLAB by issuing the following command at the MATLAB prompt:

feature('JavaFigures','On');