diff -r e500a2602f86 src/Makefile.am
--- a/src/Makefile.am	Sun Jul 20 15:44:52 2014 +0100
+++ b/src/Makefile.am	Sun Jul 20 15:49:30 2014 +0100
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 		backend/filters/compositionProfile.cpp backend/filters/spatialAnalysis.cpp \
 		backend/filters/clusterAnalysis.cpp backend/filters/ionInfo.cpp \
 		backend/filters/annotation.cpp backend/filters/geometryHelpers.cpp \
-		backend/filters/algorithms/binomial.cpp  
+		backend/filters/algorithms/binomial.cpp  backend/filters/filterTemplate.cpp 
 
 FILTER_HEADER_FILES = backend/filters/allFilter.h backend/filters/filterCommon.h \
 		backend/filters/dataLoad.h backend/filters/ionDownsample.h \
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
 		backend/filters/compositionProfile.h backend/filters/spatialAnalysis.h \
 		backend/filters/clusterAnalysis.h backend/filters/ionInfo.h \
 		backend/filters/annotation.h backend/filters/geometryHelpers.h \
-		backend/filters/algorithms/binomial.h 
+		backend/filters/algorithms/binomial.h backend/filters/algorithms/filterTemplate.h
 
 BACKEND_SOURCE_FILES = backend/animator.cpp backend/filtertreeAnalyse.cpp backend/filtertree.cpp \
 		     	backend/APT/ionhit.cpp backend/APT/APTFileIO.cpp backend/APT/APTRanges.cpp backend/APT/abundanceParser.cpp \
diff -r e500a2602f86 src/backend/filter.cpp
--- a/src/backend/filter.cpp	Sun Jul 20 15:44:52 2014 +0100
+++ b/src/backend/filter.cpp	Sun Jul 20 15:49:30 2014 +0100
@@ -63,7 +63,8 @@
 				"clusteranalysis",
 				"voxelise",
 				"ioninfo",
-				"annotation"
+				"annotation",
+				"template"
 				};
 
 size_t numElements(const vector<const FilterStreamData *> &v, unsigned int mask)
diff -r e500a2602f86 src/backend/filter.h
--- a/src/backend/filter.h	Sun Jul 20 15:44:52 2014 +0100
+++ b/src/backend/filter.h	Sun Jul 20 15:49:30 2014 +0100
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@
 	FILTER_TYPE_VOXELS,
 	FILTER_TYPE_IONINFO,
 	FILTER_TYPE_ANNOTATION,
+	FILTER_TYPE_TEMPLATE,
 	FILTER_TYPE_ENUM_END // not a filter. just end of enum
 };
 
diff -r e500a2602f86 src/backend/filters/allFilter.cpp
--- a/src/backend/filters/allFilter.cpp	Sun Jul 20 15:44:52 2014 +0100
+++ b/src/backend/filters/allFilter.cpp	Sun Jul 20 15:49:30 2014 +0100
@@ -104,6 +104,9 @@
 		case FILTER_TYPE_ANNOTATION:
 			f = new AnnotateFilter;
 			break;	
+		case FILTER_TYPE_TEMPLATE:
+			f = new TemplateFilter;
+			break;	
 		default:
 			ASSERT(false);
 	}
diff -r e500a2602f86 src/backend/filters/allFilter.h
--- a/src/backend/filters/allFilter.h	Sun Jul 20 15:44:52 2014 +0100
+++ b/src/backend/filters/allFilter.h	Sun Jul 20 15:49:30 2014 +0100
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 #include "voxelise.h"
 #include "ionInfo.h"
 #include "annotation.h"
+#include "filterTemplate.h"
 
 //!Returns true if the string is a valid filter name
 bool isValidFilterName(const std::string &s);
diff -r e500a2602f86 src/gui/mainFrame.cpp
--- a/src/gui/mainFrame.cpp	Sun Jul 20 15:44:52 2014 +0100
+++ b/src/gui/mainFrame.cpp	Sun Jul 20 15:49:30 2014 +0100
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@
 //MainFrame's constructor
 
 //--- These settings must be modified concomitantly.
-const unsigned int FILTER_DROP_COUNT=14;
+const unsigned int FILTER_DROP_COUNT=15;
 
 const char * comboFilters_choices[FILTER_DROP_COUNT] =
 {
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@
 	NTRANS("Range File"),
 	NTRANS("Spat. Analysis"),
 	NTRANS("Voxelisation"),
+	NTRANS("Template")
 };
 
