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Do not edit. +--> +<HTML VERSION="2.0"> +<HEAD> +<TITLE>Output Formats</TITLE> +</HEAD> +<BODY BGCOLOR=white> +<A NAME="top"></A> +<H1 align=CENTER>Output Formats</H1> +<HR> +The output format is specified with the <STRONG>-T</STRONG><I>lang</I> +flag on the <A HREF=command.html>command line</A>, where <I>lang</I> +is one of the parameters listed below. +<P> +The formats actually available in a given Graphviz system depend on +how the system was built and the presence of additional libraries. +To see what formats <b>dot</b> supports, run <TT>dot -T?</TT>. +See the <A HREF=command.html#d.T> description of the -T</A> +flag for additional information. +<P> +Note that the internal coordinate system has the origin +in the lower left corner. +Thus, positions in the +<A HREF=#d:canon>canon</A>, +<A HREF=#d:dot>dot</A>, +<A HREF=#d:xdot>xdot</A>, +<A HREF=#d:plain>plain</A>, and +<A HREF=#d:plain-ext>plain-ext</A> +formats need to be interpreted in this manner. +<P> +<TABLE ALIGN=CENTER> +<TR><TH>Command-line<BR>parameter</TH><TH>Format</TH></TR> + <TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><A NAME=a:bmp HREF=#d:bmp>bmp</A> +</TD><TD>Windows Bitmap Format</TD> </TR> + <TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><A NAME=a:canon HREF=#d:canon>canon</A> +<BR><A NAME=a:dot HREF=#d:dot>dot</A> +<BR><A NAME=a:xdot HREF=#d:xdot>xdot</A> +</TD><TD>DOT</TD> </TR> + <TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><A NAME=a:cmap HREF=#d:cmap>cmap</A> +</TD><TD>Client-side imagemap (deprecated)</TD> </TR> + <TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><A NAME=a:dia HREF=#d:dia>dia</A> +</TD><TD>Dia format</TD> </TR> + <TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><A NAME=a:eps HREF=#d:eps>eps</A> +</TD><TD>Encapsulated PostScript</TD> </TR> + <TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><A NAME=a:fig HREF=#d:fig>fig</A> +</TD><TD>FIG</TD> </TR> + <TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><A NAME=a:gd HREF=#d:gd>gd</A> +<BR><A NAME=a:gd2 HREF=#d:gd2>gd2</A> +</TD><TD>GD/GD2 formats</TD> </TR> + <TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><A NAME=a:gif HREF=#d:gif>gif</A> +</TD><TD>GIF</TD> </TR> + <TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><A NAME=a:gtk HREF=#d:gtk>gtk</A> +</TD><TD>GTK canvas</TD> </TR> + <TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><A NAME=a:hpgl HREF=#d:hpgl>hpgl</A> +</TD><TD>HP-GL/2</TD> </TR> + <TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><A NAME=a:ico HREF=#d:ico>ico</A> +</TD><TD>Icon Image File Format</TD> </TR> + <TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><A NAME=a:imap HREF=#d:imap>imap</A> +<BR><A NAME=a:cmapx HREF=#d:cmapx>cmapx</A> +</TD><TD>Server-side and client-side imagemaps</TD> </TR> + <TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><A NAME=a:imap_np HREF=#d:imap_np>imap_np</A> +<BR><A NAME=a:cmapx_np HREF=#d:cmapx_np>cmapx_np</A> +</TD><TD>Server-side and client-side imagemaps</TD> </TR> + <TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><A NAME=a:ismap HREF=#d:ismap>ismap</A> +</TD><TD>Server-side imagemap (deprecated)</TD> </TR> + <TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><A NAME=a:jpg HREF=#d:jpg>jpg</A> +<BR><A NAME=a:jpeg HREF=#d:jpeg>jpeg</A> +<BR><A NAME=a:jpe HREF=#d:jpe>jpe</A> +</TD><TD>JPEG</TD> </TR> + <TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><A NAME=a:mif HREF=#d:mif>mif</A> +</TD><TD>FrameMaker MIF