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NAME

       dot - filter for drawing directed graphs
       neato - filter for drawing undirected graphs
       twopi - filter for radial layouts of graphs
       circo - filter for circular layout of graphs
       fdp - filter for drawing undirected graphs
       sfdp - filter for drawing large undirected graphs

SYNOPSIS

       dot  [-(G|N|E)name=value]  [-Tlang]  [-llibfile] [-ooutfile] [-Klayout]
       [-O] [-P] [-v] [-V] [files]
       neato [-(G|N|E)name=value] [-Tlang] [-llibfile]  [-n[1|2]]  [-ooutfile]
       [-Klayout] [-O] [-P] [-v] [-V] [files]
       twopi  [-(G|N|E)name=value] [-Tlang] [-llibfile] [-ooutfile] [-Klayout]
       [-O] [-P] [-v] [-V] [files]
       circo [-(G|N|E)name=value] [-Tlang] [-llibfile] [-ooutfile]  [-Klayout]
       [-O] [-P] [-v] [-V] [files]
       fdp  [-(G|N|E)name=value]  [-Tlang]  [-llibfile] [-ooutfile] [-Klayout]
       [-O] [-P] [-v] [-V] [files]
       sfdp [-(G|N|E)name=value] [-Tlang] [-llibfile]  [-ooutfile]  [-Klayout]
       [-O] [-P] [-v] [-V] [files]

DESCRIPTION

       dot draws directed graphs.  It works well on DAGs and other graphs that
       can be drawn as hierarchies.   It  reads  attributed  graph  files  and
       writes  drawings.   By default, the output format dot is the input file
       with layout coordinates appended.

       neato draws undirected graphs using ‘‘spring’’ models (see  Kamada  and
       Kawai,  Information  Processing Letters 31:1, April 1989).  Input files
       must be formatted in the dot attributed graph  language.   By  default,
       the  output  of  neato  is  the  input  graph  with  layout coordinates
       appended.

       twopi draws graphs using a radial layout (see G.  Wills,  Symposium  on
       Graph  Drawing  GD’97, September, 1997).  Basically, one node is chosen
       as the center and put at the origin.  The remaining nodes are placed on
       a  sequence  of  concentric  circles  centered about the origin, each a
       fixed radial distance from the previous circle.  All nodes  distance  1
       from  the  center  are placed on the first circle; all nodes distance 1
       from a node on the first circle are placed on the second circle; and so
       forth.

       circo  draws graphs using a circular layout (see Six and Tollis, GD ’99
       and ALENEX ’99, and Kaufmann and Wiese, GD ’02.)  The  tool  identifies
       biconnected  components  and  draws  the  nodes  of  the component on a
       circle. The block‐cutpoint tree is then  laid  out  using  a  recursive
       radial  algorithm.  Edge  crossings  within  a  circle are minimized by
       placing as many edges  on  the  circle’s  perimeter  as  possible.   In
       particular,  if the component is outerplanar, the component will have a
       planar layout.

       If a node belongs to multiple non‐trivial biconnected  components,  the
       layout  puts  the  node  in  one of them. By default, this is the first
       non‐trivial component found in the search from the root component.

       fdp draws undirected graphs using a ‘‘spring’’ model. It  relies  on  a
       force‐directed  approach in the spirit of Fruchterman and Reingold (cf.
       Software‐Practice & Experience 21(11), 1991, pp. 1129‐1164).

       sfdp also draws undirected graphs using the ‘‘spring’’ model  described
       above,  but  it uses a multi-scale approach to produce layouts of large
       graphs in a reasonably short time.

