diff --git a/GPy/util/mocap.py b/GPy/util/mocap.py
index 4f6336c5..e405d3a1 100644
--- a/GPy/util/mocap.py
+++ b/GPy/util/mocap.py
@@ -304,6 +304,11 @@ class acclaim_skeleton(skeleton):
         channels = self.read_channels(fid)
         fid.close()
         return channels
+    
+    def save_channels(self, file_name, channels):
+        with open(file_name,'w') as fid:
+            self.writ_channels(fid, channels)
+            fid.close()
 
     def load_skel(self, file_name):
 
@@ -469,6 +474,18 @@ class acclaim_skeleton(skeleton):
         self.smooth_angle_channels(channels)
         return channels
 
+    def writ_channels(self, fid, channels):
+        fid.write('#!OML:ASF \n')
+        fid.write(':FULLY-SPECIFIED\n')
+        fid.write(':DEGREES\n')
+        num_frames = channels.shape[0]
+        for i_frame in range(num_frames):
+            fid.write(str(i_frame+1)+'\n')
+            offset = 0
+            for vertex in self.vertices:
+                fid.write(vertex.name+' '+ ' '.join([str(v) for v in channels[i_frame,offset:offset+len(vertex.meta['channels'])]])+'\n')
+                offset += len(vertex.meta['channels'])
+        
 
     def read_documentation(self, fid):
         """Read documentation from an acclaim skeleton file stream."""
diff --git a/doc/source/index.rst~ b/doc/source/index.rst~
deleted file mode 100644
index 48ec0422..00000000
--- a/doc/source/index.rst~
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-.. GPy documentation master file, created by
-   sphinx-quickstart on Fri Sep 18 18:16:28 2015.
-   You can adapt this file completely to your liking, but it should at least
-   contain the root `toctree` directive.
-
-Welcome to GPy's documentation!
-===============================
-
-Contents:
-
-.. toctree::
-   :maxdepth: 2
-
-
-
-Indices and tables
-==================
-
-* :ref:`genindex`
-* :ref:`modindex`
-* :ref:`search`
-