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CHANGES.md

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 # Changes since last version
 
+
+## v1.8.0
+
+* Added support for selecting sub-alignments. See option `-sa`
+
+
 ## v1.7.2
 
 * Ed Davies fixed a bug: sorting using option -so was broken
 
+
 ## v1.7.1
 
 * What??
 
+
 ## v1.7.0
 
 * Added the option --alignment-index to support files with multiple MSAs.
 * Added two functions, view and glimpse, to enable use of alv in notebook environments.
 
+
 ## v1.6.1
 
 * Fixed accession abbreviation so that short accessions are left as they are.
 * Requiring python 3.5 or later, because Colorama has droppen support for 3.4.
 
+
 ## v1.6.0
 
 * New options: --only-variable and --only-variable-excluding-indels, contributed by nikostr. Constrains coloring
   to columns with variation and variation not counting indels.
 * Fixed the --dotted option, which only worked with the first block for DNA sequences. Also improved the coloring
   which was too ugly in dotted mode (due to laziness).
 
+
 ## v1.5.0
 
 * New option: `-d` or `--dotted`: the first sequence in the output alignment is used as a template and for positions
   in subsequent sequences that are identical, a period ('.') is output instead of a symbol.
 * Adjustment: replacing blue with cyan in the DNA coloring scheme.
 
+
 ## v1.4.0
 
 * New option: `-r k` or `--random-accessions k` for only showing a sample of _k_ sequences.
 * New option: `-g` or `--glimpse`: display an informative cut-out of the input MSA, if it does
   not fit without scrolling or line-breaking.
 
+
 ## v1.3.4
 
 * For some reason, setup.py was/is not putting proper Markdown to PyPi. Solved it halfway. Weird issue.

README.md

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 The `-k` option ensures that `alv` keeps coloring the alignment (by default, piping
 and redirection removes colors), and the `-R` option instructs `less` to interpret color codes.
 
+
+Choose to view a sub-alignment:
+```
+alv -sa 30 60 msa.fa
+```
+This selects and views columns 30 to 59 of msa.fa, keeping track of the "original" columns indexes in the output.
+
+
 ## For developers
 
 Run `python setup.py develop test` for development install and to execute tests.

THANKS.md

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   completely without "codons".
 * Michael Milton suggested the --alignment-index option.
 * Marina Herrera Sarrias suggested the notebook functionality.
-* Ed Davies fixed a bug: sorting using option -so was broken
+* Ed Davies fixed a bug: sorting using option -so was broken.
+* Artem Kushner pointed out the missing support for sub-alignments.

alv/version.py

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-__version__ = '1.7.2'
+__version__ = '1.8.0'