Yes, we probably should add an issue about this to the Emperor issue
tracker, I'm not sure what would be the best way to handle this.

On (May-06-14|17:47), josenavas wrote:
> > +            max_iter=params["max_iter"],
> > +            verbose=params["verbose"],
> > +            eps=params["eps"],
> > +            n_jobs=params["n_jobs"],
> > +            random_state=params["random_state"],
> > +            dissimilarity=params["dissimilarity"])
> > +    else:
> > +        print("arg in error, unknown algorithm '"+alg+"'")
> > +        exit(1)
> > +
> > +    #compute the fit and scale from -1 to 1
> > +    fit = mapper.fit_transform(otumtx)
> > +    fit /= abs(fit).max()
> > +
> > +    #dummy eigenvalues and percent variation explained
> > +    #"make_emperor.py" does not work if these are not supplied
> 
> I do not agree with adding _magic_ values to make things work.
> 
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