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Getting started
Go to either the Bandage website or the GitHub releases page to download pre-built binaries for Mac, Windows or Linux. The Mac and Windows versions should come with all necessary libraries included.
The Linux version is available in two flavours: dynamically-linked, which does not contain the GUI code, and statically-linked, which does. The dynamically-linked version is preferable, as it will use native GUI components. It may work immediately on modern Linux distributions, or it may be necessary to install the Qt5 library. The statically-linked version of Bandage has fewer dependencies, but uses non-native GUI components.
It is also possible to build Bandage from source – the instructions are in the Bandage readme.
Many items in Bandage have a help icon next to them: . Click these to read a description of that part of Bandage.
Before you can do anything else in Bandage, you must load an assembly graph. Do this by choosing 'Load graph' from the 'File' menu.
Small graphs should load quickly, though it may take some time for very large assembly graphs to load (see working with very large graphs).
After the graph is loaded, you can click the 'Draw graph' button to draw the graph to the screen. This step performs the graph layout, and the time it takes depends on the size and complexity of the graph.
Note that on a Mac, the Command key is used instead of the Ctrl key in the below instructions.
- Click on any node or edge to select it.
- Left click and drag on any node to move it. For short nodes, this will move the entire node. For long nodes, this will move the region of the node near the mouse cursor.
- Ctrl+mouse wheel will zoom the view in to and out from the location of your mouse cursor.
- It is first necessary to click in the viewport (or use tab until it is selected) so it will receive keyboard input.
- Plus and minus keys will zoom in and out.
- Arrow keys will pan the viewport horizontally and vertically.
- Shift+plus and shift+minus will rotate the view clockwise and anti-clockwise.
Take a look at these other wiki pages for more detailed information on Bandage functionality:
- Home
- Getting started
- Settings:
- Functionality:
- Assembly:
- Example uses:
- Media:
- About