OUTPUT FORMATS

       Dot uses an extensible plugin mechanism for its output renderers, so to
       see  what  output formats your installation of dot supports you can use
       ‘‘dot -Txxx’’ (where xxx is an unlikely format) and check  the  warning
       message.   Also, The plugin mechanism supports multiple implementations
       of the output formats.  To see what variants are  available,  use,  for
       example:  ‘‘dot  -Tpng:’’  and  to force a particular variant, use, for
       example: ‘‘dot -Tpng:gd’’

       Traditionally, dot supports the  following:  -Tps  (PostScript),  -Tsvg
       -Tsvgz  (Structured  Vector  Graphics),  -Tfig  (XFIG  graphics), -Tmif
       (FrameMaker graphics), -Thpgl (HP pen plotters),  and  -Tpcl  (Laserjet
       printers),  -Tpng -Tgif (bitmap graphics), -Tdia (GTK+ based diagrams),
       -Timap (imagemap files for httpd servers for each node or edge that has
       a non‐null "href" attribute.), -Tcmapx (client‐side imagemap for use in
       html and xhtml).  Additional less common or more special‐purpose output
       formats             can             be             found             at
       http://www.graphviz.org/cvs/doc/info/output.html.)

       Alternative plugins providing support for a given output format can  be
       found  from  the  error  message  resulting from appending a ’:’ to the
       format. e.g. -Tpng: The first plugin listed is always the default.

       The -P switch can be used to produce a graph  of  all  output  variants
       supported by plugins in the local installation of graphviz.

GRAPH FILE LANGUAGE

       Here  is a synopsis of the graph file language, traditionally using the
       extension .dot, for graphs:

       [strict] (graph|digraph) name { statementlist }
       Is the top level graph. If the graph is strict then multiple edges  are
       not  allowed  between  the  same  pairs  of nodes.  If it is a directed
       graph, indicated by digraph, then the edgeop must be "->". If it is  an
       undirected graph then the edgeop must be "--".  Statements may be:

       name=val;
       node [name=val];
       edge [name=val];
       Set  default graph, node, or edge attribute name to val.  Any subgraph,
       node, or edge appearing after this inherits the new default attributes.

       n0 [name0=val0,name1=val1,...]; Creates node n0 (if it does not already
       exist) and sets its attributes according to the optional list.

       n0 edgeop n1 edgeop ... edgeop nn [name0=val0,name1=val1,...];
       Creates edges between nodes n0, n1, ..., nn and sets  their  attributes
       according to the optional list.  Creates nodes as necessary.

       [subgraph name] { statementlist }
       Creates  a  subgraph.  Subgraphs may be used in place of n0, ..., nn in
       the above statements to create edges.  [subgraph name] is optional;  if
       missing, the subgraph is assigned an internal name.

       Comments may be /*C‐like*/ or //C++‐like.

       Attribute  names  and  values  are  ordinary  (C‐style)  strings.   The
       following sections describe attributes that control graph layout.

GRAPH ATTRIBUTES

       size="x,y" sets bounding box of drawing in inches.

       page="x,y" sets the PostScript pagination unit.

       ratio=f sets the aspect ratio to  f  which  may  be  a  floating  point
       number, or one of the keywords fill, compress, or auto.

       layout=engine  indicates  the  preferred layout engine ("dot", "neato",
       fdp" etc) overriding the default from the basename of  the  command  or
       the -K commandline option.

       margin=f sets the page margin (included in the page size).

       nodesep=f sets the minimum separation between nodes.

       ranksep=f sets the minimum separation between ranks.

       ordering=out  constrains  order of out‐edges in a subgraph according to
       their file sequence.

       rankdir=LR|RL|BT   requests   a   left‐to‐right,   right‐to‐left,    or
       bottom‐to‐top, drawing.

       pagedir=[TBLR][TBLR] sets the major and minor order of pagination.

       rank=same  (or min or max) in a subgraph constrains the rank assignment
       of its nodes.   If a subgraph’s name has the prefix cluster, its  nodes
       are  drawn  in  a  distinct  rectangle  of the layout.  Clusters may be
       nested.

       rotate=90  sets  landscape   mode.    (orientation=land   is   backward
       compatible but obsolete.)

       center=n a non‐zero value centers the drawing on the page.