format</TD> </TR> + <TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><A NAME=a:mp HREF=#d:mp>mp</A> +</TD><TD>MetaPost</TD> </TR> + <TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><A NAME=a:pcl HREF=#d:pcl>pcl</A> +</TD><TD>PCL</TD> </TR> + <TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><A NAME=a:pdf HREF=#d:pdf>pdf</A> +</TD><TD>Portable Document Format (PDF)</TD> </TR> + <TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><A NAME=a:pic HREF=#d:pic>pic</A> +</TD><TD>PIC</TD> </TR> + <TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><A NAME=a:plain HREF=#d:plain>plain</A> +<BR><A NAME=a:plain-ext HREF=#d:plain-ext>plain-ext</A> +</TD><TD>Simple text format</TD> </TR> + <TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><A NAME=a:png HREF=#d:png>png</A> +</TD><TD>Portable Network Graphics format</TD> </TR> + <TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><A NAME=a:ps HREF=#d:ps>ps</A> +</TD><TD>PostScript</TD> </TR> + <TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><A NAME=a:ps2 HREF=#d:ps2>ps2</A> +</TD><TD>PostScript for PDF</TD> </TR> + <TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><A NAME=a:svg HREF=#d:svg>svg</A> +<BR><A NAME=a:svgz HREF=#d:svgz>svgz</A> +</TD><TD>Scalable Vector Graphics</TD> </TR> + <TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><A NAME=a:tga HREF=#d:tga>tga</A> +</TD><TD>Truevision Targa Format (TGA)</TD> </TR> + <TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><A NAME=a:tif HREF=#d:tif>tif</A> +<BR><A NAME=a:tiff HREF=#d:tiff>tiff</A> +</TD><TD>TIFF (Tag Image File Format)</TD> </TR> + <TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><A NAME=a:vml HREF=#d:vml>vml</A> +<BR><A NAME=a:vmlz HREF=#d:vmlz>vmlz</A> +</TD><TD>Vector Markup Language (VML)</TD> </TR> + <TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><A NAME=a:vrml HREF=#d:vrml>vrml</A> +</TD><TD>VRML</TD> </TR> + <TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><A NAME=a:vtx HREF=#d:vtx>vtx</A> +</TD><TD>Visual Thought format</TD> </TR> + <TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><A NAME=a:wbmp HREF=#d:wbmp>wbmp</A> +</TD><TD>Wireless BitMap format</TD> </TR> + <TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><A NAME=a:xlib HREF=#d:xlib>xlib</A> +</TD><TD>Xlib canvas</TD> </TR> +</TABLE> +<HR> +<H2>Format Descriptions</H2> +<DL> +<DT><A NAME=d:bmp HREF=#a:bmp><STRONG>bmp</STRONG></A> +<DD>Outputs images in the Windows <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitmap">BMP</A> format. + +<DT><A NAME=d:canon HREF=#a:canon><STRONG>canon</STRONG></A> +,<DT><A NAME=d:dot HREF=#a:dot><STRONG>dot</STRONG></A> +,<DT><A NAME=d:xdot HREF=#a:xdot><STRONG>xdot</STRONG></A> +<DD>These formats produce output in the +<A HREF=lang.html>dot language</A>. +Using <B>canon</B> produces a prettyprinted version of the input, +with no layout performed. +<P> +The <B>dot</B> option corresponds to attributed dot output, +and is the default output format. +It reproduces the input, along with layout information for the graph. +In particular, a <A HREF=attrs.html#d:bb>bb</A> attribute is +attached to the graph, specifying the bounding box of the drawing. +If the graph has a label, its position is specified by the +<A HREF=attrs.html#d:lp>lp</A> attribute. +<P> +Each node gets <A HREF=attrs.html#d:pos>pos</A>, +<A HREF=attrs.html#d:width>width</A> and +<A HREF=attrs.html#d:height>height</A> attributes. If the node is a record, +the record rectangles are given in the +<A HREF=attrs.html#d:rects>rects</A> attribute. +If the node is a