 //Mapping between filter ID and combo position
@@ -152,6 +153,7 @@
 	FILTER_TYPE_RANGEFILE,
 	FILTER_TYPE_SPATIAL_ANALYSIS,
 	FILTER_TYPE_VOXELS,
+	FILTER_TYPE_TEMPLATE,
  };
 //----
 
diff -r 036cf664e28d docs/developers/filter-template.patch
--- a/docs/developers/filter-template.patch	Sun Aug 24 14:17:50 2014 +0100
+++ b/docs/developers/filter-template.patch	Sun Aug 24 14:18:26 2014 +0100
@@ -1,97 +0,0 @@
-diff -r e500a2602f86 src/Makefile.am
---- a/src/Makefile.am	Sun Jul 20 15:44:52 2014 +0100
-+++ b/src/Makefile.am	Sun Jul 20 15:49:30 2014 +0100
-@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
- 		backend/filters/compositionProfile.cpp backend/filters/spatialAnalysis.cpp \
- 		backend/filters/clusterAnalysis.cpp backend/filters/ionInfo.cpp \
- 		backend/filters/annotation.cpp backend/filters/geometryHelpers.cpp \
--		backend/filters/algorithms/binomial.cpp  
-+		backend/filters/algorithms/binomial.cpp  backend/filters/filterTemplate.cpp 
- 
- FILTER_HEADER_FILES = backend/filters/allFilter.h backend/filters/filterCommon.h \
- 		backend/filters/dataLoad.h backend/filters/ionDownsample.h \
-@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
- 		backend/filters/compositionProfile.h backend/filters/spatialAnalysis.h \
- 		backend/filters/clusterAnalysis.h backend/filters/ionInfo.h \
- 		backend/filters/annotation.h backend/filters/geometryHelpers.h \
--		backend/filters/algorithms/binomial.h 
-+		backend/filters/algorithms/binomial.h backend/filters/algorithms/filterTemplate.h
- 
- BACKEND_SOURCE_FILES = backend/animator.cpp backend/filtertreeAnalyse.cpp backend/filtertree.cpp \
- 		     	backend/APT/ionhit.cpp backend/APT/APTFileIO.cpp backend/APT/APTRanges.cpp backend/APT/abundanceParser.cpp \
-diff -r e500a2602f86 src/backend/filter.cpp
---- a/src/backend/filter.cpp	Sun Jul 20 15:44:52 2014 +0100
-+++ b/src/backend/filter.cpp	Sun Jul 20 15:49:30 2014 +0100
-@@ -63,7 +63,8 @@
- 				"clusteranalysis",
- 				"voxelise",
- 				"ioninfo",
--				"annotation"
-+				"annotation",
-+				"template"
- 				};
- 
- size_t numElements(const vector<const FilterStreamData *> &v, unsigned int mask)
-diff -r e500a2602f86 src/backend/filter.h
---- a/src/backend/filter.h	Sun Jul 20 15:44:52 2014 +0100
-+++ b/src/backend/filter.h	Sun Jul 20 15:49:30 2014 +0100
-@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@
- 	FILTER_TYPE_VOXELS,
- 	FILTER_TYPE_IONINFO,
- 	FILTER_TYPE_ANNOTATION,
-+	FILTER_TYPE_TEMPLATE,
- 	FILTER_TYPE_ENUM_END // not a filter. just end of enum
- };
- 
-diff -r e500a2602f86 src/backend/filters/allFilter.cpp
---- a/src/backend/filters/allFilter.cpp	Sun Jul 20 15:44:52 2014 +0100
-+++ b/src/backend/filters/allFilter.cpp	Sun Jul 20 15:49:30 2014 +0100
-@@ -104,6 +104,9 @@
- 		case FILTER_TYPE_ANNOTATION:
- 			f = new AnnotateFilter;
- 			break;	
-+		case FILTER_TYPE_TEMPLATE:
-+			f = new TemplateFilter;
-+			break;	
- 		default:
- 			ASSERT(false);
- 	}
-diff -r e500a2602f86 src/backend/filters/allFilter.h
---- a/src/backend/filters/allFilter.h	Sun Jul 20 15:44:52 2014 +0100
-+++ b/src/backend/filters/allFilter.h	Sun Jul 20 15:49:30 2014 +0100
-@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
- #include "voxelise.h"
- #include "ionInfo.h"
- #include "annotation.h"
-+#include "filterTemplate.h"
- 
- //!Returns true if the string is a valid filter name
- bool isValidFilterName(const std::string &s);
-diff -r e500a2602f86 src/gui/mainFrame.cpp
---- a/src/gui/mainFrame.cpp	Sun Jul 20 15:44:52 2014 +0100
-+++ b/src/gui/mainFrame.cpp	Sun Jul 20 15:49:30 2014 +0100
-@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@
- //MainFrame's constructor
- 
- //--- These settings must be modified concomitantly.
--const unsigned int FILTER_DROP_COUNT=14;
-+const unsigned int FILTER_DROP_COUNT=15;
- 
- const char * comboFilters_choices[FILTER_DROP_COUNT] =
- {
-@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@
- 	NTRANS("Range File"),
- 	NTRANS("Spat. Analysis"),
- 	NTRANS("Voxelisation"),
-+	NTRANS("Template")
- };
- 
- //Mapping between filter ID and combo position
-@@ -152,6 +153,7 @@
- 	FILTER_TYPE_RANGEFILE,
- 	FILTER_TYPE_SPATIAL_ANALYSIS,
- 	FILTER_TYPE_VOXELS,
-+	FILTER_TYPE_TEMPLATE,
-  };
- //----
- 
diff -r 036cf664e28d src/Makefile.am
--- a/src/Makefile.am	Sun Aug 24 14:17:50 2014 +0100
+++ b/src/Makefile.am	Sun Aug 24 14:18:26 2014 +0100
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 		backend/filters/compositionProfile.cpp backend/filters/spatialAnalysis.cpp \
 		backend/filters/clusterAnalysis.cpp backend/filters/ionInfo.cpp \
 		backend/filters/annotation.cpp backend/filters/geometryHelpers.cpp \
-		backend/filters/algorithms/binomial.cpp  
+		backend/filters/algorithms/binomial.cpp  backend/filters/filterTemplate.cpp 
 