       nslimit=f  or  mclimit=f  adjusts  the  bound  on the number of network
       simplex or mincross  iterations  by  the  given  ratio.   For  example,
       mclimit=2.0 runs twice as long.

       layers="id:id:id:id"  is  a  sequence  of layer identifiers for overlay
       diagrams.   The  PostScript  array  variable  layercolorseq  sets   the
       assignment  of  colors to layers. The least index is 1 and each element
       must be a 3‐element array to be interpreted as a color coordinate.

       color=colorvalue sets foreground color (bgcolor for background).

       href="url" the default url for image map files;  in  PostScript  files,
       the  base URL for all relative URLs, as recognized by Acrobat Distiller
       3.0 and up.

       URL="url" ("URL" is a synonym for "href".)

       stylesheet="file.css" includes a reference to a stylesheet in -Tsvg and
       -Tsvgz outputs.  Ignored by other formats.

       splines.  If  set  to  true,  edges  are  drawn  as splines.  If set to
       polyline, edges are drawn as polylines.  If set  to  ortho,  edges  are
       drawn  as  orthogonal  polylines.  In all of these cases, the nodes may
       not overlap.  If splines=false or splines=line, edges are drawn as line
       segments.   The  default  is  true  for  dot,  and  false for all other
       layouts.

       (neatospecific attributes)
       start=val.  Requests random initial  placement  and  seeds  the  random
       number  generator.  If val is not an integer, the process ID or current
       time is used as the seed.

       epsilon=n.  Sets the cutoff for the solver.  The default is 0.1.

       (twopispecific attributes)
       root=ctr. This specifies the node to be  used  as  the  center  of  the
       layout.  If  not  specified,  twopi will randomly pick one of the nodes
       that are furthest from a leaf node, where a leaf  node  is  a  node  of
       degree  1.  If  no  leaf  nodes  exists, an arbitrary node is picked as
       center.

       ranksep=val. Specifies  the  radial  distance  in  inches  between  the
       sequence of rings. The default is 0.75.

       overlap=mode. This specifies what twopi should do if any nodes overlap.
       If mode is "false", the program uses Voronoi  diagrams  to  adjust  the
       nodes  to  eliminate  overlaps.  If  mode  is  "scale",  the  layout is
       uniformly scaled up, preserving  node  sizes,  until  nodes  no  longer
       overlap.   The  latter  technique  removes  overlaps  while  preserving
       symmetry  and  structure,  while  the  former  removes  overlaps   more
       compactly but destroys symmetries.  If mode is "true" (the default), no
       repositioning is done.

       (circospecific attributes)
       root=nodename. Specifies the name of  a  node  occurring  in  the  root
       block.  If  the  graph  is disconnected, the root node attribute can be
       used to specify additional root blocks.

       mindist=value. Sets the minimum separation between all  nodes.  If  not
       specified then circo uses a default value of 1.0.

       (fdpspecific attributes)
       K=val. Sets the default ideal node separation in the layout.

       maxiter=val.  Sets  the maximum number of iterations used to layout the
       graph.

       start=val. Adjusts the  random  initial  placement  of  nodes  with  no
       specified  position.   If  val is is an integer, it is used as the seed
       for the random number generator.  If val is not an  integer,  a  random
       system‐generated  integer,  such  as the process ID or current time, is
       used as the seed.