polygon and the +<A HREF=attrs.html#d:vertices>vertices</A> attribute is defined, this +attribute contains the vertices of the node. +<P> +Every edge is +assigned a <A HREF=attrs.html#d:pos>pos</A> attribute, +and if the edge has a label, the label position +is given in <A HREF=attrs.html#d:lp>lp</A>. +<P> +The <B>xdot</B> format extends the +<B>dot</B> format by providing much more detailed information about +how graph components are drawn. It relies on additional attributes +for nodes, edges and graphs. +<P> +The format is preliminary; comments and +suggestions for better representations are welcome. +To allow for changes in the format, Graphviz attaches the attribute +<TT>xdotversion</TT> to the graph. +<P> +Additional drawing attributes can appear on nodes, edges, clusters and +on the graph itself. There are six new attributes: +<SPACER TYPE=VERTICAL size=10> +<TABLE border bgcolor=beige> +<TR><TD>_draw_<TD colspan=2>Drawing operations +<TR><TD>_ldraw_<TD colspan=2>Label drawing +<TR><TD>_hdraw_<TD>Head arrowhead<TD>Edge only +<TR><TD>_tdraw_<TD>Tail arrowhead<TD>Edge only +<TR><TD>_hldraw_<TD>Head label<TD>Edge only +<TR><TD>_tldraw_<TD>Tail label<TD>Edge only +</TABLE> +<P> +For a given graph object, one will typically a draw directive before the +label directive. For example, for a node, one would first use the commands +in <B>_draw_</B> followed by the commands in <B>_ldraw_</B>. +<P> +The value of these attributes consists of the concatenation of some +(multi-)set of the following 13 rendering or attribute operations. +(The number is parentheses gives the xdot version when the operation +was added to the format. If no version number is given, the operation +was in the original specification.) +<SPACER TYPE=VERTICAL size=10> +<TABLE border bgcolor=beige> +<TR><TD>E x<sub>0</sub> y<sub>0</sub> w h +<TD>Filled ellipse ((x-x<sub>0</sub>)/w)<sup>2</sup> + ((y-y<sub>0</sub>)/h)<sup>2</sup> = 1 +<TR><TD>e x<sub>0</sub> y<sub>0</sub> w h +<TD>Unfilled ellipse ((x-x<sub>0</sub>)/w)<sup>2</sup> + ((y-y<sub>0</sub>)/h)<sup>2</sup> = 1 +<TR><TD>P n x<sub>1</sub> y<sub>1</sub> ... x<sub>n</sub> y<sub>n</sub> +<TD>Filled polygon using the given n points +<TR><TD>p n x<sub>1</sub> y<sub>1</sub> ... x<sub>n</sub> y<sub>n</sub> +<TD>Unfilled polygon using the given n points +<TR><TD>L n x<sub>1</sub> y<sub>1</sub> ... x<sub>n</sub> y<sub>n</sub> +<TD>Polyline using the given n points +<TR><TD>B n x<sub>1</sub> y<sub>1</sub> ... x<sub>n</sub> y<sub>n</sub> +<TD>B-spline using the given n control points +<TR><TD>b n x<sub>1</sub> y<sub>1</sub> ... x<sub>n</sub> y<sub>n</sub> +<TD>Filled B-spline using the given n control points (1.1) +<TR><TD>T x y j w n -<I>b<sub>1</sub>b<sub>2</sub>...b<sub>n</sub></I> +<TD>Text drawn using the baseline point (x,y). The text consists of the +n bytes following '-'. The text should be left-aligned (centered, +right-aligned) on the point if j is -1 (0, 1), respectively. The value +w gives the width of the text as computed by the library. +<TR><TD>C n -<I>b<sub>1</sub>b<sub>2</sub>...b<sub>n</sub></I> +<TD>Set fill color. The color value consists of the +n bytes following '-'. (1.1) +<TR><TD>c n -<I>b<sub>1</sub>b<sub>2</sub>...b<sub>n</sub></I> +<TD>Set pen color. The color value consists of the +n bytes following '-'. (1.1) +<TR><TD>F s n -<I>b<sub>1</sub>b<sub>2</sub>...b<sub>n</sub></I> +<TD>Set font. The font size is s points. The font name consists of the +n bytes following '-'. (1.1) +<TR><TD>S n -<I>b<sub>1</sub>b<sub>2</sub>...b<sub>n</sub></I> +<TD>Set style