wolffd@0: .TH DOTTY 1
wolffd@0: .SH NAME
wolffd@0: dotty \- A Customizable Graph Editor
wolffd@0: .SH SYNOPSIS
wolffd@0: .B dotty
wolffd@0: [
wolffd@0: .B -V
wolffd@0: ] [
wolffd@0: .I file
wolffd@0: ]
wolffd@0: .SH DESCRIPTION
wolffd@0: .B dotty
wolffd@0: is a graph editor for the X Window System.  It may be run as a standalone
wolffd@0: editor, or as a front end for applications that use graphs.  It can control
wolffd@0: multiple windows viewing different graphs.
wolffd@0: 
wolffd@0: .B dotty
wolffd@0: is written on top of
wolffd@0: .B dot
wolffd@0: and
wolffd@0: .BR lefty .
wolffd@0: .B lefty
wolffd@0: is a general-purpose programmable editor for technical pictures.  It has an
wolffd@0: interpretive programming language similar to AWK and C.  The user interface and
wolffd@0: graph editing operations of
wolffd@0: .B dotty
wolffd@0: are written as
wolffd@0: .B lefty
wolffd@0: functions.
wolffd@0: Programmer-defined graph operations may be loaded as well.  Graph layouts are
wolffd@0: made by
wolffd@0: .BR dot ,
wolffd@0: which runs as a separate process that communicates with
wolffd@0: .B lefty
wolffd@0: through pipes.
wolffd@0: .SH USAGE
wolffd@0: The file name is optional. If present, the graph contained in that file is
wolffd@0: displayed in the
wolffd@0: .B dotty
wolffd@0: window.
wolffd@0: .SH OPTIONS
wolffd@0: .TP
wolffd@0: .B -V
wolffd@0: Prints the version.
wolffd@0: .SH SEE ALSO
wolffd@0: dot(1), lefty(1)
wolffd@0: .br
wolffd@0: .I dotty
wolffd@0: user guide.