NODE ATTRIBUTES

       height=d  or  width=d   sets   minimum   height   or   width.    Adding
       fixedsize=true  forces  these  to  be  the actual size (text labels are
       ignored).

       shape=record polygon epsf builtin_polygon
       builtin_polygon is one of: plaintext ellipse oval circle  egg  triangle
       box  diamond  trapezium  parallelogram  house  hexagon octagon note tab
       box3d component.  (Polygons are defined or modified  by  the  following
       node  attributes:  regular, peripheries, sides, orientation, distortion
       and skew.)  epsf uses the node’s shapefile attribute as the  path  name
       of an external EPSF file to be automatically loaded for the node shape.

       label=text where text may include escaped newlines \n, \l,  or  \r  for
       center, left, and right justified lines.  The string ’\N’ value will be
       replaced by the node name.  The string ’\G’ value will be  replaced  by
       the  graph  name.   Record  labels  may  contain  recursive  box  lists
       delimited by { | }.  Port identifiers in labels are set  off  by  angle
       brackets < >.  In the graph file, use colon (such as, node0:port28).

       fontsize=n sets the label type size to n points.

       fontname=name sets the label font family name.

       color=colorvalue  sets the outline color, and the default fill color if
       style=filled and fillcolor is not specified.

       fillcolor=colorvalue sets the fill color  when  style=filled.   If  not
       specified,  the  fillcolor when style=filled defaults to be the same as
       the outline color.

       fontcolor=colorvalue sets the label text color.

       A colorvalue may be  "h,s,v"  (hue,  saturation,  brightness)  floating
       point numbers between 0 and 1, or an X11 color name such as white black
       red green blue yellow magenta cyan or burlywood, or a  "#rrggbb"  (red,
       green, blue, 2 hex characters each) value.

       style=filled solid dashed dotted bold invis or any Postscript code.

       layer=id  or  id:id  or "all" sets the node’s active layers.  The empty
       string means no layers (invisible).

       The following attributes apply only to polygon shape nodes:

       regular=n if n is non‐zero then  the  polygon  is  made  regular,  i.e.
       symmetric  about  the  x and y axis, otherwise the polygon takes on the
       aspect ratio of the  label.   builtin_polygons  that  are  not  already
       regular  are made regular by this attribute.  builtin_polygons that are
       already  regular  are  not  affected  (i.e.   they   cannot   be   made
       asymmetric).

       peripheries=n  sets  the  number  of  periphery  lines drawn around the
       polygon.  This value  supersedes  the  number  of  periphery  lines  of
       builtin_polygons.

       sides=n  sets  the  number  of  sides to the polygon. n<3 results in an
       ellipse.  This attribute is ignored by builtin_polygons.

       orientation=f sets the orientation of the first  apex  of  the  polygon
       counterclockwise  from  the  vertical, in degrees.  f may be a floating
       point number.  The orientation  of  labels  is  not  affected  by  this
       attribute.   This  attribute  is  added  to  the initial orientation of
       builtin_polygons.

       distortion=f sets the amount of broadening of the top and narrowing  of
       the  bottom  of  the  polygon  (relative to its orientation).  Floating
       point values between -1  and  +1  are  suggested.   This  attribute  is
       ignored by builtin_polygons.

       skew=f   sets   the   amount  of  right‐displacement  of  the  top  and
       left‐displacement of  the  bottom  of  the  polygon  (relative  to  its
       orientation).   Floating  point values between -1 and +1 are suggested.
       This attribute is ignored by builtin_polygons.

       href="url" sets the url for the node in imagemap,  PostScript  and  SVG
       files.  The substrings ’\N’ and ’\G’ are substituted in the same manner
       as for the node label attribute.  Additionally the  substring  ’\L’  is
       substituted with the node label string.

       URL="url" ("URL" is a synonym for "href".)

       target="target"  is  a target string for client‐side imagemaps and SVG,
       effective when nodes  have  a  URL.   The  target  string  is  used  to
       determine  which window of the browser is used for the URL.  Setting it
       to "_graphviz" will open a new window if it doesn’t already  exist,  or
       reuse  it if it does.  If the target string is empty, the default, then
       no target attribute is included in the output.  The substrings ’\N’ and
       ’\G’  are  substituted  in  the  same  manner  as  for  the  node label
       attribute.  Additionally the substring ’\L’  is  substituted  with  the
       node label string.

       tooltip="tooltip"  is  a  tooltip  string for client‐side imagemaps and
       SVG, effective when nodes have a URL.  The tooltip string  defaults  to
       be  the  same  as  the  label  string, but this attribute permits nodes
       without labels to still have tooltips thus  permitting  denser  graphs.
       The  substrings ’\N’ and ’\G’ are substituted in the same manner as for
       the  node  label  attribute.   Additionally  the  substring   ’\L’   is
       substituted with the node label string.