 FILTER_HEADER_FILES = backend/filters/allFilter.h backend/filters/filterCommon.h \
 		backend/filters/dataLoad.h backend/filters/ionDownsample.h \
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
 		backend/filters/compositionProfile.h backend/filters/spatialAnalysis.h \
 		backend/filters/clusterAnalysis.h backend/filters/ionInfo.h \
 		backend/filters/annotation.h backend/filters/geometryHelpers.h \
-		backend/filters/algorithms/binomial.h 
+		backend/filters/algorithms/binomial.h backend/filters/algorithms/filterTemplate.h
 
 BACKEND_SOURCE_FILES = backend/animator.cpp backend/filtertreeAnalyse.cpp backend/filtertree.cpp \
 		     	backend/APT/ionhit.cpp backend/APT/APTFileIO.cpp backend/APT/APTRanges.cpp backend/APT/abundanceParser.cpp \
diff -r 036cf664e28d src/backend/filter.cpp
--- a/src/backend/filter.cpp	Sun Aug 24 14:17:50 2014 +0100
+++ b/src/backend/filter.cpp	Sun Aug 24 14:18:26 2014 +0100
@@ -63,7 +63,8 @@
 				"clusteranalysis",
 				"voxelise",
 				"ioninfo",
-				"annotation"
+				"annotation",
+				"template"
 				};
 
 size_t numElements(const vector<const FilterStreamData *> &v, unsigned int mask)
diff -r 036cf664e28d src/backend/filter.h
--- a/src/backend/filter.h	Sun Aug 24 14:17:50 2014 +0100
+++ b/src/backend/filter.h	Sun Aug 24 14:18:26 2014 +0100
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@
 	FILTER_TYPE_VOXELS,
 	FILTER_TYPE_IONINFO,
 	FILTER_TYPE_ANNOTATION,
+	FILTER_TYPE_TEMPLATE,
 	FILTER_TYPE_ENUM_END // not a filter. just end of enum
 };
 
diff -r 036cf664e28d src/backend/filters/allFilter.cpp
--- a/src/backend/filters/allFilter.cpp	Sun Aug 24 14:17:50 2014 +0100
+++ b/src/backend/filters/allFilter.cpp	Sun Aug 24 14:18:26 2014 +0100
@@ -104,6 +104,9 @@
 		case FILTER_TYPE_ANNOTATION:
 			f = new AnnotateFilter;
 			break;	
+		case FILTER_TYPE_TEMPLATE:
+			f = new TemplateFilter;
+			break;	
 		default:
 			ASSERT(false);
 	}
diff -r 036cf664e28d src/backend/filters/allFilter.h
--- a/src/backend/filters/allFilter.h	Sun Aug 24 14:17:50 2014 +0100
+++ b/src/backend/filters/allFilter.h	Sun Aug 24 14:18:26 2014 +0100
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 #include "voxelise.h"
 #include "ionInfo.h"
 #include "annotation.h"
+#include "filterTemplate.h"
 
 //!Returns true if the string is a valid filter name
 bool isValidFilterName(const std::string &s);
diff -r 036cf664e28d src/gui/mainFrame.cpp
--- a/src/gui/mainFrame.cpp	Sun Aug 24 14:17:50 2014 +0100
+++ b/src/gui/mainFrame.cpp	Sun Aug 24 14:18:26 2014 +0100
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@
 //MainFrame's constructor
 
 //--- These settings must be modified concomitantly.
-const unsigned int FILTER_DROP_COUNT=14;
+const unsigned int FILTER_DROP_COUNT=15;
 
 const char * comboFilters_choices[FILTER_DROP_COUNT] =
 {
@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@
 	NTRANS("Range File"),
 	NTRANS("Spat. Analysis"),
 	NTRANS("Voxelisation"),
+	NTRANS("Template")
 };
 
 //Mapping between filter ID and combo position
@@ -157,6 +158,7 @@
 	FILTER_TYPE_RANGEFILE,
 	FILTER_TYPE_SPATIAL_ANALYSIS,
 	FILTER_TYPE_VOXELS,
+	FILTER_TYPE_TEMPLATE,
  };
 //----