attribute. The style value consists of the +n bytes following '-'. The syntax of the value is the same as +specified for a <B>styleItem</B> in <A HREF=attrs.html#k:style>style</A>. (1.1) +<TR><TD>I x y w h n -<I>b<sub>1</sub>b<sub>2</sub>...b<sub>n</sub></I> +<TD>Externally-specified image drawn in the box with lower left +corner (x,y) and upper right corner (x+w,y+h). The name of the image +consists of the n bytes following '-'. This is usually a bitmap +image. Note that the image size, even when converted from pixels to +points, might be different from the required size (w,h). It is +assumed the renderer will perform the necessary scaling. (1.2) +</TABLE> +<P> +Note that the filled figures (ellipses, polygons and B-Splines) +imply two operations: first, drawing the filled figure with the +current fill color; second, drawing an unfilled figure with the +current pen color, pen width and pen style. +the +<P> +Style values which can be incorporated in the graphics model do not +appear in xdot output. In particular, the style values +<TT>filled</TT>, <TT>rounded</TT>, <TT>diagonals</TT>, and <TT>invis</TT> +will not appear. Indeed, if style contains <TT>invis</TT>, +there will not be any xdot output at all. +<P> +In handling text alignment, the application may want to recompute the +string width using its own rendering primitives. +<P> +The text operation is only used in the label attributes. Normally, +the non-text operations are only used in the non-label attributes. +If, however, the <A HREF=attrs.html#d:decorate>decorate</A> +attribute is set on an edge, its label +attribute will also contain a polyline operation. +In addition, if a label is a complex, HTML-like label, it will also +contain non-text operations. +<P> +All coordinates and sizes are in points. +Note though that if +an edge or node is invisible, no drawing operations are attached to it. +<P> +Version info: +<TABLE border > +<TR><TH>Xdot version</TH><TH>Graphviz version</TH></TR> +<TR><TD>1.0</TD><TD>1.9</TD></TR> +<TR><TD>1.1</TD><TD>2.8</TD></TR> +<TR><TD>1.2</TD><TD>2.13</TD></TR> +</TABLE> + +<DT><A NAME=d:cmap HREF=#a:cmap><STRONG>cmap</STRONG></A> +<DD>Produces map files for client-side image maps. The cmap format is +mostly identical to cmapx, but the latter is well-formed XML amenable +to processing by XML tools. In particular, the cmapx output is wrapped in +<map></map>. +<P> +See <A HREF=#ID>Note</A>. + +<DT><A NAME=d:dia HREF=#a:dia><STRONG>dia</STRONG></A> +<DD>Produces <A HREF="http://www.gnome.org/projects/dia/">Dia</A> output. + +<DT><A NAME=d:eps HREF=#a:eps><STRONG>eps</STRONG></A> +<DD>Produces Encapsulated PostScript output. +At present, this is only guaranteed to be correct for a single +input graph since the Bounding Box information has to appear +at the beginning of the output, and this will be based on the first graph. + +<DT><A NAME=d:fig HREF=#a:fig><STRONG>fig</STRONG></A> +<DD>Outputs graphs in the FIG graphics language. + +<DT><A NAME=d:gd HREF=#a:gd><STRONG>gd</STRONG></A> +,<DT><A NAME=d:gd2 HREF=#a:gd2><STRONG>gd2</STRONG></A> +<DD>Output images in the GD and GD2 format. These are the internal +formats used by the gd library. The latter is compressed. + +<DT><A NAME=d:gif HREF=#a:gif><STRONG>gif</STRONG></A> +<DD>Outputs GIF bitmap images. + +<DT><A NAME=d:gtk HREF=#a:gtk><STRONG>gtk</STRONG></A> +<DD>Creates a <A HREF="http://www.gtk.org/">GTK</A> window and displays the output there. + +<DT><A NAME=d:hpgl HREF=#a:hpgl><STRONG>hpgl</STRONG></A> +<DD>Produces output in the HP-GL/2 vector graphic