       (circospecific attributes)
       root=true/false.  This  specifies  that  the block containing the given
       node be treated as the root of the spanning tree in the layout.

       (fdpspecific attributes)
       pin=val. If val  is  "true",  the  node  will  remain  at  its  initial
       position.

EDGE ATTRIBUTES

       minlen=n  where  n is an integer factor that applies to the edge length
       (ranks for normal edges, or minimum node separation for flat edges).

       weight=n where n is the integer cost of the edge.  Values greater  than
       1  tend  to  shorten  the  edge.   Weight  0 flat edges are ignored for
       ordering nodes.

       label=text where text may include escaped newlines \n, \l,  or  \r  for
       centered,  left,  or  right  justified lines.  If the substring ’\T’ is
       found in a label it will be replaced by the  tail_node  name.   If  the
       substring ’\H’ is found in a label it will be replaced by the head_node
       name.  If the substring ’\E’ value is found  in  a  label  it  will  be
       replaced  by:  tail_node_name->head_node_name  If the substring ’\G’ is
       found in a label it will  be  replaced  by  the  graph  name.   or  by:
       tail_node_name--head_node_name for undirected graphs.

       fontsize=n sets the label type size to n points.

       fontname=name sets the label font family name.

       fontcolor=colorvalue sets the label text color.

       style=solid dashed dotted bold invis

       color=colorvalue sets the line color for edges.

       color=colorvaluelist   a  ’:’  separated  list  of  colorvalue  creates
       parallel edges, one edge for each color.

       dir=forward back both none controls arrow direction.

       tailclip,headclip=false disables endpoint shape clipping.

       href="url" sets the url for the node in imagemap,  PostScript  and  SVG
       files.  The substrings ’\T’, ’\H’, ’\E’ and ’\G’ are substituted in the
       same  manner  as  for  the  edge  label  attribute.   Additionally  the
       substring ’\L’ is substituted with the edge label string.

       URL="url" ("URL" is a synonym for "href".)

       target="target"  is  a target string for client‐side imagemaps and SVG,
       effective when edges have a URL.  If the target string  is  empty,  the
       default,  then  no  target  attribute  is  included in the output.  The
       substrings ’\T’, ’\H’, ’\E’ and ’\G’ are substituted in the same manner
       as  for  the  edge label attribute.  Additionally the substring ’\L’ is
       substituted with the edge label string.

       tooltip="tooltip"  is  a  tooltip  string  for  client‐side   imagemaps
       effective when edges have a URL.  The tooltip string defaults to be the
       same as the edge label string.  The substrings  ’\T’,  ’\H’,  ’\E’  and
       ’\G’  are  substituted  in  the  same  manner  as  for  the  edge label
       attribute.  Additionally the substring ’\L’  is  substituted  with  the
       edge label string.

       arrowhead,arrowtail=none, normal, inv, dot, odot, invdot, invodot, tee,
       empty, invempty, open, halfopen, diamond, odiamond, box, obox, crow.

       arrowsize                                 (norm_length=10,norm_width=5,
       inv_length=6,inv_width=7,dot_radius=2)

       headlabel,taillabel=string           for          port          labels.
       labelfontcolor,labelfontname,labelfontsize for head  and  tail  labels.
       The  substrings  ’\T’,  ’\H’, ’\E’ and ’\G’ are substituted in the same
       manner as for the edge label  attribute.   Additionally  the  substring
       ’\L’ is substituted with the edge label string.

