                                WordCloud
                           A Cytoscape Plugin
 
        WordCloud is a Cytoscape plugin  that generates a word
        tag cloud from a user-defined node selection, summarizing an attribute
        of choice.

        by Layla Oesper, Ruth Isserlin, Daniele Merico

        Plugin Homepage: http://baderlab.org/GSoC2010_SoftwareDownload

License:
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WordCloud is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under 
the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free 
Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) 
any later version.

WordCloud is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT 
ANY WARRANTY, WITHOUT EVEN THE IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS 
FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  The software and documentation provided hereunder is 
on an "as is" basis, and University of Toronto has no obligations to provide 
maintenance, support, updates, enhancements or modifications. In no event shall
the University of Toronto be liable to any party for direct, indirect, special,
incidental or consequential damages, including lost profits, arising out of the 
use of this software and its documentation, even if University of Toronto has 
been advised of the possibility of such damage.  
See the GNU Lesser General Public License (LICENSE.TXT) for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA.


System requirements:
====================
The WordCloud Plugin requires a Computer with installed Cytoscape 2.6.x.
Please refer to the Cytoscape Manual (available on http://cytoscape.org/)
for Cytoscape's system requirements.


How to install the WordCloud Plugin:
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Manual install:
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1) Download the latest Version of WordCloud from 
   http://baderlab.org/GSoC2010_SoftwareDownload

2) Locate the folder in which you have installed Cytoscape 2.6
   (e.g. C:\Program Files\Cytoscape-v2.6 or /Applications/Cytoscape_v2.6)
   and in that the folder called "plugins"
   
3) Place the file WordCloud.jar in the Cytoscape-v2.6/plugins folder

4) Start Cytoscape and find the "WordCloud" entry in the Plugins menu.

Using the Cytoscape Plugin Manager:
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1) Start Cytoscape and open the Plugin Manager (Plugins/Manage Plugins)

2) Locate and install the latest WordCloud plugin in the "Analysis" 
   Section of "Available for Install".
