GRAPHVIZ(7) Miscellaneous Information Manual GRAPHVIZ(7)NAME
graphviz - rich set of graph drawing tools
SYNOPSIS
This manpage has been written to fulfil the need of a centralized documentation presenting all available tools in the graphviz package.
AVAILABLE TOOLS
Graph layout programs
dot filter for hierarchical layouts of graphs
neato filter for symmetric layouts of graphs
twopi filter for radial layouts of graphs
circo filter for circular layout of graphs
fdp filter for symmetric layouts of graphs
All of the filters work with either directed or undirected graphs, though dot is typically used for directed graphs and neato for undi-
rected graphs. Note also that neato -n[2] can be used to render layouts produced by the other filters.
Graph drawing programs
lefty A Programmable Graphics Editor
lneato lefty + neato
dotty lefty + dot
Graph layout enhancement
gvcolor
flow colors through a ranked digraph
unflatten
adjust directed graphs to improve layout aspect ratio
gvpack merge and pack disjoint graphs
Graph information and transformation
gc count graph components
acyclic
make directed graph acyclic
nop pretty-print graph file
ccomps connected components filter for graphs
sccmap extract strongly connected components of directed graphs
tred transitive reduction filter for directed graphs
dijkstra
single-source distance filter
bcomps biconnected components filter for graphs
gvpr graph pattern scanning and processing language
prune prune directed graphs
Other
gxl2dot, dot2gxl
GXL-DOT converters
AUTHOR
This manual page was written by Cyril Brulebois <cyril.brulebois@enst-bretagne.fr> in november 2006, based on an initial documentation
effort by Joachim Berdal Haga <jbh@lupus.ig3.net>. It can be distributed under the same terms as the graphviz package.
November 19, 2006 GRAPHVIZ(7)
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GVPACK(1) General Commands Manual GVPACK(1)NAME
gvpack - merge and pack disjoint graphs
SYNOPSIS
gvpack [ -nguv? ] [ -mmargin ] [ -ooutfile ] [ -Gname=value ] [ files ]
DESCRIPTION
gvpack reads in a stream of graphs, combines the graphs into a single layout, and produces a single graph serving as the union of the input
graphs. The input graphs must be in dot format, and must have all necessary layout information. Acceptable input is produced by applying a
Graphviz layout program, such as dot or neato, with no -T flag.
By default, the packing is done at the cluster level. Thus, parts of one graph will not intrude into any top-level clusters or overlap any
nodes or edges of another.
The output of gvpack can be used to produce concrete output by applying neato -s -n2 with the desired -T flag.
OPTIONS
The following options are supported:
-g Combines the graphs at the graph level. This uses more space, but prevents parts of one graph from occurring between parts of
another.
-Gname=value
Specifies attributes to be added to the resulting union graph. For example, this can be used to specify a graph label.
-mmargin
Packs the graphs allowing a margin of output points around the parts.
-n Combines the graphs at the node level. Clusters are ignored in the packing.
-ooutput
Prints output to the file output. If not given, gvpack uses stdout.
-u Don't pack the graphs. Just combine them into a single graph.
-v Verbose mode.
-? Prints usage information and exit.
OPERANDS
The following operand is supported:
files Names of files containing 1 or more graphs in dot format. If no files operand is specified, the standard input will be used.
RETURN CODES
gvpack returns 0 if there were no problems, and non-zero otherwise.
EXAMPLES
ccomps -x abc.dot | dot | gvpack | neato -s -n2 -Tps
This pipeline decomposes the graph in abc.dot into its connected components, lays out each using dot, packs them all together again, and
produces the final drawing in PostScript. Of course, there is nothing to prevent one from using different layouts for each component.
BUGS
All the input graphs must be directed or undirected.
An input graph should not have a label, since this will be used in its layout. Since gvpack ignores root graph labels, resulting layout may
contain some extra space.
gvpack unsets the bounding box attribute of all non-cluster subgraphs.
AUTHORS
Emden R. Gansner <erg@research.att.com>
SEE ALSO gvpr(1), dot(1), neato(1), twopi(1), ccomps(1), libpack(3)
8 April 2003 GVPACK(1)