printer language. + +<DT><A NAME=d:ico HREF=#a:ico><STRONG>ico</STRONG></A> +<DD>Outputs images in the Windows <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICO_(icon_image_file_format)">ICO format</A>. + +<DT><A NAME=d:imap HREF=#a:imap><STRONG>imap</STRONG></A> +,<DT><A NAME=d:cmapx HREF=#a:cmapx><STRONG>cmapx</STRONG></A> +<DD>Produces map files for server-side and client-side image maps, +These can be used in a web page with +a graphical form of the output, e.g. in JPEG or GIF format, to attach +links to nodes and edges. For example, to create a server-side map +given the dot file +<PRE> +/* x.dot */ +digraph mainmap { + URL="http://www.research.att.com/base.html"; + command [URL="http://www.research.att.com/command.html"]; + command -> output [URL="colors.html"]; +} +</PRE> +one would process the graph and generate two output files: +<PRE> +dot -Timap -ox.map -Tgif -ox.gif x.dot +</PRE> +and then refer to it in a web page: +<XMP> +<A HREF="x.map"><IMG SRC="x.gif" ismap="ismap" /></A> +</XMP> +For client-side maps, one again generates two output files: +<PRE> +dot -Tcmapx -ox.map -Tgif -ox.gif x.dot +</PRE> +and uses the HTML +<XMP> +<IMG SRC="x.gif" USEMAP="#mainmap" /> +... [content of x.map] ... +</XMP> +<A HREF=attrs.html#d:URL>URLs</A> can be attached to the root +graph, nodes and edges. If a node has a URL, clicking in the node +will activate the link. +If an edge has a URL, various +points along the edge (but not necessarily the head or tail) +will link to it. In addition, if the edge has a +<A HREF=attrs.html#d:label>label</A>, that will link +to the URL. +As for the head of the edge, this is linked to the +<A HREF=attrs.html#d:headURL>headURL</A>, if set. +Otherwise, it is linked to the edge's URL if that is defined. +The analogous description holds for the tail and the +<A HREF=attrs.html#d:tailURL>tailURL</A>. +A URL associated with the graph is used as a default link. +<P> +If the URL +of a node contains the escape sequence "\N", it will be replaced by +the node's name. +If the headURL is defined and contains the escape sequence "\N", +it will be replaced by +the <A HREF=attrs.html#d:headlabel>headlabel</A>, if defined. +The analogous result holds for the tailURL and the +<A HREF=attrs.html#d:taillabel>taillabel</A>. +<P> +See <A HREF=#ID>Note</A>. + +<DT><A NAME=d:imap_np HREF=#a:imap_np><STRONG>imap_np</STRONG></A> +,<DT><A NAME=d:cmapx_np HREF=#a:cmapx_np><STRONG>cmapx_np</STRONG></A> +<DD>These are identical to the imap and cmapx formats, except they +rely solely on rectangles as active areas. + +<DT><A NAME=d:ismap HREF=#a:ismap><STRONG>ismap</STRONG></A> +<DD>Produces HTML image map files. This is a predecessor (circa 1994) +of the IMAP format. Most servers now use the latter. +<A HREF=attrs.html#d:URL>URLs</A> can be attached to the root graph, +nodes and edges. Since edge +links are attached to edge labels, an edge must +have a <A HREF=attrs.html#d:label>label</A> for its +URL to be used. For both nodes and edges, if the URL has the escape +sequence "\N" embedded in its string, this will be replaced with the +node or edge name. + +<DT><A NAME=d:jpg HREF=#a:jpg><STRONG>jpg</STRONG></A> +,<DT><A NAME=d:jpeg HREF=#a:jpeg><STRONG>jpeg</STRONG></A> +,<DT><A NAME=d:jpe HREF=#a:jpe><STRONG>jpe</STRONG></A> +<DD>Output JPEG compressed image files. + +<DT><A NAME=d:mif HREF=#a:mif><STRONG>mif</STRONG></A> +<DD>Generates Frame Maker MIF files. + +<DT><A NAME=d:mp HREF=#a:mp><STRONG>mp</STRONG></A> +<DD>Produces <A HREF="http://cm.bell-labs.com/who/hobby/MetaPost.html">MetaPost</A> output. + +<DT><A