       headhref="url"  sets  the url for the head port in imagemap, PostScript
       and  SVG  files.   The  substrings  ’\T’,  ’\H’,  ’\E’  and  ’\G’   are
       substituted  in  the  same  manner  as  for  the  edge label attribute.
       Additionally the substring ’\L’ is  substituted  with  the  edge  label
       string.

       headURL="url" ("headURL" is a synonym for "headhref".)

       headtarget="headtarget"  is  a  target string for client‐side imagemaps
       and SVG, effective when edge heads have a URL.  The  headtarget  string
       is  used  to determine which window of the browser is used for the URL.
       If the  headtarget  string  is  empty,  the  default,  then  headtarget
       defaults  to  the  same  value  as target for the edge.  The substrings
       ’\T’, ’\H’, ’\E’ and ’\G’ are substituted in the same manner as for the
       edge  label  attribute.  Additionally the substring ’\L’ is substituted
       with the edge label string.

       headtooltip="tooltip" is a tooltip  string  for  client‐side  imagemaps
       effective  when  head ports have a URL.  The tooltip string defaults to
       be the same as the headlabel string.  The substrings  ’\T’,  ’\H’,  and
       ’\E’  are  substituted  in  the  same  manner  as  for  the  edge label
       attribute.  Additionally the substring ’\L’  is  substituted  with  the
       edge label string.

       tailhref="url"  sets  the url for the tail port in imagemap, PostScript
       and  SVG  files.   The  substrings  ’\T’,  ’\H’,  ’\E’  and  ’\G’   are
       substituted  in  the  same  manner  as  for  the  edge label attribute.
       Additionally the substring ’\L’ is  substituted  with  the  edge  label
       string.

       tailURL="url" ("tailURL" is a synonym for "tailhref".)

       tailtarget="tailtarget"  is  a  target string for client‐side imagemaps
       and SVG, effective when edge tails have a URL.  The  tailtarget  string
       is  used  to determine which window of the browser is used for the URL.
       If the  tailtarget  string  is  empty,  the  default,  then  tailtarget
       defaults  to  the  same  value  as target for the edge.  The substrings
       ’\T’, ’\H’, ’\E’ and ’\G’ are substituted in the same manner as for the
       edge  label  attribute.  Additionally the substring ’\L’ is substituted
       with the edge label string.

       tailtooltip="tooltip" is a tooltip  string  for  client‐side  imagemaps
       effective  when  tail ports have a URL.  The tooltip string defaults to
       be the same as the taillabel string.  The substrings ’\T’,  ’\H’,  ’\E’
       and  ’\G’  are  substituted  in  the  same manner as for the edge label
       attribute.  Additionally the substring ’\L’  is  substituted  with  the
       edge label string.

       labeldistance and port_label_distance set distance; also labelangle (in
       degrees CCW)

       decorate draws line from edge to label.

       samehead,sametail aim edges having the same value  to  the  same  port,
       using the average landing point.

       constraint=false causes an edge to be ignored for rank assignment.

       layer=id  or  id:id  or "all" sets the edge’s active layers.  The empty
       string means no layers (invisible).

       (neatospecific attributes)
       w=f sets the weight (spring constant) of an edge to the given  floating
       point  value.   The  default  is 1.0; greater values make the edge tend
       more toward its optimal length.

       len=f sets the optimal length of an edge.  The default is 1.0.

       (fdpspecific attributes)
       weight=f sets the weight of an edge to the given floating point  value.
       The  default  is 1.0; greater values make the edge tend more toward its
       optimal length.

COMMAND LINE OPTIONS

       -G sets a default graph attribute.
       -N sets a default node attribute.
       -E sets a default edge attribute.   Example:  -Gsize="7,8"  -Nshape=box
       -Efontsize=8

       -lfile  loads  custom  PostScript  library files.  Usually these define
       custom shapes or styles.  If  -l  is  given  by  itself,  the  standard
       library is omitted.

       -Tlang sets the output language as described above.

