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wolffd@0 1 .TH DOTTY 1
wolffd@0 2 .SH NAME
wolffd@0 3 dotty \- A Customizable Graph Editor
wolffd@0 4 .SH SYNOPSIS
wolffd@0 5 .B dotty
wolffd@0 6 [
wolffd@0 7 .B -V
wolffd@0 8 ] [
wolffd@0 9 .I file
wolffd@0 10 ]
wolffd@0 11 .SH DESCRIPTION
wolffd@0 12 .B dotty
wolffd@0 13 is a graph editor for the X Window System. It may be run as a standalone
wolffd@0 14 editor, or as a front end for applications that use graphs. It can control
wolffd@0 15 multiple windows viewing different graphs.
wolffd@0 16
wolffd@0 17 .B dotty
wolffd@0 18 is written on top of
wolffd@0 19 .B dot
wolffd@0 20 and
wolffd@0 21 .BR lefty .
wolffd@0 22 .B lefty
wolffd@0 23 is a general-purpose programmable editor for technical pictures. It has an
wolffd@0 24 interpretive programming language similar to AWK and C. The user interface and
wolffd@0 25 graph editing operations of
wolffd@0 26 .B dotty
wolffd@0 27 are written as
wolffd@0 28 .B lefty
wolffd@0 29 functions.
wolffd@0 30 Programmer-defined graph operations may be loaded as well. Graph layouts are
wolffd@0 31 made by
wolffd@0 32 .BR dot ,
wolffd@0 33 which runs as a separate process that communicates with
wolffd@0 34 .B lefty
wolffd@0 35 through pipes.
wolffd@0 36 .SH USAGE
wolffd@0 37 The file name is optional. If present, the graph contained in that file is
wolffd@0 38 displayed in the
wolffd@0 39 .B dotty
wolffd@0 40 window.
wolffd@0 41 .SH OPTIONS
wolffd@0 42 .TP
wolffd@0 43 .B -V
wolffd@0 44 Prints the version.
wolffd@0 45 .SH SEE ALSO
wolffd@0 46 dot(1), lefty(1)
wolffd@0 47 .br
wolffd@0 48 .I dotty
wolffd@0 49 user guide.