NAME=d:pcl HREF=#a:pcl><STRONG>pcl</STRONG></A> +<DD>Produces output in the PCL printer language. +<A HREF=#d:hpgl>HP-GL</A> is a subset of +PCL, so that PCL output is the same as HP-GL, wrapped with some initial +and final commands to set the printer to and from HP-GL mode. + +<DT><A NAME=d:pdf HREF=#a:pdf><STRONG>pdf</STRONG></A> +<DD>Produces <A HREF="http://www.adobe.com/devnet/pdf/">PDF</A> output. +(This option assumes Graphviz includes the Cairo renderer.) +Alternatively, one can use the <A HREF="#d:ps2">ps2</A> option to +produce PDF-compatible PostScript, and then use a ps-to-pdf converter. +<P> +Note: At present, this option does not support anchors, etc. To get these +included in your PDF output, use <A HREF="#d:ps2">ps2</A>. + +<DT><A NAME=d:pic HREF=#a:pic><STRONG>pic</STRONG></A> +<DD>Outputs in PIC, the picture description language in the troff-family + +<DT><A NAME=d:plain HREF=#a:plain><STRONG>plain</STRONG></A> +,<DT><A NAME=d:plain-ext HREF=#a:plain-ext><STRONG>plain-ext</STRONG></A> +<DD>The plain and plain-ext formats produce output using +a simple, line-based language. +The latter format differs in that, on edges, it provides port names +on head and tail nodes when applicable. +<P> +There are four types of statements. +<PRE> + <STRONG>graph</STRONG> <I>scale</I> <I>width</I> <I>height</I> + <STRONG>node</STRONG> <I>name</I> <I>x</I> <I>y</I> <I>width</I> <I>height</I> <I>label</I> <I>style</I> <I>shape</I> <I>color</I> <I>fillcolor</I> + <STRONG>edge</STRONG> <I>tail</I> <I>head</I> <I>n</I> <I>x<sub>1</sub></I> <I>y<sub>1</sub></I> .. <I>x<sub>n</sub></I> <I>y<sub>n</sub></I> [<I>label</I> <I>xl</I> <I>yl</I>] <I>style</I> <I>color</I> + <STRONG>stop</STRONG> +</PRE> +<DL> +<DT><STRONG>graph</STRONG> +<DD>The <I>width</I> and <I>height</I> values give the width and height +of the drawing. The lower left corner of the drawing is at the origin. +The <I>scale</I> value indicates how the drawing should be scaled +if a <A HREF=attrs.html#d:size>size</A> attribute was given and the drawing +needs to be scaled to conform to that size. If no scaling is necessary, +it will be set to 1.0. Note that all graph, node and edge +coordinates and lengths are given unscaled. +<DT><STRONG>node</STRONG> +<DD>The <I>name</I> value is the name of the node, and <I>x</I> and <I>y</I> +give the node's position. The <I>width</I> and <I>height</I> are the +width and height of the node. +The <I>label</I>, +<I>style</I>, <I>shape</I>, <I>color</I> and <I>fillcolor</I> give the +node's <A HREF=attrs.html#d:label>label</A>, +<A HREF=attrs.html#d:style>style</A>, <A HREF=attrs.html#d:shape>shape</A>, +<A HREF=attrs.html#d:color>color</A> and +<A HREF=attrs.html#d:fillcolor>fillcolor</A>, +respectively, using attribute default values where necessary. If the +node does not have a style attribute, "solid" is used. +<DT><STRONG>edge</STRONG> +<DD>The <I>tail</I> and <I>head</I> values give the names of the head and +tail nodes. In plain-ext format, the head or tail name will be appended +with a colon and a portname if the edge connects to the node at a port. +<I>n</I> is the number of control points defining the +B-spline forming the edge. This is followed by 2*<I>n</I> numbers giving +the x and y coordinates of the control points in order from tail to head. +If the edge has a <A HREF=attrs.html#d:label>label</A>, this comes next +followed by the x and y coordinates of the label's position. +The edge description is completed by the edge's +<A HREF=attrs.html#d:style>style</A> and <A HREF=attrs.html#d:color>color</A>. +As with nodes, if a style is not defined, "solid" is used. +<P> +<B>Note:</B> The control points given in an edge statement define the +body of the edge. In particular, if the edge has an arrowhead to the +head or tail node, +there will be a gap between the last or first control points and the +boundary of the associated node. There are at least 3 possible ways +of handling this gap: +<UL> +<LI> Arrange that the input graph uses <TT>dir=none</TT>, +<TT>arrowhead=none</TT>, or <TT>arrowtail=none</TT> for all edges. +In this case, the terminating control points will always touch the node. +<LI> Consider the line segment joining the control point and the center +of the node, and determine the point where the segment intersects the +node's boundary. Then use the control point and the intersection point +as the main axis of an arrowhead. The problem with this approach is +that, if the edge has a port, the edge will not be pointing to the +center of the node. In this case, rather than use the control point +and center point, one can use the control point and its tangent. +<LI> Arrange that the input graph uses <TT>headclip=false</TT> or +<TT>tailclip=false</TT>. In this case, the edge will terminate at +the node's center rather than its boundary. If arrowheads are used, +there will still be a gap, but normally this will occur within the +node. The application will still need to clip the spline to the node +boundary. Also, as with the previous item, if the edge points to +a node port, this technique will fail. +</UL> +</DL> +The output consists of one <STRONG>graph</STRONG> line, a sequence of +<STRONG>node</STRONG> lines, one per node, a sequence of +<STRONG>edge</STRONG> lines, one per edge, and a final <STRONG>stop</STRONG> +line. All units are in inches, represented by a floating point number. +<P> +Note that the plain formats provide minimal information, really giving not +much more than node positions and sizes, and edge spline control points. +These formats are usually most useful to applications wanting just this +geometric information, and willing to fill in all of the graphical details. +The only real advantages to these formats is their terseness and their +ease of parsing. In general, the <A HREF=#d:dot>dot</A> and +<A HREF=#d:xdot>xdot</A> are preferable in terms of the quantity of +information provided. + +<DT><A NAME=d:png HREF=#a:png><STRONG>png</STRONG></A> +<DD>Produces output in the PNG (Portable Network Graphics) format. + +<DT><A NAME=d:ps HREF=#a:ps><STRONG>ps</STRONG></A> +<DD>Produces PostScript output. +<P> +Note: The default PostScript renderer can only handle the Latin-1 +character set. To get non-Latin-1 characters into PostScript output, +use <TT>-Tps:cairo</TT>, assuming your version was built with the +Cairo renderer. + +<DT><A NAME=d:ps2 HREF=#a:ps2><STRONG>ps2</STRONG></A> +<DD>Produces PostScript output with PDF notations. It is assumed the output +will be directly converted into PDF format. The notations include PDF +bounding box information, so that the resulting PDF file can be correctly +used with pdf tools, such as <STRONG>pdflatex</STRONG>. +In addition, if a node has a URL +attribute, this gets translated into PDF code such that the node, +when viewed in a PDF-viewer, e.g., +<STRONG>acroread</STRONG>, +is a link to the given URL. If a URL is attached to the graph, this serves +as a base, such that relative URLs on nodes are derived from it. + +<DT><A NAME=d:svg HREF=#a:svg><STRONG>svg</STRONG></A> +,<DT><A