       -n[1|2]   (no‐op)  If  set,  neato  assumes  nodes  have  already  been
       positioned and all nodes have a pos attribute giving the positions.  It
       then  performs  an  optional  adjustment  to  remove node‐node overlap,
       depending on the value of the  overlap  attribute,  computes  the  edge
       layouts, depending on the value of the splines attribute, and emits the
       graph in the appropriate format.  If num  is  supplied,  the  following
       actions occur:
           num = 1
       Equivalent to -n.
           num > 1
       Use node positions as specified, with no adjustment to remove node‐node
       overlaps, and use  any  edge  layouts  already  specified  by  the  pos
       attribute.   neato  computes  an edge layout for any edge that does not
       have a pos attribute.  As usual, edge layout is guided by  the  splines
       attribute.

       -Klayout  override  the  default  layout  engine implied by the command
       name.

       -O automatically generate output filenames based on the input  filename
       and the -T format.

       -P generate a graph of the currently available plugins.

       -v (verbose) prints various information useful for debugging.

       -V (version) prints version information and exits.

       -? prints the usage and exits.

EXAMPLES

       digraph test123 {
               a -> b -> c;
               a -> {x y};
               b [shape=box];
               c [label="hello\nworld",color=blue,fontsize=24,
                    fontname="Palatino-Italic",fontcolor=red,style=filled];
               a -> z [label="hi", weight=100];
               x -> z [label="multi-line\nlabel"];
               edge [style=dashed,color=red];
               b -> x;
               {rank=same; b x}
       }

       graph test123 {
               a -- b -- c;
               a -- {x y};
               x -- c [w=10.0];
               x -- y [w=5.0,len=3];
       }

CAVEATS

       Edge splines can overlap unintentionally.

       Flat  edge  labels  are  slightly broken.  Intercluster edge labels are
       totally broken.

       Because unconstrained optimization is employed, node boxes can possibly
       overlap  or  touch unrelated edges.  All existing spring embedders seem
       to have this limitation.

       Apparently reasonable attempts to pin nodes or adjust edge lengths  and
       weights can cause instability.

AUTHORS

       Stephen C. North <north@research.att.com>
       Emden R. Gansner <erg@research.att.com>
       John C. Ellson <ellson@research.att.com>

       The   bitmap   driver   (PNG,   GIF   etc)   is   by   Thomas  Boutell,
       <http://www.boutell.com/gd>

       The Truetype font renderer is from the Freetype Project (David  Turner,
       Robert   Wilhelm,   and  Werner  Lemberg)  (who  can  be  contacted  at
       freetype-devel@lists.lrz-muenchen.de).

SEE ALSO

       This man page contains only a small amount of the  information  related
       to  the  Graphviz layout programs. The most complete information can be
       found at http://www.graphviz.org/Documentation.php, especially  in  the
       on‐line  reference pages. Most of these documents are also available in
       the doc and doc/info subtrees in the source and binary distributions.

       dotty(1)
       tcldot(n)
       xcolors(1)
       libgraph(3)

       E. R. Gansner, S. C. North,  K.  P.  Vo,  "DAG  ‐  A  Program  to  Draw
       Directed  Graphs",  Software ‐ Practice and Experience 17(1), 1988, pp.
       1047‐1062.
       E. R. Gansner, E. Koutsofios, S. C. North,  K. P. Vo, "A Technique  for
       Drawing  Directed  Graphs,"  IEEE Trans. on Soft. Eng. 19(3), 1993, pp.
       214‐230.
       S. North and E.  Koutsofios,  "Applications  of  graph  visualization",
       Graphics Interface 94, pp. 234‐245.
       E.  Koutsofios and S. C. North, "Drawing Graphs with dot," Available on
       research.att.com in dist/drawdag/dotguide.ps.Z.
       S. C. North, "NEATO User’s Manual".  Available on  research.att.com  in
       dist/drawdag/neatodoc.ps.Z.

                                23 August 2004