'Re: [graphviz-interest] graph layout'

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List:       graphviz-interest
Subject:    Re: [graphviz-interest] graph layout
From:       Perry Smith <pedzsan () gmail ! com>
Date:       2011-01-05 4:24:21
Message-ID: 5678F3FC-3C0C-4265-A8D7-DF7C69C199C6 () gmail ! com
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On Jan 4, 2011, at 10:17 PM, Ryan Schmidt wrote:

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> On Jan 4, 2011, at 21:27, Perry Smith wrote:
> 
> > I realize that the strength  of GraphVis is to automatically lay stuff out but if \
> > I don't like how it is laying something out, are there ways to tweak it? 
> > I've made a state machine diagram for my project and it has always been wide \
> > where I think a more vertical presentation would work.  I just moved a few items \
> > around and it didn't make any difference (which I sorta expected).
> 
> There are dozens of attributes you can use to tweak many aspects of the graph:
> 
> http://www.graphviz.org/doc/info/attrs.html
> 
> There are also several different layout engines (dot, neato, circo, etc.) each of \
> which give the graph a different appearance; try all of them. 
> If you show us your actual graph description file, maybe we can make more specific \
> suggestions.

Thanks.  Here is my file:

http://pastie.org/1430234

I've poked a bit.  dot seems to give me the best so far.  I'm doing this from a Mac \
so its kinda easy to tweak things but most don't seem to do anything.

Thank you again,
Perry

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<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; \
-webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br><div><div>On Jan 4, 2011, at 10:17 PM, \
Ryan Schmidt wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote \
type="cite"><div><br>On Jan 4, 2011, at 21:27, Perry Smith wrote:<br><br><blockquote \
type="cite">I realize that the strength &nbsp;of GraphVis is to automatically lay \
stuff out but if I don't like how it is laying something out, are there ways to tweak \
it?<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote \
type="cite">I've made a state machine diagram for my project and it has always been \
wide where I think a more vertical presentation would work. &nbsp;I just moved a few \
items around and it didn't make any difference (which I sorta \
expected).<br></blockquote><br>There are dozens of attributes you can use to tweak \
many aspects of the graph:<br><br><a \
href="http://www.graphviz.org/doc/info/attrs.html">http://www.graphviz.org/doc/info/attrs.html</a><br><br>There \
are also several different layout engines (dot, neato, circo, etc.) each of which \
give the graph a different appearance; try all of them.<br><br>If you show us your \
actual graph description file, maybe we can make more specific suggestions.<font \
class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" \
color="#144FAE"><br></font></font></div></blockquote><br></div><div>Thanks. \
&nbsp;Here is my file:</div><div><br></div><div><a \
href="http://pastie.org/1430234">http://pastie.org/1430234</a></div><div><br></div><div>I've \
poked a bit. &nbsp;dot seems to give me the best so far. &nbsp;I'm doing this from a \
Mac so its kinda easy to tweak things but most don't seem to do \
anything.</div><div><br></div><div>Thank you \
again,</div><div>Perry</div><div><br></div></body></html>

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