NAME=d:svgz HREF=#a:svgz><STRONG>svgz</STRONG></A> +<DD>Produce <A HREF="http://www.adobe.com/svg/">SVG</A> output, +the latter in compressed format. +<P> +See <A HREF=#ID>Note</A>. + +<DT><A NAME=d:tga HREF=#a:tga><STRONG>tga</STRONG></A> +<DD>Produces <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truevision_TGA">Targa</A> output. + +<DT><A NAME=d:tif HREF=#a:tif><STRONG>tif</STRONG></A> +,<DT><A NAME=d:tiff HREF=#a:tiff><STRONG>tiff</STRONG></A> +<DD>Produces <A HREF="http://www.libtiff.org/">TIFF</A> output. + +<DT><A NAME=d:vml HREF=#a:vml><STRONG>vml</STRONG></A> +,<DT><A NAME=d:vmlz HREF=#a:vmlz><STRONG>vmlz</STRONG></A> +<DD>Produces <A HREF="http://www.w3.org/TR/NOTE-VML">VML</A> output, +the latter in compressed format. +<P> +See <A HREF=#ID>Note</A>. + +<DT><A NAME=d:vrml HREF=#a:vrml><STRONG>vrml</STRONG></A> +<DD>Outputs graphs in the <A HREF="http://www.vrml.org/">VRML</A> format. +To get a 3D embedding, nodes must have a <A HREF=attrs.html#d:z>z</A> +attribute. These can either be supplied as part of the input graph, or +be generated by neato provided <A HREF=attrs.html#d:dim>dim</A><TT>=3</TT> +and at least one node has a <B>z</B> value. +<P> +Line segments are drawn as cylinders. +In general, VRML output relies on having the PNG library to produce images +used to texture-fill the node shapes. However, if +<A HREF=attrs.html#d:shape>shape</A><TT>=point</TT>, +a node is drawn as a 3D sphere. + +<DT><A NAME=d:vtx HREF=#a:vtx><STRONG>vtx</STRONG></A> +<DD>Generates graph diagrams in the format for +<A HREF="http://www.bombshellstudios.com/samples/co/vt.html">Confluents's Visual Thought</A>. + +<DT><A NAME=d:wbmp HREF=#a:wbmp><STRONG>wbmp</STRONG></A> +<DD>Produces output in the Wireless BitMap (WBMP) format, optimized for +mobile computing. + +<DT><A NAME=d:xlib HREF=#a:xlib><STRONG>xlib</STRONG></A> +<DD>Creates an <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xlib">Xlib</A> window and displays the output there. + +</DL> +<HR> +</BODY> +</HTML> +<H1 align=CENTER><A NAME=d:image_fmts>Image Formats</A></H1> +<HR> +The <A HREF=attrs.html#a:image>image</A> and <A HREF=attrs.html#a:shapefile>shapefile</A> attributes specify an image file to be included +as part of the final diagram. Not all image formats can be read. In addition, +even if read, not all image formats can necessarily be used in a given +output format. +<P> +The graph below shows what image formats can be used in which output formats, +and the required plugins. On the left are the supported image formats. +On the right are the supported output formats. +In the middle are the plugins: image loaders, renderers, drivers, arranged by +plugin library. +This presents the most general case. A given installation may not provide +one of the plugins, in which case, that transformation is not possible. +<BR> +<IMG WIDTH="80%" SRC="plugins.png"> +<HR> +<H2>Notes</H2> +<OL TYPE="1"> +<LI> +<A NAME=ID>In the formats: -Tcmap, -Tcmapx, -Tsvg, -Tvml, the output generates +'id="node#"' properties for nodes, 'id="edge#"' properties for edges, and 'id="cluster#"' properties for clusters, with the '#' replaced by an internally assigned integer. These strings can be provided instead by an externally provided "id=xxx" attribute on the object. +Normal "\N" "\E" "\G" substitutions are applied. +Externally provided id values are not used internally, and it is the use's reponsibilty to ensure +that they are sufficiently unique for their intended downstream use. +Note, in particular, that "\E" is not a unique id for multiedges. +</OL>